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Fire Safety and Security for Commercial Places

Fire pose a major threat to various occupancies in India. Almost every day some fires are reported by media across the country. These fires not only resulted in the loss of many precious life and injuries to many but also inflicted heavy property loss and all this happening due to the lack of proper fire fighting system and knowledge how to deal with the situation. During the last two decades there was a vibrant growth in the construction activities in India, especially in high rise buildings. Because of its peculiar nature, fire in residential buildings, in particular, high rise buildings become more complex and the salvaging operations become more difficult and sometimes even resulting in many deaths and huge property losses. The rapid modernisation of Indian Industry has made the scenario more complex. Awareness towards fire safety had not been quite forthcoming. This article will focus on the overall scenario on the existing fire safety regulations in India and the effectivenes...

Fire Fighting Guideline for Commercial and Residential Development

This is brutal truth every year we loses thousands of precious lives in some major and minor fire accidents and all this happens due to the better and efficient fire fighting system in our commercial, residential and work places. As per several of researches has been conducting by some social and government agencies it’s says the picture is not so nice in front of us. Fire poses a major threat to various occupancies in India. Almost every day some fires are reported by media across the country. These fires not only resulted in the loss of many precious life and injuries to many but also inflicted heavy property loss. During the last two decades there was a vibrant growth in the construction activities in India, especially in high rise buildings. Because of its peculiar nature, fire in residential buildings, in particular, high rise buildings become more complex and the salvaging operations become more difficult and sometimes even resulting in many deaths and huge property losse...

All the Basics you needs to Know about Fire Fighting Equipments

Safety against Fire is a very important thing at work places as well as at homes. Every year large numbers of people die due to Fire. Fire safety can easily be ensured by having fire fighting equipment and proper fire protection. The Importance of fire fighting system is an indispensable one to ensure maximum Protection against Fire. The Fire Fighting Equipment also ensures safety of the fire fighters who risk their lives to save others. Some Major Fire Fighting Equipment Are: Fire Extinguisher – Fire Extinguisher is the primary need of any small or big establishment. Every house should have sufficient numbers of Fire Extinguishers to ensure Fire safety. There are different types of Fire Extinguishers available in the market for different types of Fire. Fire Alarms – Fire detection equipment is the first and most important thing to have a full proof Fire Protection System. The Fire Alarms alert in cases of Fire and the loud Fire Alarm leads one to the exact place where there ...

Fire Protection Equipment, Its Uses and Enhancements

What you are no matter but if you own a home, business, living in society or multi-story building, it’s vital that you have the proper fire protection equipment at hand in case of an emergency, including smoke detectors, fire alarms, fire extinguishers and automatic sprinklers. Here’s a more in-depth look at these different types of fire safety equipment. Smoke Detectors Properly installed smoke alarms play a key role in reducing death and injuries caused by fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), having a working smoke detector in your home cuts the chance of perishing in a fire by 50 percent. To make the most of this fire protection equipment : Have one installed in every bedroom and on every level of your home. Test the detectors once a month to ensure operation. Replace the batteries once a year. Install new smoke detectors every 10 years. Fire Alarm Systems While smoke detectors alone may be enough in a residential situation, commercial...

The Fire: Effects and Response

The thought of fire in our house scare our conscience. This is the reason where people are afraid of losing their property, strong arrangements of fire safety are found there. The rich people can easily afford the best fire safety solution and they need these safety tools badly to save their property that worth crores or more. Sometimes the shock of losing property in a fire also becomes a great risk to the life of the owner. The fire safety arrangements are done to save lives and property together. This is very important to understand the effects of fire or its smoke to deal with the challenging situation with perfection. Below are some effects of fire and its smoke: Spending 30 seconds in Smokey fire can lead to disorientation. Spending two minutes in the same type of fire can make you unconscious. Spending three minutes or more can cause the death of the person. This is why it is suggested to have proper ventilation arrangement in your homes. Try to open the windows and d...

The Inside of Fire Safety Equipments Sprinkler and Detector

One of the most important aspects of health and safety within any industry is the equipment used in the fight against fire. This includes all deterrent, detection, warning and firefighting components, such as smoke detectors, fire detectors, fire alarm systems, fire extinguishers, safety doors, emergency lighting and more. Simply having these items installed and training your staff in their operation is not enough to uphold effective fire safety – they must also be regularly inspected and maintained. Fire sprinkler : A fire sprinkler system is a simple, but key, active component of a domestic or commercial building’s fire protection system. Installed in ceilings or side walls, the system consists of a water supply, a water distribution piping system and sprinkler heads. The sprinkler discharges water automatically when a fire is detected, though it is not triggered by smoke. It controls or extinguishes the fire, so is both a fire detection and suppression system. Basically...

