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Merry Christmas from Hard Fire!

Christmas is nearly here! Do you have your tree yet? Is your Christmas shopping done? If so, you’re ahead of the game and you’re probably patting yourself on the back for not procrastinating this year. If not, then don’t worry. You still have a few more shopping days left before the day is upon us. If you’re putting up a Christmas tree at the office this year, we here at Hard Fire have a few fire safety tips for you. Did you know that each year, fire departments respond to a few hundred fires that are caused by Christmas trees? You definitely don’t want your facility to be on that particular list, so keep these safety tips in mind when you’re enjoying your tree. For artificial trees: It should be labeled, identified or certified by the manufacturer as “fire retardant.” If it’s not, you should not put the tree up (or even purchase it in the first place). If your office has a real tree and the tree’s needles fall off when you touch them, do not put that tree up! It’s too dr

Brand Spotlight: Novec 1230 Fire Suppression Systems

Fire suppression systems save countless lives and billions of dollars every year. It’s safe to assume that just about everyone knows how important these systems are. But what kind of fire suppression system do you use when water from a fire sprinkler could damage expensive equipment or priceless artifacts? That is where Novec 1230 Fire Suppression Systems step in. Novec 1230 is a Halon replacement and is used as a gaseous fire   suppression agent in buildings like banks, hospitals, computer server rooms, museums, archives and more. With a low atmospheric lifetime of just five days, Novec 1230 Fire Suppression Systems are an environmentally friendly way of making sure there is minimal injury to people and minimal damage to expensive equipment in the event of a fire. This is just one of the fire suppression systems Hard Fire offers for its customers. Novec 1230 is manufactured by 3M and is stored as a liquid. This makes it easier to transport from place to place, and it is cal