Kitchen fires occur with needless frequency at residential agencies. A typical claim report might read, “Staff member left food cooking on stovetop to attend to a consumer. When staff returned to the kitchen, the food was burning out of control, resulting in significant fire, smoke and/or water damage.” The sobering fact is that these fires are almost always preventable through the application of basic loss control techniques.
Blueprints for Safety: Taking Control of Workplace Violence
Training is an important way to make sure participants understand workplace violence and how to identify and deal with threats/threatening


