“Fires are terrifying, expensive and, for many businesses, fatal,” says Richard Green, President, Paul Davis Ottawa, Ontario. “There’s a long list of reasons why companies can’t recover: customers find new sources before repairs finish, suppliers find other outlets, talented personnel leave, communities form new habits. But the precipitating factor is… Read more »
“Commercial fires are less common than residential fires but far more destructive and costly for several reasons,” explains Kevin Lethers, President of Paul Davis of Polk County, Florida. “Non-residential structures are larger and contain more expensive building materials. Their contents are greater in density and higher in value because they… Read more »
We don’t often consider landfills, but fire departments have to. More than 8,000 landfill fires occur yearly in the United States and they are among the most difficult blazes to extinguish. They often smoulder and become firmly established before they are noticed. They burn underneath landfill contents as well as… Read more »