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Portable Heater Safety for the Chilly Months Ahead Small space heaters are typically used when the main heating system is inadequate or when central heating is too costly to install or operate. In some cases, small space heaters can be less expensive to use if you only want to heat one room or supplement inadequate heating Read more about Portable Heater Safety Tips[…]
You’ve heard all of the preventative steps, you’ve prepped your employees, and your building is up to code. However, the easiest prevention methods are usually the most overlooked. Some of the biggest ways to avoid needing fire damage reconstruction services are usually some of the quickest to check. Inspect these things today and be sure Read more about When Was The Last Time You Completed These Fire Prevention Tasks?[…]
No matter where you live—house, apartment, dorm room, mobile home—one factor remains constant: There never seem to be enough power outlets. This may explain the popularity of multi-outlet power strips, which provide additional outlets and also let you control… Refrigerators and Freezers 1/11 Large appliances like refrigerators require a lot of power and frequently cycle Read more about 10 Things Never to Plug into a Power Strip[…]
The death of a family of fourfrom Iowa at a property in Mexico has illustrated the potentially lethal hazards when renting a home or condominium for vacation. Authorities say Kevin and Amy Sharp and their two children were found dead on March 23 after they inhaled a toxic gas in their vacation rental in Tulum. Read more about 3 tips to make sure your rental home is safe from carbon monoxide and fire[…]
Leading Causes of Fire Over the past several decades, deaths from home structure fires in the United States have steadily gone down – from 5,200 in 1980 to 2,646 in 2015, according to Injury Facts 2017®. But even one death from a preventable fire is too many. While fire doesn’t discriminate by age, it is the Read more about Home Fires Peak During Winter Months[…]
Goodbye, monochromatic kitchens; hello, Ultra Violet. Getty With a new year comes thoughts of how to renovate, refresh, and redecorate our living spaces. And where better to start than in the heart and hearth of the home, the kitchen? Check out the 5 kitchen trends poised to make a huge splash in 2018. Advertisement – Read more about 5 Kitchen Trends For 2018[…]
Mendocino County Fires Spectrum Building & Restoration reconstruction crews were dispatched to assist property owners who had been affected by the fires in Mendocino County. Carpenters from Spectrum Building & Restoration who have experience in rebuilding fire damaged structures, were able to help about 10 people who had part of their homes damaged by Read more about Spectrum Reconstruction Crews Assist Fire Victims In Mendocino County, CA[…]
Buying a Home in a Fire Zone While California and other western states may get the most media coverage for their wildfires, it’s actually the southern United States that led the country in homes destroyed by wildfires in 2016. According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) there were more than 67,000 wildfires in the Read more about Buying a Home in a Fire Zone[…]
Passer-by alerted occupant of fire in roof’s eaves BEND, Ore. – A fire that broke out in the roof area of a two-story log home west of Bend Thursday evening caused about $50,000 damage before crews could stop it, officials said. A passer-by noticed smoke coming from the roofline of the home in the 16000 Read more about Fire causes $50,000 damage to log home west of Bend[…]