Today we are happy to present an interview with the President of Excel Fire Protection, Ray Segura.  As January rolled around the calendar again, Excel Fire Protection officially turned 30 years old!
In those 30 years there have been many services that have come and gone, primarily because Ray only wants to provide the best to his customers.
Commercial Hood Servicing is a complicated matter, and Ray has searched for many years for the right person to take on that division of his company.  That day has finally come.  Ray is pleased …

Recently there have been a rash of fires fueling a fear about antifreeze in sprinkler systems, this  news report is just one of many.
Excel Fire Protection ensures that its personnel is always trained directly from the manufacturers, to ensure that your safety comes first.  When it comes to antifreeze, the leading problem stems from mixing the concentration of antifreeze too high. Looking at the results of the news story, there were tests resulting in 67% antifreeze, well above what the manufacturers called for.
Unfortunately, in response to the rash of antifreeze fueled fires, the …

Excel Fire Protection wants to wish happy and safe Halloween.
Planning ahead can help make this Halloween a fire-safe one. Taking simple fire safety precautions, like making sure fabrics for costumes and decorative materials are flame-resistant, can prevent fires.
During the four-year-period of 2003-2007, NFPA estimates that decorations were the item first ignited in an estimated average of 1,240 reported home structure fires per year. These fires caused an estimated average of seven civilian deaths, 53 civilian injuries and $20 million in direct property damage per year.

Take a moment to watch this video …

NFPA announces second lowest level of U.S. smoking-material fire deaths in nearly 30 years
Lower fire death rates signal positive impact of national fire-safe cigarette initiative
October 21, 2010 – A new report released today by the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) shows that the number of smoking-material related fire deaths in the U.S. dropped below 700 in 2008, representing the second lowest level since 1980. While several factors can be credited for the latest decline, NFPA points to new fire-safe cigarette legislation as an important component of the decrease.
A total of 114,800 …

Chilling Statistics:

For the years 2003 to 2007 there were an average of 380,000 house structure fires every year. 
The top two causes of home fires were Heating Equipment (18%) and Cooking Equipment (40%).
On average, eight (8) people die in home fires every day. 
Two thirds of home fire deaths happened in homes where there were either no smoke detectors or the detectors were not working.

Having working smoke alarms can cut the chances of dying in a fire in half.  Please be sure that your smoke detectors are installed properly and tested on …

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While sprinkler systems are designed to save lives and buildings, when discharged into a mission critical facility, water often causes more damage than a fire.  This damage can lead to extended down time, loss of revenue, and in the extreme: loss of your business.  Waterless fire protection systems designed with FM200 can protect these facilities AND all the equipment in them, protecting your business NOT just your building.
In the event of a fire, FM200 is released as a gas into the room that works at the molecular level to suppress …

Volumetric Hydrostatic Testing
July 17, 2007
By Charles Grenci, President of Galiso, Inc. 
Do you remember when Jaws lost its appetite when a SCUBA cylinder failed the gunfire test? The myth busters demonstrated that what happened to Jaws could happen to anything or anyone in proximity to a compressed gas cylinder when it suddenly fails to contain the pressure inside. If the cylinder failure is in proximity to other pressurized cylinders, a domino effect can create multiple powerful explosions. It may be helpful to have some kind of information about just how much …

We’ll keep your restaurant hoods, Galiso hydraulic cylinders, fan testing and FM 200 systems code compliant.