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Imagine yourself siting at your office desk, so focused on maintaining your business that you do not notice anything going on around you. Suddenly, you smell something foul – something which smells like dense burning smoke. The picture of flame in yours eyes was so unexpected that all you could humanly do, was to look for an escape to save yours and your employees lives.

The wave of worry in your mind is unexplainable. What do you do? How are you going to deal with the fire damage? Fire can come unexpectedly, but with preparedness, you can worry less. The following are a few do’s and don’ts in dealing with fire damage.

The remarkable Do’s:

• The first thing you should do is make sure that your insurance will help you. In order for it to help, you will need evidence to prove how solid the fire damage was. This can be done by either calling your agent at the scene or taking pictures of the damage caused as soon as the fire is out.
• Get the edible items which were exposed to fire out of the premises. There could be serious health consequences if anyone consumes the food which was exposed to fire or smoke.
• Make sure you call your commercial property restoration contractor and start getting your rebuilding process started as soon as possible.
• Shift all of your private data into a safer environment for a few days.
• Make sure the walls are cleaned properly getting the smoke burn out before repainting.
• Get any plants washed and make sure to replace the plants which were burned during the fire.
  

  The ugly Don’ts:

• Keep your hands off of all the electrical appliances after a fire damage (because you never know how many wires have faced the damage due to the fire and can result out more damage for you).
• Usually the electricity along with water and gas are turned off by the sector. Even if it is still available keep them off.
• Do not start the painting process without cleaning the soot.
• Avoid touching pipes which are either made of steel or iron, because they might have absorbed some sort of heat in them.

  Your worries, our solution:

One of the best ways to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster is to have the experts on hand so you can simply make the call once it occurs.

You can do this by signing a pre-loss agreement with Armor Environmental Solutions — Allowing us to act fast and helping your business get up and running ASAP.

Give us a call at 1-800-413-3070

Water and wood never mix. When water drips or floods on a wooden floor, wood absorbs moisture into the holes, permanently damaging wood and causing deformation and discoloration. Here are some tips about how to prevent hardwood floor water damage.

Save your hardwood floor:

• The first way to prevent your hardwood water damage is by knowing the risk and by finding out why. Common leaks include pipe failures, appliance leaks, and pipe damage. When you find a leak, make every effort to stop it. Turn off the water supply in your office to temporarily stop the leak. If removing leaks is beyond your building improvement experience, consider the services of a leak repair technician or plumber.
• Make sure you keep your hardwood floors dry. In the case that you have water on the floor, first absorb all visible water. Then, air the parts well and dry them. Turn on the air supply at its fullest speed, open the doors and windows, and install ceiling fans near the site. If you think there is already some sort of softening of the hardwood floor, consider buying or renting a fan to just place above the damaged the area.
• Rugs may provide safety to hardwood floors (keeping in mind that wet rugs can turn moldy)
• The moisture in the room should be balanced. In summer, the weather is warmer than usual, and winter is drier than normal. Since both moisture and dry air affect wood, humidifiers need to be adjusted accordingly.
• Keep your hardwood clean. Sometimes dirt and bacteria on the floor can also cause damp mold which is never good for the health of your commercial building occupants.
  
  We can save you from water damage:

One of the best ways to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster is to have the experts on hand so you can simply make the call once it occurs. You can do this by signing a pre-loss agreement with Armor Environmental Solutions — Allowing us to act fast and helping your business get up and running ASAP.

Give us a call at 1-800-413-3070

The thought of a single spark of fire around your commercial property may shake you to the core – but there are many fires which take place on a daily basis. All it takes is a single mishap of an extra sparking between wires resulting in a massive fire. Therefore, it is important to keep a check on all of the details of your building to avoid fire eruptions at any cost.

Accepting the fact that this can happen to anyone, it is important to be aware about fire damage restoration procedures. How do you begin the restoration after a fire damage? Down below are some top fire damage restoration tips and tricks.

