Episode 29: Part 1, Rental Property Fire Safety Essentials

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It’s that time of year again when the weather cools and people start to heat up their homes.  It’s also the time of year when the number of residential fires increases.

Next week is National Fire Prevention Week and we have A LOT to say about rental properties and how to work with your tenant to prevent a fire in your unit.

So much to say that we did a podcast all about it and ended up having to split it into 2 parts!

This week, on part 1 we discuss,

▪️ How the age of your rental property can have an increased risk of fire danger and what to look for to lessen the chance of a fire in it.

▪️ Space heaters, candles, and flammable materials in rental units and how to deal with those.

▪️ Single family home rentals vs Multifamily properties and the fire risks associated with them.

▪️ The most common fires that occur in rental properties and how to guide your tenants on how to avoid them.

▪️ Hoarding and the fire risks associated with it for both the tenant and the fire fighters.

▪️ Whether those new fire blankets being marketed all over are a good replacement for small kitchen sized fire extinguishers inside your units.

▪️ And finally, we are talking about how many fire extinguishers you need to provide for your rental property. 

That’s just what we cover this week so you can see why we had to split it into 2 episodes!

LINKS

👉 YouTube Video On How to Use a Fire Extinguisher by Consumer Reports.

👉 FREE PDF from Kidde on Placement and use of a Fire Extinguisher.

👉 National Fire Protection Agency, Code Finder for fire codes by State.

👉 Kitchen fire extinguisher we use in our rentals.

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