How to Put Out a Grease Fire
Cooking causes over 160,000 home structure fires annually and is considered the number one cause of home fires and home injuries. Of the 160,000 annual cooking fires, two-thirds started with the ignition of food or other cooking materials. Often, these fires are ignited by grease.
In an effort to keep your home and community safe, please share these tips with friends and family. Knowing how to respond quickly could be the difference between a minor kitchen fire and a devastating disaster.
How Can I Tell if My Fireplace Is Venting Properly?
With it being colder out and people having family and friends over for the holidays, indoor fireplaces are often used to keep everyone warm. We want to make sure that people are taking the proper steps in assuring that their fireplace is safe and functioning properly prior to doing so, as often times this is the first time in 9 months it is being used.
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Importance of Cleaning Your Dryer Vent Regularly
Something that often sees an increase of usage with families being in town is that of the dryer. It is important to be adamant about emptying out the lint build up and checking on the dryer vents in order to prevent a possible fire hazard, as well as save money on energy bills and replacement costs due to wear and tear of neglect.
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Top 5 Ways to Improve Fire Prevention
Fires are not just dangerous but also incredibly damaging to your home. What if we told you that most house fires were preventable? You’d likely want to hear how you can work to prevent fires in your home and protect your belongings and loved ones. Here is our top five list of the things you can do to improve fire prevention.
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We had a customer’s wedding dress that was pretty badly affected by smoke damage caused by a fire, and she feared that it would be unsalvageable. Luckily, with much care, we were able to make the dress looking like it did on her wedding day.
FRSTeam by DKS Dry Cleaning can handle all sorts of items that were damaged by fire, soot and smoke. Because the level of damage varies from case to case, we send qualified restore response crews with the tools to itemize your losses, helping you determine which items can be restored and providing the proven approaches, such as FRSTrack, in doing so. Click the link below to learn more about our fire, smoke and soot damage restoration.
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