When the Temps Drop, How to Up Your Safety Game

You don’t expect to see frost on the bushes or cold winds whipping through the veranda at a Florida senior living community, but the unexpected happens. Residents find themselves wading through floodwaters, escaping fires with a few possessions, and stuck in motels waiting for power and/or water to be restored after a disaster. As Stan Szpytek, president of Fire and Life Safety, often says, communities have to be prepared for all types of disasters, not just the ones most likely to occur.