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### Recent Posts

## [Level Up and Become Unbeatable with Commercial Fire’s New Affiliate Scoreboard!](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/level-up-and-become-unbeatable-with-commercial-fires-new-affiliate-scoreboard)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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Do you want your business to level up and become unbeatable? Then you’ll be excited about this!

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/level-up-and-become-unbeatable-with-commercial-fires-new-affiliate-scoreboard)

 Topics: [Web](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/web), [Multi-Site Facilities](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/multi-site-facilities), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety), [Technology](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/technology), [Affiliates](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/affiliates), [Life Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/life-safety), [Mobile Apps](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/mobile-apps), [Benefits](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/benefits)

## [Get Paid in 10 Days: Transforming Work Efficiency with Commercial Fire Connection](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/get-paid-in-10-days-transforming-work-efficiency-with-commercial-fire-connection)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

[![](https://blog.commercialfire.com/hubfs/CF%20-%20362600%20-%20Web%20-%20Technology%20Blog%20Img.png)](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/get-paid-in-10-days-transforming-work-efficiency-with-commercial-fire-connection)

As a Commercial Fire Affiliate Partner, the Commercial Fire Connection Online Portal and Mobile App not only provide a space to manage all of your jobs in one place but also help you get paid faster, and facilitate better communication with customers. Other benefits include:

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/get-paid-in-10-days-transforming-work-efficiency-with-commercial-fire-connection)

 Topics: [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety), [Technology](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/technology), [Affiliates](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/affiliates), [National Account Companies](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/national-account-companies), [Life Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/life-safety), [Mobile Apps](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/mobile-apps), [Benefits](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/benefits)

## [Backflow 360: What You Need to Know](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/backflow-360-what-you-need-to-know)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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BACKFLOW - Backflow is simply a reversal of the average water flow—from the customer side of the meter into the water system. It can happen due to water pressure differences or sudden changes in pressure. It can allow contaminants to be pumped or siphoned back into buildings’ plumbing system and, potentially, the public water supply. These situations occur if normal pressures are interrupted by a water main break, a power failure, or some other disruption in water service.   

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/backflow-360-what-you-need-to-know)

 Topics: [Multi-Site Facilities](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/multi-site-facilities), [Compliance](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/compliance), [Backflow](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/backflow), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety)

## [An Annual Visual Inspection of Automatic Sprinkler Systems is Essential](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/an-annual-visual-inspection-of-automatic-sprinkler-systems-is-essential)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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A building’s automatic fire sprinkler system is a water piping network with discharge devices to spray water to control a fire until the fire department arrives. The discharge devices are called automatic sprinklers. When a fire occurs in a building, sprinklers operate automatically immediately after their heat-activated element reaches a predetermined operating temperature. Once operated from the heat of a fire, water is released out of the sprinkler opening in a spray pattern designed to extinguish the fire in the immediate area of fire origin. Most people don’t know that only one or two sprinklers within the fire typically operate as that’s where there is sufficient heat to trigger the operation of those sprinklers.

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/an-annual-visual-inspection-of-automatic-sprinkler-systems-is-essential)

 Topics: [Compliance](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/compliance), [Sprinklers](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/sprinklers), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety)

## [IKECA Journal Features Commercial Fire](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/ikeca-journal-features-commercial-fire)

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The article, “Should You Be Doing National Account Work?” was written by Bill Dayton, Director of Affiliate Network at Commercial Fire, and covers the questions every kitchen hood exhaust cleaning (KEC) company owner must ask when deciding if national account company (NAC) work makes sense for their business. 

Highlights include benefits, such as consistent cash flow and zero acquisition cost, more productive and efficient routes, access to work at larger businesses, uncomplicated business growth, and trade-offs (revenue sharing with the NAC, strict compliance requirements, phone call volume, paperwork, and IVR). 

“Should you decide that NAC work is right for your business, you now have some considerations. There may be long-term value in having NAC work as part of your overall business model,” said Dayton. 

To read the full article, visit the [IKECA Journal.](https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ikeca.org/resource/resmgr/journal/ikeca_fall2023journal_webv2.pdf) 

Commercial Fire proudly supports [IKECA](https://www.ikeca.org/)as an Active North American Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Company Member.

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[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/ikeca-journal-features-commercial-fire)

 Topics: [Multi-Site Facilities](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/multi-site-facilities), [Restaurants](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/restaurants), [Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/kitchen-exhaust-cleaning), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety)

## [Ensuring Fire Safety: The Vital Importance of Proper Fire Extinguisher Maintenance](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/ensuring-fire-safety-the-vital-importance-of-proper-fire-extinguisher-maintenance)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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You’ve seen it a million times in movies and TV shows – a small fire breaks out, and a heroic character grabs a Fire Extinguisher and puts out the flames before they can grow larger. But here is the problem: in the real world, if the Fire Extinguisher isn’t properly maintained and charged when our hero grabs it, it won’t work.