3 Safety Precautions When the Sprinklers are Offline

Fire is a situation when maximum people lose their brain and take wrong decisions. This happens due to emotional attachment towards the assets, people, and more which is affected by the fire. We want to save these things and for that, we are always ready to do whatever we can do. Playing with dangerous fire to save our valuables is not a good idea. It would be better if you raise some strong prevention steps to protect your things from fire. Fire fighting equipment is highly effective to deal with fire until you receive help from the fire station. We use sprinklers to protect our residential or commercial buildings. You need to keep your sprinklers offline sometimes. Different types of sprinklers are being used for the same purpose. Pendant type sprinkler , concealed type sprinkler, and automatic sprinklers are designed to fight with expertise. These sprinklers can sense the fire can start the action automatically to control the situation. Fire can encounter during that offline s...

Common Causes of Fire and Safety Measures

Fires affect thousands of companies each year resulting in injury, lost customer trust and building damage. By establishing a fire prevention and preparedness program, you can help avoid injuries to your employees and visitors, costly damages, and potential fines to your business. Below are some best practices to help prepare your facility for a fire emergency. The faster response helps to avoid damage will occur due to the fire, fire detector alert for response. Emergency response is easier when everyone knows their respective responsibilities. Establish a detailed fire emergency evacuation plan that dictates how to respond, when to respond, and identifies a path of egress. If employees have special needs or require special attention, address these details in the plan. Fire is the cause of serious damage and injuries : Approximately one-half of home fire deaths occur in homes without smoke alarms. Most residential fires occur during the winter months. Alcohol use contribut...

Checklist points to fight with fire effectively

Today almost building which is commercial or non-commercial are made with inbuilt fire fighting solution. Our fire fighting equipment is also very efficient to give great safety and save us from the major fire risks. But still, there are many cases registered where the fire has generated a high loss to lives, money, and assets. This is the time to stay safe in such type of critical conditions. We can make a checklist to avoid mistakes to reduce the chances of any type of fire loss. Below are some points you can include in your checklist. Whenever you leave your workplace make sure to check the following points in your checklist: Main power is off or not Your fire fighting equipment is working properly or not. The security agents or rest staffs are trained on the fire fighting emergency or not. Is there any machine or equipment left on then switch it off. Nothing is interrupting ventilation No oil, gas, or fuel leakage found in the machines, generators and other electronicall...

Fire Safety Equipment Can Reduce Bad Consequences

Fire is most precious mankind if it is in controlled and managed but the fire at unwanted place and uncontrolled, can be extremely dangers. Uncontrolled and unwanted fire can be the cause of bad consequences such as destroy property, cause injuries, and take lives. A fire in the workplace can also mean the termination of jobs, as many of the offices and factories destroyed by fire in India are never rebuilt. One of the key strategies to maintaining a safe workplace and preventing fires is installing the fire safety equipments in extremely working condition and provide fire safety training for everyone and make it compulsory. How fire safety equipments can help to reduce risk? Do you believe in case of 90% fire incidences most of them are began from very small area and could be controlled in the availability of right fire equipments and training. The fire safety equipments play major role to deal with the fire in early stage, either it is residence or workplace. Few of fire s...

How fire protection and prevention are different from each other?

Many times, being confused with some similar words. We think that both the words are with same meaning just because their pronunciation is very similar and they sound like the same. But it is not always right, as many times the meanings of those words are completely different. We can take the example of protection and prevention to explain this statement better. If we related these two words with fire then it will be easier to make you understand. See the explanation given below for both words: Fire protection : For fire protection advanced safety featured products are being used to protect our precious items, buildings and more in case of fire. These products are known for quick and efficient action. Fire detection system manufacturers have also added fire detection equipment in this category. Fire detection system identifies the fire possibilities and indicates with a louder alarm. Then it turns to our fire protection system that starts working very efficiently to save the area f...

Deployment of Automatic Fire Sprinkler is Guarantee of Fire Safety

“Safety first “we all of us may heard this small punch line many time at many places. Punch line is very short but contains very deep meaning itself. Safety is precautions that save us from big disasters and damages especially in the case of fire. Fire Safety is of the utmost importance in any building either home or workplace. As a home and business owner, you’re responsible for ensuring that your place meets all required safety standards. Fires destroy property, cause injuries, and take lives. You can’t do anything once it’s happened, whatever you can do take precaution and extra measures by insuring the fire safety arrangements. Installing automatic sprinkler is one of fire safety arrangements getting popular. Automatic Fire Sprinkler: Automatic fire sprinklers significantly reduce the number of fire-related fatalities, as well as the average property loss per fire. Although not many properties have fire sprinklers installed in Canada, these devices are, in fact, affordabl...

