hotel and hospitality

We run across these stories ALL the time.  Fire extinguishers are the first response against indoor fires. Properly functioning fire extinguishers can put out the majority of early stage fires. In order to protect the lives of those who you are responsible for it is important to ensure that your fire extinguishers are working properly. Here are 10 recent incidents in which fire extinguishers were stolen or vandalized leaving a building at risk in the case of Dickenson High or and in extreme cases like the motel fire in Hoover Alabama, resulted in loss of life.

Great story and photo demonstrating the value and importance of having operating fire extinguishers at the ready.

A guest at this airport hotel used an extinguisher to out a fire in his room that, according to news reports, appears to have started in a baseboard heater.

Working extinguishers are key to life safety. Codes require 30-day inspections of extinguishers, but fire safety is greatly improved with 24/7 electronic monitoring.

When fire alarms go off in your hotel just before 4:00 AM you have to figure it isn't good news.

In the case of the Hotel Sterling in Monroe, MI it was an intruder who used an non-monitored fire extinguisher to set the smoke alarms off and get people out of their rooms. The fire department also responded -- potentially keeping them from other more pressing emergencies.

Preventing disruption, vandalism and damage are just three of the many benefits of having electronically monitored fire extinguishers.

This is hard to write because it is so awful and tragic. Four young women died in a hotel fire. The alleged person responsible tried to use a fire extinguisher on it but said, "it malfunctioned" and "didn't work."

Before a fire in a guest room could spread, it was quickly put down with an available, operable fire extinguisher. Sadly some hotels don't keep up with manual inspections and lives are lost. 30-day inspections can be avoided with electronic monitoring. It saves money and time on inspections and gives you 24/7 assurance that your extinguishers are available and working.