Fire Protection for Hospitals in New Jersey

If you run a hospital in New Jersey, you have the important responsibility of keeping your patients safe. In addition to hiring the right doctors and nurses to deliver exceptional healthcare, you must also establish a fire safety plan and effective evacuation procedure in case a blaze ignites in your hospital.

New Jersey Hospital Fire Risks

According to the National Fire Protection Association, about 5,650 healthcare facilities in the US are damaged in fires annually. These blazes cause four civilian deaths, 160 civilian injuries, and $45 million in property damage. The most prominent fire risk in your New Jersey hospital is the cooking equipment, which accounts for about two-thirds of all healthcare facility fires.

Thankfully, strict fire codes result in relatively few lives lost and low property damage rates because hospital blazes tend to spread minimally beyond the point of origin. Still, the ultimate goal is to prevent every hospital fire, so the death toll is zero.

The Importance of Fire Protection Equipment

The first step of any fire protection plan is to install equipment that extinguishes fires and helps ensure safe evacuations. At Confires, we install the following systems in New Jersey hospitals:

• Portable fire extinguishers embolden your employees with firefighting power.
• Fire sprinkler systems provide 24/7 defense against hospital fires.
• Commercial kitchen fire suppression systems extinguish cooking fires, the most prominent fire risk in New Jersey hospitals.
• Emergency exit lighting helps patients and employees remain calm and orderly during an evacuation.
• Fire alarms alert everyone in the building of the fire emergency.

In addition to installing these fire protection systems in New Jersey hospitals, we also inspect, maintain, repair, and replace equipment as needed.

Creating a Hospital Fire Safety Plan

Along with installing and maintaining your hospital’s fire protection equipment, make sure you establish a code-compliant fire safety plan. In short, this plan should include:

• Fire extinguisher training for every hospital staff member: Educate new employees as soon as they join the team. Then, repeat the training once a year to keep everyone comfortable with using a fire extinguisher.
• Establish an escape plan: Every doctor, nurse, receptionist, and janitor working at your hospital should be aware of this plan. Use it to assign staff members certain responsibilities during a fire emergency, such as escorting or carrying bed-ridden patients to safety, activating pull stations to set off the alarm, using fire extinguishers to battle the blaze, and knowing when to evacuate to a designated outdoor location.

Choose Confires for New Jersey Hospital Fire Protection

Perhaps you need fire protection equipment installed or maintained. Maybe you want help crafting your hospital evacuation plan. Whatever the case, Confires can help. We have experience with every aspect of hospital fire protection, and we can help keep your patients, employees, and healthcare facility safe from fire.

For more about our company, or to arrange fire protection services for your hospital in New Jersey, please contact Confires today. Our experience serving customers in New Jersey and Delaware dates back over 30 years.