Welding Fire in New Baltimore?
5/29/2021 (Permalink)
Welding Fire Damage Statistics
No matter how safe a workplace is, there is always the potential for a fire to break out. In a report published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), United States fire departments responded to an average of 4,630 structure fires involving hot work per year between 2013 and 2017. SERVPRO® of Mount Clemens, New Baltimore responds to commercial fire damage emergencies throughout the year in New Baltimore, and we know that our fast response time saves our customers money in many cases.
Here are some statistics from the NFPA on the leading types of hot work equipment involved in fires:
- Welding torches – involved in 39 percent of non-home hot work fires but only 32 percent of such home fires
- Cutting torches – involved in a larger percentage (27 percent) of non-home fires but only 14 percent of the home fires
- Heat treating equipment – involved in 17 percent of the non-home hot work fires but only 8 percent of the home incidents
- Soldering equipment – involved in one-third (32 percent) of the hot work home fires but only 6 percent of such fires in non-home properties
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SERVPRO® of Mount Clemens, New Baltimore has a team of highly trained fire restoration technicians on-call and ready to respond to commercial fire damage emergencies 24-hours a day. Call us today at 586-598-5050. We’ll restore your fire damage in New Baltimore, “Like it never even happened.”
SERVPRO® of Mount Clemens, New Baltimore is Independently Owned and Operated.