by GSSI | Dec 4, 2017 | Blog, Multi-Family
WBRZ Channel 2 Baton Rouge reports that St George Fire Department is seeing an increase in cooking fires. Guardian is here to help reduce the numbers! The St. George Fire Department is experiencing higher incidences of building fires so far in the year with several...
by GSSI | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog, Colleges, Fire marshals, Press Releases, Schools
The University of Kentucky #FireMarshal’s Office kicks off September’s Campus Safety Month with a dramatic demonstration of how quickly a fire can start in a college dorm room....
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...
by GSSI | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog, Multi-Family
A cooking fire forced dozens of people from the Willows of Springdale apartment complex after resident Kristen Shephard said she was cooking and then fell asleep. Cooking fires often happen when a person starts to cook, walks away from the stove to watch TV, take care...
