Ahead of Fire Prevention Week – Is Your Restaurant Safe?

As a result of the Great Chicago Fire that killed 250 people in 1871, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed an annual week in October as Fire Prevention Week, now the longest-running public health and safety observance on record. 

Society Insurance has been working alongside restaurant owners for more than a century, seeing first-hand the devastating effects a fire can have on the establishments that make communities great. Fire departments across America responded to an average of 8,240 structure fires at eating and drinking establishments every year between 2012 and 2016. These fires resulted in two civilian deaths each year on average, along with 115 injuries and $246 million in property damage.

Ahead of this year’s Fire Prevention Week, October 3-9, Society Insurance has put together top tips for restaurants to better protect their building, staff and patrons, including by properly maintaining cooking equipment, avoiding flaming shots, creating safer smoking controls, and…