U.S. Structure Fires in Eating and Drinking Establishment
U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 8,160 structure fires at eating and drinking establishments per year during 2004-2008. These fires caused annual averages of
- 3 civilian deaths
- 100 civilian fire injuries
- $229 million in direct property damage
Leading Causes of Structure Fires in Eating and Drinking Establishments 2004-2008
Source: U.S. Structure Fires in Eating and Drinking Establishments, Ben Evarts, NFPA Fire Analysis and Research, Quincy, MA, November 2010
The innovations and evolutions in commercial cooking have created innovative and ever-evolving approaches to fire protection on the part of the system manufacturer’s design and development groups. Give your chefs the freedom to choose their own cooking equipment and methods with a fire suppression system that can meet today’s fire protection challenges while retaining the flexibility needed to meet new challenges in the future.
UL 300 Wet Chemical Systems for Commercial Cooking
When it comes to protecting your kitchen equipment from fire… ANSUL® products protect more food service kitchens than any other brand: from the time-tested R-102™ liquid agent system… to the ultimate dual-agent protection only a PIRANHA® system can provide.
Portable Fire Extinguishers
Make sure you're prepared for those critical first two minutes of a fire. Choose from a complete line of ANSUL® portable fire extinguishers to protect your people and property.
K-GUARD® Kitchen-Class Fire Extinguishers
K-GUARD® fire extinguishers contain ANSULEX® liquid fire suppressant to quickly knock down the flames, form a vapor-securing blanket, and cool the grease and surrounding surfaces.
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CLEANGUARD® Clean-Agent Fire Extinguishers
CLEANGUARD® hand portable extinguishers contain DuPont FE-36® where the agent must be clean, electrically nonconductive, environment friendly, extremely low in toxicity, and exceptionally effective.
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SENTRY® Stored-Pressure Fire Extinguishers
When economy and performance are equally important, select from the SENTRY® line of stored pressure, hand portable fire extinguishers.
Agents include dry chemical, carbon dioxide, and water.
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Emergency & Exit Lighting
Even though emergency lighting is a key component in any facility's safety equipment package, it is often neglected. Battery powered emergency lighting units require periodic maintenance and testing to assure their proper performance.
Fire Alarms
By incorporating fire safety equipment into a monitored alarm system, you can ensure a quick response to any fire safety emergency. Combines both the local audible alarms with notifications of the alarm to the Central Monitoring Service which can dispatch the fire department.