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At Best Security Products, we specialize in fire systems for business and home. One important component of your fire security system is a heat detector.

There are two main types of heat detectors available:

1. Fixed Temperature. This type of heat detector works by monitoring the ambient temperature in the room. When the temperature reaches a predetermined level, the detector will activate and sound an alarm.

When a fixed temperature heat detector is activated, it cannot be reused. Activation destroys the device. This is the most common type of heat detector.

2. Rate of rise. This kind of heat detector is designed to activate when the ambient temperature in the room rises at a particular rate, which is programmed when the device is manufactured. This type of heat detector may not activate in a fire that is slow to build and spread.

For a demonstration of how a fixed temperature heat detector works, click the video below by New Age Server Alarm. A head detector is dismantled to show exactly what happens when the temperature reaches the predetermined level. 

It is important to keep in mind that heat detectors are not meant to replace smoke detectors in bedrooms or hallways outside of bedrooms. Heat detectors are better used in areas that are less than ideal for smoke detectors, such as the kitchen. However, when choosing a heat detector, consider the normal activities that will be going on in the area you want to protect.

If your business operates out of a garage where you use equipment that causes the temperature to elevate quickly during use, you may want to use a rate-of-rise heat detector to avoid false alarms from a fixed temperature detector.

Fire safety is our specialty at Best Security Products. Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 or email us at sales@bestsecurityproducts.com for customized fire security in your business or home.

More kitchen fires occur on Thanksgiving Day than any other day during the year. Do you know what to do if a grease fire breaks out in your kitchen – whether at home or at work?

ABC 2 News reports on the dangers of grease fires. According to this report, it can happen within seconds – your stove can go from a small grease fire in a pan to something like an explosion – “a massive fire ball rolling through your home.”

After the fire starts, you have just a few seconds to make the right decision about how to handle it.

Watch the video below for a demonstration, but here are some top tips from the experts:

1. Don’t move a pan that is on fire. When you move it, you provide more air to the fire. The extra air can cause the fire to come back at you.

2. Don’t put water on a grease fire; that can cause an explosion.

Many people make these these mistakes. Our first reaction is to try to move the burning pan to the sink and put water on it. After all, that is how we usually put out fires! But water is the absolute worst thing you can put on a cooking fire.

The best way to put out a cooking fire? Place a lid or cookie sheet on the fire and then turn off the heat. Be sure not to lift the lid until the pan has cooled, because fresh air may cause the flames to reignite. 

You can also purchase a stovetop fire stop and hang over your stove. When the fames reach the can, the fuse on the bottom of the can is ignited causing the fire stop to dump a powered chemical which puts out the fire. It is like an automatic mini-fire extinguisher. 

At Best Security Products, we specialize in fire systems for business and home.

Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com

When a fire breaks out in your office or home, you may have just minutes to make it out to safety. Knowing what to do in the emergency can mean the difference between life and death.

Travis Connelly, a Florida State Certified fire-fighter, EMT and paramedic explains in this short Expert Village video explains that it is important to be able to react fast.

Here are a few highlights from the training. Please click the video below to watch.

If you are in bed when you hear the word “fire” or a fire whistle sounding, it is important to get out of bed as quickly as you can and immediately get as low as possible. The reason he suggests this is because all of the heat is near the top of the room. The floor has the coolest possible temperature. In addition, the smoke will be up above you, but oxygen will be down below.

Next, quickly find a way to orient yourself in the room. For example, feel around and try to find a wall so you have a better idea of where you are in the room. If you practice this enough before there is an emergency, you will know which direction you need to go to find the door, and you should move towards that door as quickly as possible.

Once you get to the door, be sure to check it for heat, because the fire could be on the other side of the door. If you arrive at the door and find it to be hot, you are still against the wall and are therefore still oriented in the room. You can quickly determine where the widow is and head in that direction.

Just remember that staying low is the best strategy for safety in a fire.

Having a quality fire security system in your home or business is the best way to stay safe in the event of a fire. A fire system will alert you as soon as possible after a fire has started and buy you life-saving minutes to escape.

Give us a call at 1-800–988–2378 sales@bestsecurityproducts.com