by Guardian Safety Solutions International | Jul 20, 2015 | Blog, Colleges, Residential
A teen died in a late night cooking fire after arriving home after drinking alcohol. The teen, 17 year-old, Alex Lewis, started his meal fell asleep and died from smoke inhalation. His life might have been spared had he not attempted to cook after drinking and if his...
by Guardian Safety Solutions International | May 8, 2015 | Blog, Residential
In the aftermath of the devastating home fire in Brooklyn on March 21st that left seven children dead and their mother and sister in critical condition, it’s important to remember how preventable so many of these kinds of tragedies can be. The American Red Cross has...
by Guardian Safety Solutions International | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Residential
The Inquisitor reports that Isaiah Cox popped the marriage question to his girlfriend which also happened to be her birthday. To celebrate, he wanted to make her special breakfast. But a nasty grease fire started in the kitchen and the house and proposal went up in...
by Guardian Safety Solutions International | Sep 25, 2014 | Residential
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports a toddler was injured in a cooking fire. According to the report by Meg Jones, “A one-year-old boy was burned in a house fire Monday evening. When firefighters arrived at the two-family home around 7:30 p.m., the child and...
by Guardian Safety Solutions International | Sep 2, 2014 | Markets, Residential
We hope not, because the majority of of all house fires start in the kitchen. In this video from Australia, Fire Investigator Mick Forbes walks us through a unit destroyed by fire – the cause was a pot left unattended on the stove. Do you leave cooking...
by Guardian Safety Solutions International | Aug 19, 2014 | Blog, Residential
Lt. Tom Kiurski, a 30-year veteran of the fire service, serves the Brighton Area Fire Department in Michigan as an academy instructor. He writes about the “Tale of Two Fires” where two families in Warren, Ohio, had cooking fires where 10 adults and...