·       Get that stubborn mold off:

What do you think happens by the use of extreme amounts of water and extinguishers during a fire? You can see stubborn mold and mildew on the walls, which just won’t say goodbye. When you begin the restoration process, it is important to get the mold and mildew off. Mold and mildew are very dangerous to our health and can diminish the life of your assets.

·       Save your walls from smoke damage:

Nobody wants shaded walls from the smoke caused by fire. The smoke might make your lungs hurt, but it is also very bad for your walls too. During the restoration process, make sure to dust the smoke burn off of your walls – and once the dust it off, then start scrubbing the walls with detergents. Smoke burn from walls are not hard to get off, but do not just repaint the walls before scrubbing them. Clean before painting, because if not – you’re in for a nightmare.

·       Introduce proper ventilation:

It can be dangerous to inhale near the area where the fire took place. A professional fire restoration company  should be immediately called to enter the area and install the ventilation equipment.

Let us help you!

One of the best ways to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster is to have the experts on hand so you can simply make the call once it occurs. You can do this by signing a pre-loss agreement with Armor Environmental Solutions — Allowing us to act fast and helping your business get up and running ASAP.

Give us a call at 1-800-413-3070

Every commercial property owner should be prepared for anything and everything. All bad things in life come uninvited. They happen and say “Hello” when we least expect them to. One of the first things that may come to mind are disasters – and here, we refer to natural disasters.

Ask yourself this question as your reading this “do you think your business is ready to go through a catastrophe with a smiling face?” If you find yourself nodding your head sideways, then it means that your employees aren’t ready either.

Don’t be one of those commercial business owners that ends up regretting their low level of precautions. It is time to make your business game strong and pass your competitors by running like Sonic. Let’s take a look at some disaster preparation tips– because if you won’t then who would?

· Keep a check on emergency communication, shelter and routes:

Make sure your business isn’t left out when it comes to facing disasters. It is essential for every business to have an emergency communication plan where they can inform their vendors, suppliers and other people involved.

Do you have routes and shelters prepared in case of disasters? It is always better to prearrange getting everybody from your office to a sheltered place beforehand. You should always be prepared.

·   All backed up – keep your data safe

Make sure your business data is backed up – and no disaster can harm it any way. Maintain records and reports which are fundamental for core business capacities and store them in the cloud. You don’t want to be one of those people who holds up until a catastrophe strikes their business and then think about the information that isn’t backed up.

·   Determine your top risks:

It is better to keep an eye on the possible risk factors your business might have when it comes to disasters. For example, how will a shutdown to your IT department affect your business? If majorly, then it is better to have evacuation procedures in place where you can continue your operations when the disaster strikes.

Be smart when it comes to the care of your business. Conducting earthquake and flooding evaluation are way better than seeing your business drown before your eyes.

·    Insurance. I repeat, Insurance:

Disasters can occur at any time. It is always better to be prepared than to regret. Go have that hour-long conversation with your agent and know the details of your insurance policies. Is water damage cleanup covered? And what about that fire damage?

• Your recovery plans:

Make sure you survey your recovery documentation on a quarterly basis with division heads. A Pre-Loss Agreement is very helpful in this situation. Recovery plans are vital tools. It is your duty as a commercial property business owner to ensure that division heads audit and practice recovery plans techniques with their groups, so everyone is well-prepared.

We are ready for Action:

One of the best ways to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster is to have the experts on hand syou can simply make the call once it occurs. You can do this by signing a pre-loss agreement with Armor Environmental Solutions — Allowing us to act fast and helping your business get up and running ASAP.

Give us a call at 1-800-413-3070

Water damage can happen anywhere. No matter how strong of brick and cement your college or office building has used in their building process, water damage can make anything, and everything look bad. You might notice something damaging your walls as you are sitting at your desk. It is something you have never noticed before. The smudge of water is disturbing but you don’t know just how long it has been sitting there. So, how to tell if water damage is new or old?

The culprit – is it new or old?

