Fire Hazards in Homes
Being both a licensed building general contractor and also a licensed uh uh insurance agent we see that a fire in your house is probably one of the most risky and problematic losses you could incur and not only is it going to burn down your house but you’re going to lose a lot of your Furnishings things that are irreplaceable and in the past we’ve recommended doing a um scan of your electrical wiring most fires in homes are caused by electrical wiring and there’s some thermal scans you can put up against your walls to see if your wires are warm or heating up.

Causes of Electrical Fires
Many fires are caused by arcs or shorts or um even uh High Resistance Behind the Walls that you can’t see maybe a wire came loose on an outlet maybe uh one of your plugs after you plugged it in and out many times moved a little bit and it kind of start to crack a wire when that happens it’s almost like your toaster when there’s more resistance going through wire it heats up and if a wire is not 100% connected if it’s got a little crack in it there’s more resistance and that can create heat on your switches maybe one of the wires on the switch the screw came loose and it’s starting to heat up there maybe there’s a short somewhere a lot of times you don’t see these things until the heat gets so much it’ll ignite the framing or the uh the studs on your wall and catch your house.

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Fire Prevention Technology
So it used to be we would recommend putting a scan around your house to see if anything’s heating up. Well, now there’s a great device you can see it here on the screen that you just plug into your house and it will constantly monitor the electrical flow to see if there is a fire hazard. This is a game Cher. This is not something you have to do once or twice a year with expensive equipment or hire a contractor. You can actually get this tool and plug it into your house and it will constantly monitor it. We’re going to get these for all of our homes that we have and we’re going to monitor this on a regular basis, but we thought it would be good to see this as a consumer, a way to keep track of your house.

The Importance of Fire Prevention
Look, even if you get paid 100% from your insurance company if your house burns down you’re still going to be living someplace else for 8 to 9 months or a year. You’re going to lose a lot of Irreplaceable belongings. You’re going to put yourself, your family, your pets at risk, so this is a good way to avoid all of that with a tremendously clever device that could do it. If you do have questions about prevention of risk in your home you can click the link below to talk to a general contractor or even an insurance broker to find out what risk coverage or risk prevention is available but take a look at this device this is a tremendous tool that could help a lot of people uh avoid fires avoid losses in their home.