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 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...
by GSSI | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Residential
Winston-Salem North Carolina Fire Department reports that there were 22 kitchen cooking fires already this year. In 2016, there were 70 kitchen fires, up from 57 the year before. The Department has been installing 500 stove top fire suppression devices in high fire...
by GSSI | Mar 13, 2017 | Blog, Multi-Family, Residential, Senior Living
Smart Safety: Kitchen Fire Safety Guardian Safety Solutions International, Inc. (GSSI), the nation’s largest provider of range top fire suppression systems, wants to share tips for kitchen fire safety. Based on 2009-2013 annual averages, cooking equipment was the...
