Fire prevention and procedures are key this time of year–with your apartment residents who are cooking for the holidays.
What are your best-practices for sharing fire safety guidelines about coking and stovetop safety—with those living at your multifamily properties/buildings? Do your residents know the procedures that are in place if a fire were to occur at one of your properties?
Below are three articles related to cooking fires that had devastating effects. Please share these stories with those on your leadership, leasing and maintenance teams~
Cooking fire burns central Fresno apartments
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/12/02/3086413/cooking-fire-burns-central-fresno.html
Man cooking squirrel for lunch sparks fire that destroys eight apartments
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/11/14373477-man-cooking-squirrel-for-lunch-sparks-fire-that-destroys-eight-apartments?lite
Apartment complex fire on Pam Court causes about $250,000 in damage
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/12/05/2300351/apartment-complex-fire-on-pam.html
Within your property management company—-what are your policies/procedures for how often your team checks and services fire safety equipment? How often do you send communication about “cooking and stovetop safety” best-practices…to your apartment residents—reminding them of the procedures/recommendations in place?
Focusing on fire prevention and procedures…how does this tie into your real estate and apartment/commercial building insurance coverage? What does your insurance policy require regarding documentation of fire safety equipment? When using a combination of fire safety prevention and proper documentation…how does this impact your real estate building insurance coverage?
Would you like our team to do a comprehensive review of your real estate building insurance coverage—related to fire safety prevention?
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