Food Truck Fire Protection

Food trucks are great. They are a viable way to have a restaurant and to make food for the public without having to spend a ton of money or time setting up a brick-and-mortar store. They are also a great means of traveling around and meeting tons of great customers. That being said, they do come with some danger. Protecting your food truck from fire is a must.

Food Truck Fire Suppression

With most food trucks, something like a sprinkler system is simply not viable and is not practical. While you may have a small tank of water that you can use for cooking, you are likely not going to have enough water on board to put out any sizable fire. This is why food truck fire extinguishers are so important.

When choosing the right extinguisher or extinguishers for your truck, you need to take a few things into consideration. The first is the size of the truck. If you have a very large food truck that has an engine in the front and that is a fully functioning vehicle, you may need more than one extinguisher to help keep the truck safe from fires. If you only have one, you need to make sure it is large enough to put out any fire you might be dealing with.

 If you have a food truck that is not a truck, but that is a trailer that pulls behind a vehicle, you may want to have a fire extinguisher in the trailer itself as well as in the truck or vehicle that is pulling it for added safety. You always want to ensure that you have enough suppression devices to handle the trailer or the truck that you have.

Why Worry About Fire?

Fire is one of the biggest dangers when it comes to food trucks as they have fully functioning kitchens on board. They are small, so they burn fast, and they are close inside, which increases the potential for accidents. It is always best to be prepared for fire and to pay close attention so that if one does break out, you are able to put it out quickly and with ease.

It is also important that you have the right insurance policies in place. Though putting out the fire and saving your truck might seem like the only viable outcome, you do have to prepare for the worst. If you cannot put out the fire, and you do have to count a loss, it is always best to have insurance in place that can help you recover your losses.

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