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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 Having an out-of-date fire suppression system can cost you big time – just ask the owner of a Massachusetts restaurant that burned down six years ago!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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Written on October 10th, 2011 | Fire Safety Tips
Next week marks the 140th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, one of the most devastating fires this country has ever seen. According to legend, the Great Chicago Fire was started in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, when a jumpy cow kicked over a lantern and sparked a blaze that spread over 2,000 acres, destroyed 17,400 homes, killed 250 people and left another 100,000 homeless. This year, the theme of fire prevention week is Protect Your Family From Fire, and the NFPA has loads of residential fire safety tips on their website that you should follow to help keep yourself and your family safe from fires at all times.
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Written on September 30th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers
You already know how important it is to make sure your fire extinguishers are fully charged at all times. Fires in most buildings are pretty rare but always possible, and if your fire extinguishers aren’t fully charged, you’re putting yourself and your employees at grave risk.
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Written on September 27th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers
Last month, Confires completed a pretty big job – we replaced 25 fire extinguishers for Drake’s Bakery in Wayne, NJ! The Hostess-owned bakery, which now makes treats like Ring Dings, Yodels, Devil Dogs, Yankee Doodles, Sunny Doodles, Funny Bones and coffee cake, was made famous in the 90s by TV shows like Seinfeld and the Rosie O’Donnell Show. Drake’s chose 25 2.5 lb ABC fire extinguishers – perfect for putting out fires caused by things like paper and wood, flammable liquids, electricity and other common flammable materials found in bakeries.
Need fire extinguisher replacement for your own building in Wayne, NJ or anywhere else in the New Jersey / Delaware / Philadelphia area? Don’t wait – call Confires today!
Written on September 20th, 2011 | Fire Extinguishers,Fire Safety Tips
Buying fire extinguishers for new buildings can be tricky – between the selection process, figuring out where to install them, finally buying them and then having to maintain them, it’s a very detailed process that can add more stress to constructing a new building. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be hard! Just study up on these fire extinguisher requirements for new buildings and your fire extinguisher installation process will be totally painless.
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