{"id":2574,"date":"2021-10-26T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2021-10-26T16:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T15:27:19","slug":"the-most-common-causes-of-home-and-workplace-fires-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/the-most-common-causes-of-home-and-workplace-fires-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The most common causes of home and workplace fires in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2574\" class=\"elementor elementor-2574\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-657aed9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"657aed9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4280c78\" data-id=\"4280c78\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e292259 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e292259\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every year, thousands of companies suffer major losses due to fire accidents. Here are the top most common causes:<\/p><ul><li>Faulty Electrical Appliances<\/li><li>Waste and Combustible Materials<\/li><li>Smoking<\/li><li>Human Error<\/li><li>Arson<\/li><\/ul><p>In residential fires, the most common causes are:<\/p><ul><li>Cooking appliances<\/li><li>Smokers\u2019 materials<\/li><li>Faulty electrical appliances<\/li><li>Faulty wiring\/ electrical systems<\/li><li>Candles<\/li><li>Heating appliances<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36f5e4b\" data-id=\"36f5e4b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc44d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc44d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/House-Fire-1024x766.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2475\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/House-Fire-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/House-Fire-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/House-Fire-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/House-Fire.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b914e4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b914e4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13bd790\" data-id=\"13bd790\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cdb95a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cdb95a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Don&#8217;t allow yourself or your business to become a statistic. Ensure that you have measures in place to prevent and deal with fires.<\/p><p>BAC Fire &amp; Security provides professional installation and monitoring of fire alarms, smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and more for homes and businesses throughout the South West.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-defc474 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"defc474\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5096a77\" data-id=\"5096a77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0cee07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b0cee07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"tel:01179583838\">Are you looking for a new fire & security company?<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26fbe0 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"e26fbe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:01179583838\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Fire Alarms<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:01179583838\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Intruder Alarms<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:01179583838\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">CCTV<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:01179583838\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Access Control<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4e0af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b4e0af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"tel:01179583838\">Call us now on 0117 958 38 38<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, thousands of companies suffer major losses due to fire accidents. Here are the top most common causes: Faulty Electrical Appliances Waste and Combustible Materials Smoking Human Error Arson In residential fires, the most common causes are: Cooking appliances Smokers\u2019 materials Faulty electrical appliances Faulty wiring\/ electrical systems Candles Heating appliances Don&#8217;t allow yourself [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574\/revisions\/2580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bacsecurity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}