Water affects different materials in different ways. If tiles, bricks or other hard materials are damaged by water, the damage may be delayed. It takes time to cause leakage with these materials. On the other hand, a small amount of water damage can quickly affect materials like drywall, parquet or carpet.

Drywalls, wooden floors and other soft materials can form a “ring” if they are damaged by water for a long time. Water is absorbed and the material is lost. The effect of this kind of water damage is similar to large and small water rings – and if you happen to have these on your walls, this means that the damage to the wall is old and been sitting there for quite a while.

On the other hand, the newly damaged areas may be wet but not soft to the touch. Since dry walls soften when damaged by water, there is time for water to absorb and destroy the integrity of the material. This means that water damage can take a long time to soften your walls. So, if you find water damage, but the walls aren’t soft to the touch – it is likely the damage is new and can be fixed easily.  It is important to note that hard materials (such as tiles) will never soften.

It is another story if you see mold on your walls. Molds begin to grow within 24 to 48 hours after water damage. Increased mold growth may indicate that water damage is way older than the expected time which is (24 to 48 hours). So, it is better to keep an eye out for mold patches to indicate whether your water damage is old or new.

Let us handle your water damage:

One of the best ways to act quickly in the case of a natural disaster is to have the experts on hand so you can simply make the call once it occurs. You can do this by signing a pre-loss agreement with

Armor Environmental Solutions — Allowing us to act fast and helping your business get up and running ASAP.

Give us a call at 1-800-413-3070

It is important to issue to any company when it comes to construction
place safety gear and tools. The construction safety gear can protect
the construction site workers from the injuries and ensure their safety.
Basically the construction safety plan is a requisite created by the
Government almost every country for any type of small even large
construction-related business companies as a law to express the need for
safety to ensure the safest construction environment in the society. So, it
is important to know the safety gears and it’s benefit to ensure the
construction side of people safety. In this article, you will close to know all
the important construction gears along with the benefits.
1) Safety Vest: A safety vest is highly effective safety gear during the
roadside or high traffic area construction time. The yellow, orange, lime
green color safety vests commonly used during construction. Especially at
night roadside construction time, the construction site engineer, as well as

the worker’s yellow or lime green color safety vest, is reflected by the
vehicle headlight from 25-30 feet above distance and that reflection is
worn the driver to slow down their vehicle to ensure the construction site
workers safety.
2) Hard Hat: The hard hat plays another vital role during construction
time. The hard hat is basically a safety helmet that can protect the head
of a person during construction time. There are two colors of hard hat one
the white one and another the yellow one. The hard hat also carries
symbolic meaning with its’ color. The white hard hat represents the
construction side project engineer or ranked officer who is in charge to the
project and the yellow hard hat represents the general worker or laborer.
So, the hard hat is useful as well as an important safety gear in any
construction site. There are many companies that are mostly like to use
their business company logo as a brand promotion besides safety.
3) Construction Hand Gloves: The construction hand gloves count as
another important gear to ensure construction safety. In the time of
electric wiring time, the gloves always protect from electricity. Besides that
the construction hand gloves also important to ensure the gripe where it is
necessary. The cement and concrete mixing time the construction hand
gloves can protect the hand. The coloring time and chemical mixing time
this gear is very effective to ensure safety.

4) Sunglasses: The sunglasses are another important construction time
safety gear. The sunglasses can protect the eyes during construction time.
During electrical welding time, sunglass can easily protect the eyes from
the flash. The sunglasses can be also used as effectively during wall
coloring time and chemical mixing time.
So, all those safety gears are important in any construction site because
the gears can protect from injuries as well as severe damage to the
workers. The safety gears can also bring company advantages, can bring
a good reputation as well as financial benefits by preventing injuries from
any kind of accident. So, if you think this article is helpful, then do share it
and spread the knowledge to make the safest society.

