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Written on January 27th, 2012 | Fire Safety Tips
File this one under reasons why you should hire a reputable fire protection services company instead of shopping on price: recently the owner of Atlas Fire Protection in Norfolk, VA was arrested and charged with failure to perform testing in accordance with approved standards. According to the news report on Wavy.com, Atlas offered prices way under the normal cost for most fire protection systems inspections. However, says Norfolk Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Harry Worley, the business owner confessed to “just putting stickers on the bottles and sending them out again.”
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Written on January 6th, 2012 | Fire Alarms
If you’ve paid any attention to our blog, you know we talk about the importance of proper fire alarm maintenance quite frequently. Even more than fire sprinklers and fire extinguishers, fire alarms are the most important things you can have to keep the people inside your building safe from fire. But what exactly is involved in “proper fire alarm maintenance?”
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Written on December 29th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers
Looks like the Pavilion Apartments in Newark, NJ just got a little safer – we’ve just outfitted them with 68 new 2.5# ABC fire extinguishers! Fire extinguisher replacement is critically important, especially in apartment buildings with hundreds of tenants – there’s nothing worse than grabbing an old fire extinguisher and realizing it’s not going to be able to put a fire out!
The 2.5# ABC fire extinguishers will all be able to extinguish fires up to 2.5 sq. meters, making them the perfect size for stopping small fires before they escalate into huge disasters. If the fire extinguishers in your building are getting old and you’re worried they won’t be able to keep your building’s occupants safe from fires, don’t wait – call Confires for New Jersey fire extinguisher replacement today!
Written on December 16th, 2011 | Fire Inspections,Fire Safety Tips
Most people have been targeted by (and some people may have fallen prey to) scammers in the past, but this is a new low. Reports are coming in all over the country about fake fire inspectors claiming to be working on behalf of the city. They come into your building, putz around for a while, then leave you with a bill for a few hundred dollars. The damages from fire inspection scams hit you twice – not only did you waste a bunch of money, but your fire protection system didn’t get inspected, meaning it could have some damage you’re not aware of!
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Written on December 9th, 2011 | Fire Safety Tips
It’s that time of year again: trees in shop windows, (electric) candles all around and of course, furnaces, fireplaces, space heaters and all manner of potentially flammable devices. It’s around this time many fire departments in your area will be hosting a variety of different events to show people just why they need to take extra precautions this holiday season. Every year, fire departments respond to an average of 210 building fires (residential and commercial) caused by holiday trees. If you’re planning on putting up a Christmas tree in your New Jersey, Delaware or Philadelphia building, be sure to follow these tips to prevent your holiday cheer from turning your business to coal!
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Written on November 23rd, 2011 | Fire Suppression Systems,Kitchen Fire Suppression Systems
One of the biggest risks of owning a restaurant is not financial – it’s the risk of having an obsolete fire suppression system! Having an out-of-date fire suppression system can cost you big time – just ask the owner of a Massachusetts restaurant that burned down six years ago! Since he failed to upgrade his fire suppression system, not only did the system not activate, allowing the fire to spread and consume his whole business, but it also disqualified him from collecting insurance benefits (the owner was even required to return a $15,000 cash advance from the insurance company!).
So what exactly did this guy do?
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Written on November 16th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers
If you live in the Pacific Court apartments in Jersey City, New Jersey, congratulations – your building just got a whole lot safer! Confires Fire Protection recently installed 68 2.5# ABC fire extinguishers throughout the complex. This type of fire extinguisher is the perfect size for putting out small fires before they become large scale disasters. Best of all, the ABC dry chemical inside makes them perfect for almost every type of fire you’re likely to find in an apartment complex. Remember, the three classes of fire are:
- Class A – anything involving “standard” combustibles, such as wood, paper, trash, etc
- Class B – fires caused by flaming liquids, including gasoline and oil fires
- Class C – fires caused by electrical equipment
If you own a building in Jersey City, New Jersey or anywhere else in the New Jersey, Delaware or Philadelphia area and need fire extinguisher installation or any other fire protection services, including fire sprinkler inspection or fire alarm testing, call Confires today!
Written on October 31st, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your building’s fire alarm system, you’ve probably come across the terms “addressable fire alarms” and “conventional fire alarms”. You may even already know the difference between the two: that conventional fire alarms are all wired to the same control panel, so if one goes off they all go off, whereas addressable fire alarms give each individual alarm unit (smoke detectors, heat detectors, pull stations, etc) its own unique address so you can see exactly which unit is going off at any time. So the only question left is, which type of fire alarm is best for your building?
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Written on October 28th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers
Confires recently completed a pretty big sale – 125 5# ABC fire extinguishers for the Alden Park Apartments in Philadelphia, PA! Believe it or not, the Alden Park apartments are the oldest apartment complex in the country, and have been around since the 1920s! Buying fire extinguishers for historic buildings is especially important, because they tend to be at a high fire risk.
Buying fire extinguishers in bulk is a great way to get the fire protection you need for your building while getting some great discounts! If you need to protect a large building or part of a building, buying your fire extinguishers in bulk is a perfect solution.
If you need to buy a lot of fire extinguishers at once, call Confires! We offer bulk fire extinguisher sales discounts to keep you protected at all times.
Written on October 24th, 2011 | Fire Protection
As effective as a well-maintained fire sprinkler is at keeping your building safe from fires, there may come a time when the sprinkler isn’t enough. When this happens, is your building ready for fire department intervention? Your building should have inlets along one of the outside walls labeled“fire department connections.” Fire department connections allow the fire department to hook up one of their pumpers to your fire sprinklers, providing you with more pressure and water than your pump can deliver. They are especially useful if there has recently been some interruption to the city water supply due to storms or other such events.
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