Why We Need Fire Detector Alarms for our Home and Workplaces

Fire is a calamity come sudden and destroys most no matter it is residential (Apartment, Banglo and House in colony) or commercial work place such as factories, plants, offices, shopping complexes and groceries store. No places are safe with the fire, without sufficient arrangements of fire detection and controlling equipment. We all are lucky now we have much efficient fire detection and alarming system that had not in the past. Fire detector manufacturers in India providing high quality equipment that are capable to identify fire and smoke at very early and automatic fire sprinklers start spreading water on the fire place. Let’s take a look why we need fire detection system and how it is helping us to save property and lifes. The best reason to install a fire detector alarm is to make the building safe for your employees, customers, and tenants. A combination of smoke and heat detectors, sirens and bells, and strobe lights detect and alert building occupants of a fire, giving...

Top Five Fire Protection Equipment for An Effective Fire Solution

Fire safety solution services manufacture different types of products such as fire protection equipment, fire fighting extinguisher, fire detection system, automatic sprinklers, and more. These products are extremely advanced and capable to provide a high range of protection from the different types of fires. Fire protection equipment is the base to provide us maximum protection in the case of fire. There are many types of fire protection equipment available in the market; below you can know more about the top five fire protection equipment: Landing Valve : These valves are used for the water supply in the building. These valves are required floor wise in each building. A great diameter along with single or double head formation works fabulously. Branch pipe : These pipes are used to give protection from general fire, marine fire, and bonfire. Their efficiency mitigates the threat to our life and off course our property. Three-way suction collection he ad: This is the most ...

Useful fire safety tips to prevent our homes from unexpected fire

We always discuss the steps to use in case of fire, but shouldn’t we first discuss the ways to avoid such situations. We must know the ways we can use to prevent the possibilities of fire at home. Here are some helpful tips for you to prevent fire and ensure safety of the loved ones staying in your home. If you follow these tips in your daily life, then you can definitely save your home from any losses caused by sudden fire: Turn off the regulator knob: Whenever you are finished with your cooking, make sure you always turn off the regulator knob of your cylinder. If you’re your gas knob is open by chance then you don’t need to be worried as the gas supply is closed directly from the cylinder.  Precautions with candles, lighter, and matchboxes: In case of fire we take the help of fire protection equipment . We have the best quality, and efficient firefighting solutions, but still a fire brings big loss. So, the steps of precautions are highly effective in such a case. If there a...

How does a fire detection system work to protect the building?

We cannot even imagine our home or workplace burning in the fire. Even the thought of fire is enough to steal the piece of our mind. It’s not just about the monetary loss but also about the lives of people and the emotions attached to the goods get burned in the fire. Depending on the fire safety arrangements made in the office or the residence, people feel secured. Today’s modern and highly advanced fire fighting solutions are perfectly capable to provide protection from fire caused by different reasons like short circuit, smoke etc. The fire detection system is one of the best gifts of technological advancements. This system detects the light smoke at the starting point of fire and sends signals through a very high-volume alarm to control the situation before it takes a severe turn. Let’s understand the function of a fire detection system to buy the best option: The smoke and heat detectors identify the fire first and start sending loud signals by alarming. The system attache...

Fire Safety and Essential Equipments

Uncontrolled fire is a disaster; it comes sudden and destroy most. Fire safety information saves lives. It's as simple as that. Whether it's in your own home or in your place of employment, education and clear markings of important fire hazards and safety equipment can prevent injuries and save structures as long as people are well aware of everything they need to know. Fire safety equipments are important component of a building's safety plan, regardless of whether it's a commercial facility, hospital or educational facility. That's why passive fire protection systems have been designed to help protect the building and its occupants during a fire. Fire safety essential must be the part of any commercial and residential building, some of them are given bellow. Fire Detectors This is a devise install on various part of building, capable to detect fire and smoke at very early stage. When system detects the fire it start warning alarm along with water sprinkl...

