How Spray on Fireproofing in Commercial Buildings Enhances Your Safety Protocols

If you own or man­age a facil­i­ty, you should always think of ways to make it safer for every­one. Increas­ing work­place safe­ty isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s also cru­cial for main­tain­ing your busi­ness’ bot­tom line and rep­u­ta­tion. Each year, acci­dents, injuries, and prop­er­ty dam­age result in major loss­es for many busi­ness­es. There are many ways to reduce these lia­bil­i­ties, and prop­er fire­proof­ing is among the most impor­tant. Let’s explore how spray on fire­proof­ing in com­mer­cial build­ings helps enhance your safe­ty pro­to­cols.

How Spray on Fire­proof­ing Enhances Safe­ty Protocols

Pre­vent Severe Prop­er­ty Damage

The worst part of a fire is its poten­tial to put peo­ple in harm’s way. That said, after peo­ple have got­ten to safe­ty, a fire can still do plen­ty of dam­age to your assets until it’s com­plete­ly put out. High-qual­i­ty fire­proof­ing is designed to min­i­mize the destruc­tion of fires by pro­vid­ing a heat-proof bar­ri­er between the flames and the sur­faces it pro­tects. Intu­mes­cent fire­proof­ing goes a step fur­ther, expand­ing into a char­coal-like foam sub­stance when exposed to high tem­per­a­tures to put even more dis­tance between flames and impor­tant assets. In either case, this pro­tec­tion cre­ates a safer work envi­ron­ment, as it reduces the risk of major equip­ment mal­func­tions fol­low­ing a fire. Plus, busi­ness­es save mon­ey in the long run by avoid­ing cost­ly repairs and replace­ments, afford­ing more resources for fur­ther boost­ing safe­ty pro­to­cols.

Allow More Time for Safe Egress

As its name sug­gests, fire retar­dant paint slows down the spread of fires. This time-sav­ing capa­bil­i­ty is essen­tial for ensur­ing the safe­ty of all occu­pants with­in your com­mer­cial build­ing, pro­vid­ing addi­tion­al time for an order­ly exit and for fire­fight­ers to arrive on the scene. Larg­er, com­plex facil­i­ties espe­cial­ly stand to ben­e­fit from spray on fire­proof­ing, since it might take some time for every­one inside to locate and access the near­est exit in the event of a fire. Con­duct­ing peri­od­ic fire drills will give employ­ees plen­ty of prac­tice in this regard, but the extra lead time offered by intu­mes­cent paint is wel­come nonetheless.

Remain Com­pli­ant with Rel­e­vant Build­ing Codes

To ensure that busi­ness­es con­tin­ue to care for their prop­er­ties and peo­ple, var­i­ous orga­ni­za­tions (such as OSHA) have estab­lished strict reg­u­la­tions. Fail­ing to com­ply with these codes can result in fines and oth­er severe penal­ties. Though prop­er fire­proof­ing is only one of many safe­ty mea­sures to con­sid­er, it is one of the most impor­tant. Gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, sprayed fire­proof­ing pro­vides the nec­es­sary pro­tec­tion to meet these require­ments – of course, these coat­ings must be main­tained to remain com­pli­ant. For­tu­nate­ly, spray fire­proof­ing is rel­a­tive­ly easy to install and patch when nec­es­sary, so you can keep your build­ing up to code in this regard with min­i­mal cost and effort.

Main­tain a Safer Facil­i­ty with Spray on Fireproofing

A fire can break out in vir­tu­al­ly any type of facil­i­ty. If and when this hap­pens, you want to make sure your peo­ple and prop­er­ty are pre­pared to reduce its impact. At Kaloutas, we’re more than just fire­proof­ing con­trac­tors. In addi­tion to pro­vid­ing a vari­ety of fire­proof­ing mate­ri­als, we also per­form thor­ough facil­i­ty inspec­tions and offer clean­ing, paint­ing, seal­ing, and con­tain­ment ser­vices. We work close­ly with each client with the goals of min­i­miz­ing down­time and max­i­miz­ing effi­cien­cy and safety.

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