UPDATED 2/13/21

Commercial properties are a wonderful thing. They can bring in both active and residual income and are a great investment overall. That being said, they are not impervious to fire and other costly damages that might end up in your paying thousands for repairs. Fire restoration after a house fire or after a commercial building fire beg the question, “can smoke damage be removed?” and the answer is yes.

Cleaning after smoke damage is a very tedious process and the right damage restoration company can make the process simpler, faster and far more streamlined to help make getting back into your property faster and easier overall. Fire damage can cost thousands and one of the biggest issues after a fire is of course, the smoke. Keeping in mind that clean up is necessary, using a professional company is going to help ensure that you are able to get back into your commercial property, that you are not going to have to spend thousands on costly repairs, and that your property is going to be back to normal as quickly as possible. Fires can be prevented, but when they occur clean up is a must and professional help is always the best.

Imagine your entire business going up in flames, literal flames. Everything that you have worked hard to build is being burnt to the ground. You hope that all of your customers and employees have safely made it out of the building. You worry how much of the damages your insurance company will cover. Will you ever be able to rebuild? Will your customers ever trust your business again? A fire can cause a lot of damages to a business, both physical and business wise. Every year, hotel and motel fires result in $76 million in property loss. A lot of these damages, however, are from hotels that did not have the appropriate amount of fire prevention setup.

Proper fire prevention can drastically reduce the likeliness of a fire. It can also significantly reduce the amount of damages and losses, when a fire does occur. The combination of automatic sprinklers and early warning systems in all buildings could reduce overall injuries, loss of life, and property damage by at least 50%. Commercial fire protection works. When people are properly warned of a fire, they have sufficient time to get out of the building. When the fire department is automatically notified, they are able to get to the fire quicker, reducing the damages from the fire.

Although most businesses have some type of fire sprinkler installation for fire protection, many do not keep up with the maintenance and repairs of that system. If the system stops working, the business is unaware, until it is needed. By then, it is too late for repairs. For this reason, many businesses are moving to a disabled notification system. If a renovation project results in the fire alarm or sprinkler system being disabled for more than a limited number of hours in a 24 hour period, the local fire department must be notified and the hospital must establish a fire watch.

This setting reduces the chance of a fire occurring without notification during renovations and remodels. It also protects the business from a fire without warning, if the fire sprinkler installation were to stop working and no one were to notice. Businesses that are interested in this type of a fire prevention set up should contact a local fire alarm contractor. Commercial fire protection service is crucial when you are responsible for other people?s lives, both customers and employees.

Another common problem is that commercial businesses do not have enough fire alarm inspections done. A fire sprinkler installation or fire prevention system may be developed when the building is first built or newly remodeled, and then forgotten about. If a building does not experience any fire or fire scare, the fire sprinkler installation system does not come to mind. Routine fire inspections can help with this problem.

Fire prevention begins with routine inspections. A routine inspection can require the commercial building to have monthly or bi monthly checks of their fire prevention equipment. Many warehouses and industrial buildings already have these requirements, because of the fire hazardous environments that are in. It can be just as dangerous in a public setting, such as hotel or a motel to have faulty working fire prevention. These inspections should take place in high risk areas, such as the hotel kitchens and electrical wiring rooms.

Every year, the country is faced with thousands of commercial fires. These fires lead to millions of dollars in property losses. They also lead to loss of lives. Many of these fires could be prevented, or in the least, the damages decreased. Commercial fires can be drastically reduced with the appropriate fire prevention systems in place, such as proper fire sprinkler installations. Fire inspection routines can also ensure that fire preventions are working properly, in the event of a commercial fire.