Tips to protect your commercial area from fire

The risk of fire and its damage due to fire are higher in commercial sectors. This can be caused by chemicals, electronic machines and products, short circuit, labor negligence, inflammable substances, overload, and many other things. In such condition, we can try some very useful tips and save the commercial area from fire and the effects of fire. Below are some instructions that can play a vital role in controlling the fire: Regular maintenance of HVAC : Heating system, ventilation areas and machines like exhausts, and air conditioners are the main areas of a commercial site that you need to be strict for the maintenance. Maintenance of these will give you great fire protection . Exit plan: In case of fire if you have the best quality fire fighting equipment then it is good but, before you switch to apply these equipment make sure all the employees are out from the building. For the safe exit make a safe exit plan for emergency cases. Train the staff and workers :  Prov...

Technology Helps to Prevent from Fire with Fire Safety Equipments

Fire can have an adverse impact on anyone who is unfortunate enough to be near it. We understand how excessive flames and heat from a fire can cause a great deal of harm from contact of hot air can kill the person immediately or can badly the body, that will impacts rest of life. Every year thousands fire incidences took place in various part of the country and damage the lives and properties widely. Fire safety and prevention can prevent from damage: Learning how to prevent fires from occurring is a good enough reason alone to book you onto a Fire Safety course. It is so important to know what simple measures you can take such as keeping fire exits clear, keeping the workplace tidy, effective management of waste and understanding how to reduce the risk of electrical fires occurring. How technologies can help us to avoid damages with fire: We all understand, fire always starts with some small in ignition. If fire detect at initial level then it can be busted before speeding ...

Importance and types of sprinklers in fire fighting measures

Fire due to short circuit, chemical reaction, excessive heat, gas leakage etc. is a commonly seen problem in the industries. This not just causes loss of money and good, but also valuable lives of the people working in the industries.  Level of fire can be small and even bigger. It depends on numerous thing like the reason fire, type of goods nearby, delay in fire fighting efforts.  In companies and most of the organizations, it is mandatory for the staff to attend the fire fighting training program. These programs are helping to spread awareness about some very basic and important things to do in case of fire. Thankflly, today we have very strong fire fighting solutions, which are quite effective to deal with the different types of fire issues quickly and effectively.  The fire fighting solution manufacturers use highly advanced technology to make their products user-friendly and powerful. Sprinklers are one of best innovations to control fires at the workplaces....

Fire Fighting Extinguisher Ensure Our Safety with Fire

Uncontrolled fire is calamity, comes sudden and destroys most. Every year fire takes thousands of lives it is more than any other way like accidents, flood, earthquake and diseases like cancer. According to the news sources in the year 2018, around 232 major fire incidents had taken place and 22630 people lost their lives. On an average, 66 people die every day in India in different miner and major fire incidents. Better fire safety management and training can help to reduce death numbers. Fire fighting is not only responsibility of fire fighters, somewhere it is very first responsibility those people who around where fire take place. Fire Fighting Extinguisher: Our government already has made safety guidelines for workplace, commercial institutions and vehicle use in public transport and carrier. Sufficient amount of fire fighting extinguishers are minimum requirement for all commercial, industrial and workplaces as per the government rules. May all of you have seen fire ext...

Deployment of Automatic Fire Sprinkler is Guarantee of Fire Safety

“Safety first “we all of us may heard this small punch line many time at many places. Punch line is very short but contains very deep meaning itself. Safety is precautions that save us from big disasters and damages especially in the case of fire. Fire safety is of the utmost importance in any building either home or workplace. As a home and business owner, you’re responsible for ensuring that your place meets all required safety standards. Fires destroy property, cause injuries, and take lives. You can’t do anything once it’s happened, whatever you can do take precaution and extra measures by insuring the fire safety arrangements . Installing automatic sprinkler is one of fire safety arrangements getting popular.         Automatic Fire Sprinkler: Automatic fire sprinklers significantly reduce the number of fire-related fatalities, as well as the average property loss per fire. Although not many properties have fire sprinklers installed in Canada, the...

A Fire Protection Equipment Can Save Hundreds of Lives

Fire is disaster that ruins mankind most than any other. According to “The Times of India News” more than 1.13 Lakh people killed in fire accidents between 2010 and 2014 in India. But now there are some fire detection systems which can save many people lives. The cases of fire accidents we have been listening very often, in most of the cases number of casualties remains higher. Few popular fire cases in India that took lots of lives September 2012 -Tamil Nadu: Explosion took place in the fireworks it took 54 lives more than 80 are heavily injured. June Fire 1997 - Delhi (Uphaar Cinema): Fire and smoke in the cinema hall during the movie have killed 59 including men, women and children. December 2011 - Kolkata: Sudden fire in the hospital had happened and more than 90 people burned dead grisly on the spot. April 2006 – Meerut: Fire emerged during the Brand India Fair and up to 100 people had lost their lives unfortunately. July 2004 -Tamil Nadu: 94 ...