Water Sprinkler Systems Can Hurt Your Business More Than Help

Most people falsely believe that having water sprinklers in the facilities will reduce the economic damage caused by a fire. What most people don’t realize is that by the time the sprinkler system turns on, the fire may have already developed to a substantial level.  But what is worse is the damage the water causes to your business – sometimes more than the fire itself.

In today’s business, technology is everywhere. Fax machines, computer file and Internet servers, personal computers and laptops, phone systems, cell phones, PDAs, and the list goes on. Most of which do not take kindly to water. According to a leading risk management consultant, the average loss for companies protected with a sprinkler system is nearly six times that of companies protected by clean agent systems. It’s not just the physical damage, loss of irreplaceable data or damaged paper records; it’s also the loss of time –for your operations, your production, and your customers. In fact, statistics show that the majority of businesses that experience a major fire and fire-related downtime are out of business within three years. Some never reopen at all. Now when you think about protecting your business with water sprinklers, think how long it will take to get back up and running and at what cost.

The key to keeping losses at a minimum is speed. Speed to suppress the fire and speed for cleanup.

Automatic fire suppression systems help fight the most common sources of fires, knocking them out fast and with minimum disruption to your business.

Click your industry link below to learn more about the strategic areas in your business that should have a clean agent fire suppression system instead of, or in addition to water sprinklers.

Industrial/Manufacturing | Restaurants | Healthcare | Communication Centers | Wholesale/Distribution | Professional Services | Banking Centers | Electric/Electrical Centers | Retail Establishments | Services/Offices | Cultural/Museums | Transportation

How Illinois Fire & Safety Can Help Protect Your Business

Automatic fire suppression systems help fight the most common sources of fires, knocking them out fast and with minimum disruption to your business. So the real decision is in whom do you trust to provide fire equipment and to service and to maintain these important pieces of equipment? How do you choose? 

We believe that there are four major factors that differentiate a good service provider and a, well, not so good service provider:

1. Experience
2. Expertise
3. Customer Service
4. Responsiveness

You may be surprised that we did not include Price in our list. Very simply, over the life of the systems, the general maintenance costs pennies per day for most providers. The cost factor is insignificant relative to the cost of poor service resulting in poor fire protection --property damage and lost revenue associated with larger fires not controlled by nonnexistent or poorly maintained automatic fire suppression systems.

Experience. Illinois Fire & Safety Company is a family-owned company with more than 50 years of direct experience. We have helped protect thousands and thousands of companies in northern Illinois and, each year, our fire suppression systems quickly extinguish many potentially devastating fires - ensuring business operations continue with minimal interruption and downtime.

Expertise. We train the City Fire inspectors. Many cities have chosen Illinois Fire & Safety to train their Fire Inspectors on how to inspect fire equipment. Our President was appointed by the Illinois State Fire Marshal to serve on his fire equipment advisory board. We are state licensed, bonded, and insured.

We are also the choice for some of the largest companies in the world. Catepillar, the world’s largest heavy equipment company, chose us to supply and install fire suppression systems - on some of their off-road equipment. And Baxter Labs selected us to protect their corporate kitchens. We know what we are doing and have served thousands of customers.

Customer Service. We understand that we have an obligation to provide quality service at a fair price, while minimizing the disruption to your business and its people. We keep our promises and our appointments. We also understand the need to work around your schedule and not ours.

Responsiveness. In case of a fire or other discharge of your fire equipment, you need a company that will respond quickly. Illinois Fire & Safety offers a 2-hour response time guarantee and 24-hour emergency service. We’ll be there when you need us.