In the cold

摘要

Fires in warehouses, multi-storey car parks and loading docks have far reaching impacts beyond the threat to life safety where insurance losses through building damage and business interruption or closure have a significant effect on a business. From 2009-14, for instance, the economic impact of preventable warehouse fires in the UK alone totalled US$1.5 billion and losses of 5,000 full-time jobs[l]; during the same five-year period in the US, fire departments responded to an average of 1,210 fires in warehouse properties per year.