Small business fire safety tips

7/2/2019 (Permalink)

Businesses of all sizes should have an Emergency Response Plan

SAFETY TIPS for your business

• Install smoke alarms in every room. They should also be outside each area and on every level of the building. Install alarms in the basement.
• Large commercial facilities may need extra smoke alarms in large, open rooms.
• Ideally interconnected smoke alarms should be used....so that when one smoke alarm sounds, they all sound.
• Test all smoke alarms at least once a month. Press the test button to be sure the alarm is working.
• Different types of alarms are available  including multi-sensing, which could include smoke and carbon monoxide combined.
• A smoke alarm should be on the ceiling or high on a wall.
• Accommodate employees and/or customers who are hard-of-hearing or deaf.  These alarms have strobe lights and bed shakers.
• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 5 years old.

SERVPRO of LaGrange/Burr Ridge/Hinsdale provides a free Emergency Ready Profile, which includes a telephone application. This powerful resource is available to property managers, building owners, and company safety representatives.