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.

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