Fire Safety

6/17/2020 (Permalink)

Here at SERVPRO of Wesley Chapel, we believe understanding how fires may start and what you can do to quickly extinguish them is important to keeping not only you and but your family safe. Take a look at these quick statistics to get a better understanding of how to avoid having fire damage in your home. 

• About 44% of home fires are started by cooking accidents. Be sure you keep a fire extinguisher close at hand whenever you are working in the kitchen. 
• Just above 21% of residential fires are caused by electrical malfunctions or issues with the heating system in the home. This is why it is extremely important to have your appliances checked often and keep up with their maintenance year-round. 
• There are more than 209 fires in Florida homes every day. 
• One of the most shocking statistics is that smoke detectors are not present or are inoperative in over 52 percent of these homes. 

Being prepared plays a huge part of avoiding injury and death during a fire. Make a plan and be sure that everyone in the building is familiar with it so that if a fire breaks out, everyone knows exactly what to do. 

If you have fire damage in your home, give us a call at 727-847-3000, and we will make it “Like it never even happened.”