Vent A Hood - Performance Matters When it Comes to Fire Safety
Fire Safe for 75 Years
By James Aitchison
The air all around us gives and supports our very lives, so it is natural to give much thought to how we can better control our indoor air quality and safety; and no one has done this better than Vent-A-Hood. Good cooking ventilation systems must also help to protect our lives, homes and their furnishings from the byproducts of cooking. Amongst the variable elements that cooking produces, it is the management of grease and grease vapors that are of primary concern as they can present a significant fire hazard if they are not properly contained and removed.
Number of home fires your household can expect in an average lifetime: (5)
What can you do to prevent fires?
Preventing fires: Cooking is the number one cause of home fires. The biggest reason is that people start to cook something on the stove and forget it's there. The Home Safety Council regularly publishes excellent safety tips to help families to be safer. Everyone should review and implement these recommendations to help avoid a catastrophic fire.
Containing fires: In the event that a flame does erupt from a pan or the cooking surface, containment or prevention of a secondary fire becomes extremely important as this creates the most damage and can threaten lives. This is where the focus shifts to grease