Although insurance may cover a warehouse fire, how long will you be out of business after a fire decimates your warehouse? The overall cost of a sprinkler system to provide an emergency response to a fire breaking out in your warehouse is cumbersome, especially when you would rather divert those funds to improve the warehouse management systems within your operation. Finding a balance between what you need and what you want is difficult, so you will benefit by asking warehouse design experts for their professional advice.
How Long Can Your Business Stand to Be Closed?
A fire of any size is going to cause damage to your business. However quickly your insurance claim is received, cleared and paid, returning your organization to a business operation can take between days and months.
Hopefully, your warehouse management systems have all of their data backed up in a cloud-based system so you could access the information and use it elsewhere, in a temporary warehouse, for example.
Your business will benefit by having a plan already in place so that if the worst happens and a fire does strike part or all of your warehouse, you and your business can immediately transfer into a planned move or reinstatement of your operating activities.
In some circumstances, this will provide you with the opportunity to update the design of your warehouse management systems so you can be more effective and resilient in the future.
The installation of modern sprinkler systems can be more effective and efficient compared to older models, using less water, causing less damage, yet working successfully to put out the fire as soon as possible.
By using more efficient sprinkler systems, you may be able to install fewer models, yet provide the coverage required in all sets of circumstances. These saved finances can then be used elsewhere within your business organization.
Go It Alone or Call in The Experts?
Meeting the local building code and all that the fire department requires for your establishment is one of many decisions that can affect any update or rebuild for your operations. When you get the balance right, your sprinkler system will be the most effective that you can purchase at a cost that suits you along with its efficiency.
Allowing an outside design agency to take an overall look at your business operations, gives professional experts the opportunity to analyze what you do best and to make suggestions about improving your operation so that you can deliver an even more effective response to your customers’ requirements.
