When we think of fire safety, usually the first thing that comes to mind is the home. But what about your office? If you own your business, have you thought carefully about preventing or detecting fire? Has your employer? Even if you work in a business owned by someone else, your safety is at risk if your employer has not made fire safety a priority.
Here is a checklist for preventing fire in your business, and escaping quickly if one occurs.
1. Install a smoke alarm in every room. This is critical. These need to be on the ceiling and hardwired into your main security system.
2. Place a fire extinguisher in each room, with a sign pointing to it so it can be found quickly in an emergency.
3. Practice using the fire extinguisher; when a fire breaks out there will be no time to read the instructions and learn how to use it for the first time.
4. Place exit signs over each exit, and be sure to choose the kind that glow when the power is out. A building full of smoke is dark and it is common to become disoriented, even in a building you are familiar with.
5. Have an evacuation plan. You can count on the fact that if a fire breaks out, you will have trouble thinking clearly. Know ahead of time what to do and where to meet outside the building so everyone can be accounted for.
6. Set up alarm monitoring. In the event of fire, you need help and you need it fast. Seconds can mean the difference between life and death or minimal versus maximum loss of property. With alarm monitoring, you have professionals watching out for you 24 hours a day. If a fire breaks out, they may know it before you do and can get help to you fast.
Give us a call to find out more about fire safety for your business and commercial alarm monitoring. 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com
Sources:
http://www.allbusiness.com/real-estate/commercial-residential-property/15613965-1.html
http://www.alliedfireandsecurity.com/blog/fire-safety-for-your-office-and-home/#more-146