Students preparing to go back to school means there’s one last chance to sneak in a summer vacation. Whether you’re celebrating the end of August or starting off September with a no-labor Labor Day break, making the most of your vacation means keeping your home safe. Because there’s no better way to ruin the stress-free […]
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Prevent Commercial Property Damage with a Facility Maintenance Provider
As a commercial property owner, the mainstay of your responsibilities is to maintain and tend to the buildings your tenants occupy. This includes routine upkeep, emergency repairs, and plans for future improvements to preserve and offer amenities important to your tenants’ needs. With routine maintenance alone, the checklist of tasks can span roofing, plumbing, HVAC, […]
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Protect Your Home from Disaster before Leaving for Vacation
Warmer temps, kids out of school, and longer days make it easy to understand why summer is peak season for travel plans. Easy days lounging lakeside, sipping umbrellaed cocktails on the beach, touring new territories, or camping beneath a star-filled sky offer plenty of opportunities to relax and destress from the usual busy schedule. When […]
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Home and Possession Safety Tips While on Summer Vacation
Planning to get away this summer? Whether the warmer weather means camping over a long weekend, taking a week to hang at the beach, or spending a long stay at a location much farther away, when you come home you want the place to be as you left it. Vacations are supposed to be a […]
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Fire Safety: Don’t Get Burned by Your Barbecue
Grilling is a summer staple, be it a backyard barbecue, firing up food at baseball tailgater or cooking over an open flame while camping. But as fun as gathering with family and friends to feast on some warm-weather fare can be, it can all go up in smoke if grill safety isn’t made priority number […]
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Boost the Safety of Your Backyard
Spring and summer are the seasons when backyards become the place to be. After a long, cold winter stuck indoors, you and your family may see your backyard–or any lot of land surrounding your property–as an outdoor oasis offering fresh air and fun in the sun. True as that may be, like anything that’s sat […]
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5 Fire Safety Reminders from “This is Us”
Spoiler alert: Jack Pearson died in the Feb. 4 episode of NBC’s hit show, “This is Us.” His death was foreshadowed in the first season, but now we finally know how the house fire was sparked, how the family escaped, and how Jack died. Be warned, if you haven’t seen the episode yet, there are […]
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Don’t Let Your Healthy New Year’s Resolution Increase Your Risk for Kitchen Fires
One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions for Americans is losing weight and eating healthier. In fact, weight-related goals were the most made resolution in 2017, according to statistics reported by Statistic Brain. That trend is sure to continue this year and well into the future. But whether you’re someone who makes New Year’s […]
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Creating a Fire Escape Plan for Apartment Building Residents
As a landlord or property manager, you have a long list of roles and responsibilities. Rising to the top of the list–above repairing leaky faucets, quieting noisy neighbors, and collecting monthly rent–is tenant safety. The units you lease to renters are homes, and while a large eat-in kitchen and balcony with a view are great […]
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Keep Your Kitchen Safe During Holiday Cooking
Did you know that one in every six civilian fire deaths involved cooking equipment? According the National Fire Protection Association, the U.S. fire department responded to an average of 162,400 home fire structures between 2009 and 2013 that cooking equipment as the common culprit. Unattended cooking was considered to be the biggest contributing factor to […]
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