Fire safety in a house is an important issue now a day’s. It might be a critical and complicated fact if there were no safety tools for preventing the fire accident. Most of the cases fire accident takes place and due to insufficient fire protection, it takes a great loose even it sometimes takes many lives. So, nowadays many of the countries take the fire accident much more seriously and they bring the law of it were maintaining about the house safety tools, set up a proper emergency exit plan of a house, the carbon dioxide fire extinguisher proper installation and so on. In this article, you can learn how you can make your own house the best safest house ever. So, below there are given some important point about it:

1)  Emergency Exit:  Having an emergency exit can save the life of the housing member in the worst situation. Especially in the case of children and women they need to evacuate as soon as possible from the fireplace. If your house has no pre-established emergency exit, then you have to plan for it. So, the emergency exit can make your house a safer place.

2) Kitchen Safety:  The study says one-third of fire accident takes place from the kitchen of a house. Kitchen safety is another important factor to make your house safer. By installing the carbon dioxide fire extinguisher and emergency water supply system can prevent the fire accident before it occurs. We all know that prevention is batter then cure. So, having those safety tools fire issues can easily be handled.

3) Installing Smoke Detector: By installing the smoke detector in your house you can be alert during the fire accident. Nowadays there is a more advanced fire alarm in the market which tells your smartphone by sending a message along with the fire alarm. By this, if you are not at home, you can easily know about the condition of your house. So, by installing a smoke detector you can also make your house one step safer.

4) Save Emergency Fire Service Number: In most of the time in the worst fire accident occurs for reaching the fire service force lately. The common reason for that we forget to call the fire service force in time. If you didn’t save the local service number on your mobile then it’s high time to find the emergency contact number and save it. If you think that the situation goes out of your hand then don’t be hesitated to call them.

Moreover, if you think there is anything else that makes your house safer just do for it. A fire accident is an accident. It seems a scary thing and it is actually, so preventing from fire accident you should always need some advance preparation for it. If you think this article is helpful, then do share it and spread the knowledge to make yours’ and your dear’s house the safest one.

Taking care of business is like taking care of yourselves. Just like you make efforts to have the best of your health, businesses require similar efforts to protect them.

There can be various scenarios that are not good for a business and fire damage is worst of all. It is one of the most common causes of property damage.

You have to take necessary measures to avoid the loss being caused through FIRE; remember about 10% of the small businesses are affected by fire damage with an average cost for a fire claim is $35,000:

#1. Install a Fire Suppression System or a Fire Sprinkler

Every business whether it is small or large, it requires a fire alarm system, at first. Other than a fire alarm, the thing that can save a lot of damage is to install a fire suppression system or a sprinkler system. Both are there to help extinguish fires before the damage starts.

It is good for restaurants and businesses where the interior offers easy ways to catch fire, the systems you install should have a UL 300-compliant wet chemical fire suppression system and follow the standards for fire protection and ventilation.

Here’s a TIP:

Make sure the system is NFPA 96 standard compliant and you’re ready to go.

#2. Reduce Clutter and Fire-catching stuff

After installing a fire suppression system, now is the time to reduce clutter and fire catching stuff.

Keep your business property as clutter-free as possible. Make sure there are no boxes, combustible materials and piles of paper that catch fire instantly. Also, don’t forget to place electrical appliances including toasters, coffeemakers away from paper or fire catching stuff. Have enough space in between your working area so that air can easily circulate around and keep them cool.

#3. Build an Exit Strategy

For whatever disaster we have, we require a proactive approach to prevent the extensive damage. With that proactive attitude, create an emergency exit plan and have your team practice fire drills together.

Make sure each of your emergency exit doors have proper signs and is vivid to look at (yes, the sign board should be RED colored and lit every time).

After you are done with emergency exit drills, make sure the path to emergency exits is clear and employees can easily make a run through them. Just ensure that nothing is blocking them.

#4. Regularly Inspect and Clean Equipment

If we overview the fire damage causes, we find out that electrical fires are the most common one. To prevent electrical fires, you have to keep your machines and equipment in proper working order.

