commercial properties security Minnesota

commercial properties security Minnesota

Commercial Properties Minnesota

Here are some facts you need to consider about your commercial properties:

• Losses for downtime after a fire go from $40,000/hour to well or $1 million in lost revenue
• 43% of businesses that suffer a significant fire never re-open
• Of the rest, 29% fail within 3 years

Sprinklers Save Buildings Not the Content

A truism we have in the commercial security business is that sprinklers save buildings not the content.   With all the damage a fire can cause to your business, the water to put out the fire may cause even more damage.   Blasts of water on computers, electronic equipment, paper records can bring far more damage to your actual business operations.

When shopping for smoke alarms, consumers should be aware of the two different types of smoke alarms: ionization and photoelectric. While both types are effective smoke sensors, ionization type detectors respond quickly to flaming fires, while photoelectric type detectors respond sooner to smoldering fires. Since consumers can’t predict what types of fires might break out, experts recommend you have both types in your home.  Remember, when you go to sleep at night, one of the first things to sleep in your nose! Smoke alarms save lives.  Each year there are more than 300,000 residential fires.  Smoke alarms provide valuable time for a family to escape a home fire.  Studies show that two thirds of the fire deaths come from homes that do not have smoke alarms or have smoke alarms that have dead batteries.

Alternatives to Water Solutions

Fortunately today, we have alternatives to water-based fire protection.  We now have commercial water-less fire suppression systems.  These systems are activated by heat sensors.  They use a DuPont cleaning agent to extinguish the fire within matters of seconds.  The process leaves a non-toxic powdery substance on an area which is easily removed by compressed air or vacuuming.  These Water-less Fire Suppression systems have been used on a world-wide basis with great success.

Commercial Properties Security Minnesota

If you would like to learn more about alternatives to commercial water fire solutions, give us a call.  We will have one of our expert commercial technicians sit down and explain the alternatives to you.

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