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/ensuring-fire-safety-the-vital-importance-of-proper-fire-extinguisher-maintenance)

 Topics: [Fire Extinguishers](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-extinguishers)

## [Are Your Fire Alarm Systems Being Properly Inspected?](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/are-your-fire-alarm-systems-being-properly-inspected)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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As a Facility Manager, keeping your property, employees, and occupants safe in the event of fire is number one on your list. A close second would be doing so easily and economically. Maintaining your Fire Alarm System(s) would be the place to start. After all, it offers the early warning people need to vacate the premises and alerts the fire department to an emergency. Besides that, there are a number of other reasons you'll want to have them inspected annually, like:  

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/are-your-fire-alarm-systems-being-properly-inspected)

 Topics: [Smoke Alarms](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/smoke-alarms)

## [What Do You Know About Backflow and Drinking Water?](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/what-do-you-know-about-backflow-and-drinking-water-1)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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Water. The source of life. A massive benefit to living in modern society is having clean water available at any time. All you have to do is turn on the tap and it comes flowing out crystal clean. But how do we ensure it stays that way, that no dirty water gets mixed back in with the clean? Simple—Backflow Preventers. But what are they? Here’s a simple analogy.  

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/what-do-you-know-about-backflow-and-drinking-water-1)

 Topics: [Backflow](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/backflow)

## [Portable Fire Extinguishers Dramatically Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Building Fires](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/portable-fire-extinguishers-dramatically-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-building-fires)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

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[FEMA (Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ Association)](https://femalifesafety.org/)recently commissioned a new study on the role portable extinguishers play in reducing carbon monoxide in a building with automatic sprinklers. It found that portable fire extinguishers can reduce fire-related CO2 in a building by over 93% beyond sprinklers on their own. When sprinklers and portable extinguishers are used together, fire-related carbon emissions are cut by 99%. 

The benefits of adding fire extinguishers to a building’s fire protection to reduce its carbon footprint can readily be seen when evaluating emergency response to a fire. These can be categorized into three areas:

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/portable-fire-extinguishers-dramatically-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-building-fires)

 Topics: [Multi-Site Facilities](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/multi-site-facilities), [Fire Extinguishers](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-extinguishers), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety), [Carbon Footprint](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint)

## [Partnering with National Fire and Life Safety Providers: Ensuring Emergency Light Compliance and Safety for Your Business](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/partnering-with-national-fire-and-life-safety-providers-ensuring-emergency-light-compliance-and-safety-for-your-business)

 Posted by Commercial Fire Blog Team

[![](https://blog.commercialfire.com/hubfs/CF%20Photo%20-%2082550%20-%20Blog%20-%20Exit%20%26%20Emergency%20Lighting%20Blog%20Post.jpg)](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/partnering-with-national-fire-and-life-safety-providers-ensuring-emergency-light-compliance-and-safety-for-your-business)

If a sudden power outage casts you, your customers, employees, or vendors into darkness, would everyone be able to escape the premises quickly and safely? Finding a way out of this situation will depend on having correctly functioning Exit Signs and Emergency Lights. Unfortunately, most people don’t think about this critical life safety equipment until they’re in the dark. Then it’s too late.

Did you know that the NFPA 101® Life Safety Code mandates regular tests of Emergency Lights? In this NFPA code, it states that every month, a 30-second push button test is to be performed, and an annual 90-minute functional test must be performed on these devices. Keeping up with the codes and standards are difficult enough, let alone having to run your business on top of that. Well, that’s where a National Fire and Life Safety Provider comes into the picture. 

These companies offer nationwide coverage for all the Fire and Life Safety equipment in your building, including Exit Signs and Emergency Lighting. Their services include trained and certified technicians who can perform the necessary services to keep your facility compliant and your occupants and employees safe, including required Monthly and Annual Inspections, Tests, and Maintenance tasks, and any mandated repairs or replacements. These precautions ensure safe exits in an emergency and that the proper records are kept for AHJs.

As a matter of fact, National Fire and Life Safety Providers can maintain and supply the written test and maintenance records that the Code requires. Having these records is extremely important as they must be on the premises should an AHJ request them. Should you misplace this paperwork, then the National Fire and Life Safety Providers will have backup copies on a dashboard where they can be downloaded should you need them.

[Read More](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/partnering-with-national-fire-and-life-safety-providers-ensuring-emergency-light-compliance-and-safety-for-your-business)

 Topics: [Multi-Site Facilities](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/multi-site-facilities), [Emergency Lighting](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/emergency-lighting), [Compliance](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/compliance), [Fire Safety](https://blog.commercialfire.com/blog/tag/fire-safety)

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