To help you stay safe during this Holiday Season, we are offering a few simple phrases to help you avoid common holiday fire hazards.
Holiday Lighting
1. Inspect lighting for worn insulation or loose light bulbs
2. Turn the lights off before leaving the house or going to bed
3. Don’t overload electrical sockets
Christmas Trees
1. Before placing the tree [...]

Employees at Associated Fire Protection recently donated toys, DVDs and arts & crafts for the children of Eva’s Village. Each year Eva’s Village, with the help of volunteers, organizes the Holiday Shoppe at Eva’s Village. The Holiday Shoppe provides clients of Eva’s Village the opportunity to choose gifts for the their children [...]

Winter weather is almost here! Don’t forget about your sprinkler system. If you have a sprinkler system protecting your building, there are several steps that you can take to prevent damage to your system from freezing temperatures.
Wet Sprinkler Systems
A wet sprinkler system consists of a network of pipes filled with water. During [...]

ALM Properties, Inc.
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Automatic Fire Suppression Systems Protect Property from Fires & the Tax Man
Buildings equipped with these systems are exempt from real property taxes
Christopher J. Caslin
10-11-2011
For property owners who install automatic fire suppression system in their building, buried deep in Title 54 of the New Jersey statutes is some helpful relief on [...]

News from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2011
Release #12-002
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal [...]

Associated Fire Protection has provided and will continue to provide various forms of outreach to a local organization called Eva’s Village.  Eva’s Village is a non-profit organization whose mission is to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, treat the addicted and provide free medical and dental care to the poor with respect for the human [...]

Once started, a fire can rage out of control in minutes. Many people don’t realize how quickly a fire can spread. But a small fire can become a large one in the time it takes you to read this sentence. Here are eight common fire hazards, provided by Alan Price, to keep in mind.
8 Common [...]

“It’s Fire Prevention Week. Protect your Family from Fire!”
National Fire Prevention Week is October 9-15, 2011. This year the NFPA’s official theme for Fire Prevention Week is “Protect Your Family From Fire”. As per the NFPA, this year’s campaign is all about keeping you, your family, and your community safer from fire.
Associated Fire Protection encourages everyone to take some [...]

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. Below is a list of some of the recent consumer recalls posted by the CPSC. To view the full list of consumer recalls, visit [...]

Interesting article about denying insurance coverage for obselete dry chemical systems.
Insurance Journal
By Kenneth J. St. Onge | July 20, 2011
A Massachusetts restaurant owner who failed to upgrade his obsolete fire suppression system was not entitled to collect insurance money after a massive fire six years ago — and must return $15,000 advanced to him [...]