by GSSI | Aug 24, 2017 | Blog, Residential
About 45 house fires, including condos, are reported every hour in the U.S., and 60 percent of fires are started by cooking equipment. More than 12 million unintentional home / condo cooking fires go unreported causing 640,000 injuries annually. It just takes...
by GSSI | Aug 15, 2017 | Hotels and Motels
Every year there are almost 4,000 hotel and motel fires reported to U.S. fire departments, resulting in $76 million in property loss, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Almost 50 percent of these fires are started by cooking. Since I started in the fire...
by GSSI | Aug 11, 2017 | Blog, Multi-Family
The Sunderland, MA fire marshal’s office promotes two safety-related messages about avoiding cooking fires: Stand by your pan. Stay in the kitchen while you’re cooking Put a lid on it. Should a stove top fire occur, place a lid over it and turn off the heat, and the...