SERVPRO of Wilson County Fire Prevention

10/20/2020 (Permalink)

Fire safety and fire prevention go hand in hand. Whether you’re living in a 500 square foot apartment or a 50,000 square foot mega-mansion, preventing fires from occurring and spreading should always be priority number one. If you are unable to prevent a fire or fall unfortunate to fire damage - you must call on Mt Juliet fire restoration services from SERVPRO to help restore your property to its original condition. In the interim, it’s important to practice these fire prevention best practices to keep your property free from fires of all sizes.

How Prominent Are Home Fires in the U.S.? In 2018, 50.7% of all residential fires in the U.S. started with cooking, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Fire Administration. Heating, the second most common cause of house fires, was responsible for 9.4% of fires. Being that we are currently in the middle of Fall, headed into Winter, home heating is definitely something that homeowners lean on heavily. With this in mind, it’s recommended that homeowners set their furnace or heating system at a manageable level to avoid starting any fires.

Don’t Overload Your Electrical Outlets

It’s also important to take care, not to overload electrical outlets with multiple high-energy appliances in the kitchen and elsewhere in the home. This is to prevent a surge that could spark and lead to a fire that can often times begin in areas that you would not expect.

Change Your Smoke Alarm Batteries

A good way to remember to change smoke alarm batteries is to change them on Nov. 1, when Daylight Savings Time ends, and again in the spring when Daylight Savings Time resumes. This is to ensure that no matter what time of day or where you are in your home, that you know exactly where a fire is and what measures to take to extinguish it.

If you do experience fire damage Call SERVPRO of Wilson County at (615) 449-5000 if you’ve had a property fire. SERVPRO is the number 1 restoration company dealing with fire and fire damage. The team at SERVPRO has decades of experience in restoring homes from fire damage. This is the level of expertise that homeowners deserve when they’ve experienced any type of catastrophic fire damage on their property.