There should be strict guidelines about switching them off when they’re not in use. Clean each tool and equipment to make sure there’s no malfunction out there and are safe to use. You can have regular check-ups from a professional to keep the machines, tools and equipment in shape.

#5. Outdoor Space Maintenance

After regular inspection in the interior, here comes another reason that causes fire damage; outdoor spaces.

Yes, the outdoor spaces are what that matter. For example, if your business is located in the American West, there are high risks for wildfire and it can happen anytime. You can ask an environment protection team to analyze the outdoor spaces and make a few practical efforts to save you from outdoor space’s risks.

#6. Set a Smoking Policy

The sixth strategy to prevent fire damage is to go for a smoking policy. Smoking might be good for you but it can introduce your workspace to potential fire hazards.

Consider these practical tips to implement and save yourself from any fire damage due to the smoke factor:

Design smoking and non-smoking areas: Where your crucial equipment including electrical appliances and wires/main switches are located? Mark them non-smoking areas. In addition, make sure your workspace is smoking free zone.

Have Ashtrays:

In your smoking area, have ashtrays availabile and guide your employees to use them. Keep the ashtrays clean of other material and away from flammable and electrical items. In your regular cleaning routine, clean ashtrays also!

#7. Place and Check Fire Extinguishers

The crucial one; place and check fire extinguishers. To prevent an extensive fire damage, the first step is to teach employees to use fire extinguishers. The next thing is to make their placement on spot; place them anywhere where it is easily accessible.

After the placement, you have to go for regular check-ups whether they’re working or not. Maybe a weekly check-up is what that can save your workplace from any unfortunate fire incident.

#8. Create a Fire Prevention Plan

We have already discussed checking the fire extinguishers, created emergency exits but what about a fire prevention plan?

That plan can save you from a lot of hassle and on-time (abrupt) decisions. For a creative and successful prevention plan, have an environmental clean-up experts like Armor Environmental Solutions; who can be by your side and create a prevention place accordingly. You can forward the fire prevention plan to your employees and have no worries about any unfortunate matters later on.

The Bottom Line

As you follow these eight practical tips, you’re guaranteed to stop 99% of the fire damage. The only 1% left have accurate dependencies on how you react to it. Just have a proactive mindset, have the services of Armor Environmental Solutions and keep your business all-safe and running!

What causes mold to grow in your business or organization?

The first thing you need to know is that mold can potentially grow anywhere with the right environment.

What is the right environment for mold? It must be humid and have limited airflow, and there cannot be any substances that actively fight mold.

Finally, just a few spores are enough to propagate mold growth very quickly.

Those simple rules of mold growth open a world of possibilities for where mold can appear.

So, the solution is to fix any issues that create mold-friendly environments.

Here are X things that help create mold-friendly environments

1. Leaks, new and old

It might be fairly obvious that active leaks create an environment where mold will grow. However, places, where there used to be leaks, maybe even more friendly to mold.

When you fix a leak, its also important to fully dry the are and replace any parts that were damaged by water or mold. The old moisture creates a great environment for mold growth.

Check for leaks in roofs, the floor, and plumbing.

2. Floods

Any area that was flooded due to a storm or a sink or bath overflow and was not properly dried up will help to create a moldy environment. The difficult part about cleaning up after a flood is that the water seems like it’s everywhere. This is where it is important to contract professionals, like Armor Environmental Solutions, to do the dirty work for you.

3. Spills

Did a liquid get spilled on the rug? Don’t just clean it up, dry it! Rugs rarely get exposed to the sun, so the liquid may stay there long enough for mold to find a comfy home in your rug.

4. Poor Rug Cleaning

Mold in the rug is what usually causes a musty smell to linger in the air. This happens more common than you might think. It often happens as a result of non-professional rug cleaning, or poor-quality products or drying after the rug has been shampooed.

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Are you worried about mold propagating in your office or building? Fix the problems that might cause mold now! Armor Environmental Solutions will help you get there. Give us a call now at 1-800-413-3070.

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