• Your property’s access to outdoor premises: This check involves how well your property can be clearly located on the street, visibility on the lane or street, blocks to exterior accesses, accessibility to the fire department connection, lockbox, and keys access, and the working condition and access to hydrants.
  • Emergency exits: ease in access to exit doors, flexibility of the doors, and routes.
  • Reviewing the electrical system: electrical plate coverings in place, labeling of circuits, grounding of extension cords, use of heavy-duty extension cords, and the presence of circuit breakers.
  • Condition of exit lighting: exit lights being functional, the lights being well-illuminated, and situated at the right places.
  • Fire extinguishers: Fire extinguishers being accessible and ready for use, extinguishers meeting existing standards and also the presence of specialized extinguishers, location of extinguishers within 75 feet of all building areas, the extinguishers are within 5 feet height of reach from the floor and have been inspected at least a year ago.
  • Testing fire alarm systems: Inspecting the functioning of fire alarm systems ensuring that they are working all right. They should be tested once a year at least.
  • Fire sprinkler system: Proper placement of the sprinklers, checking the sprinkler once a year.
  • Checking heat-generating devices and appliances: Presence of portable electric heaters with enough space around them, gas-fired heat-producing devices present away from combustibles and have vents fitted to them, combustible elements not in the vicinity of electrical devices or lighting.
  • Property maintenance: waste disposal done regularly, combustible items are stored securely following protocol, any combustible element like inflammable paint or fixtures have been treated with fire retardants, gas canisters are stored following safety measures, and exits are cleared of any combustible items.
  • Checking of smoke alarms: Functioning of smoke and carbon monoxide detector alarms, testing of alarms, presence of more than one power source for the alarms, and hand-testing of the alarms.
  1. Bought a new property (home or business): A new property should have fire safety in place but it’s always a good idea to have an inspection done before moving in. From checking the basic safety measures to the intricate aspects of safety, a fire inspection should cover it all. Getting a foolproof fire safety measure in place is something that can make you start using a new property with fewer things to worry about.
  2. Fire doors: Your locksmith would check the fire doors to ensure that they are working properly, and in the event of a fire mishap, they can provide to work as effectively as expected. You can expect the locksmith to carry out a proper investigation and suggest fixes, upgrades, and also suggesting better solutions for fireproofing the fire door exits. This reduces the burden when you are going for a complete fire inspection of your property next time.
  3. Security upgrade for better fire protection: Upgrading security features pertaining to fire inspection can go a long way in foolproofing your property against fire mishaps. You can consult emergency locksmith services in Tucson, AZ for installing emergency exit devices for emergency exits so that there’s no scope of negligence left with respect to fire security measures. These devices set off an alarm when the door is opened and is wired in a way so that it contacts the nearest fire department and they can be immediately notified about the fire outbreak.