How to Make Sure Your Commercial Building Passes a Fire Inspection

Fire inspections are important in making sure your commercial building is safe. They may seem tedious, but these inspections are helpful in making sure you don’t overlook these important safety measures.

To make sure your commercial building passes a fire inspection, maintain functioning smoke and fire alarms, create emergency exits, and look for electrical damage.

Maintain Functioning Smoke and Fire Alarms

Smoke and fire alarms are an important function for your commercial building and will help you pass a fire inspection.

Regularly testing your smoke and fire alarms is essential in not only passing your fire inspection, but also in making sure you protect anyone inside your commercial building.

A main problem area for smoke and fire alarms is a simple one, which is drained batteries. This is a simple fix that has a big impact.

Among other common problems are false alarms or failed detectors. Maintaining these systems will help ensure any issues are caught.

Create Emergency Exits

Emergency exits are an important component for your building. All the protection from fire won’t be helpful unless there is a clear way for people to exit the building in case a fire does happen.

Without emergency exits, you won’t pass an inspection and you create an unsafe environment for building occupants.

You need to create multiple routes for your emergency exit. These should be in a path that people can safely use to exit the building.  

Emergency exits should be identified with an illuminated sign. You should regularly inspect your exit routes to ensure that everything is working properly.

Look for Electrical Damage

Damage in electrical cords in your building can pose a major fire risk. Damaged or frayed cords can cause fires by increased sparks.

Another fire hazard can be old wiring. Getting this updated can help mitigate the risk. To help prepare for a fire inspection make sure all extension cords are grounded, power strips have circuit breakers, extension cords are only used on small appliances, circuits are labeled, and each electrical panel has clear space in front.

Maintaining functioning smoke and fire alarms, creating emergency exits, and looking for electrical damage are important in making sure that your commercial building passes a fire inspection.

These inspections can seem tedious, but they are important in making sure your building is safe. They can help you take necessary steps to maintain your safety measures.

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