Clean Turnout Gear – A Must for All Firefighters

FC-20 Fireman's Gear Drying Cabinet

Clean Turnout Gear – A Must for All Firefighters

Picture yourself as a fire fighter, responding to a call where, in the chaos of a burning structure, you inadvertently brush against a bookshelf, causing bottles to fall. Unbeknownst to you, one of these bottles is filled with lamp oil, and it spills onto the arm of your turnout gear. In a subsequent fire, your once-innocent arm becomes a hazardous torch, posing a threat to both you and your team.

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Choosing a Dryer for your Commercial Laundry

Choosing a Dryer for your Commercial Laundry

Picking the right dryer for your commercial laundry is important to productivity and efficiency and contributes to the overall throughput of your laundry. Whether you’re replacing an aging dryer or building new, today we’ll take a look at some common options as well as some other basic information needed to make the right decision.

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Choosing a Washer-Extractor for your Commercial Laundry

Choosing a Washer-Extractor for your Commercial Laundry

It’s critical to purchase the right machine for your commercial laundry since picking the wrong machine will certainly lead to headaches and heartaches when you are at your busiest time. Today, we’ll take a look at a few options that you’ll have when choosing the best machine for your laundry application.

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Reducing Wear and Tear on Goods with High Speed Extracts in your Commercial Laundry

Reducing Wear and Tear on Goods with High Speed Extracts in your Commercial Laundry

High speed extracts can help increase linen life in a commercial laundry by removing more water from the linens during the spin cycle, which reduces the amount of time they need to spend in the dryer. This can lead to less wear and tear on the fibers, resulting in longer-lasting linens.

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Get Your Commercial Laundry Ready for High Season!

Get Your Commercial Laundry Ready for High Season!

Remember that end-of-season inspection report we talked about at the end of last season?  Time to break it out and go through each item so that your commercial laundry is ready to tackle the season ahead with a minimum amount of fuss.

Now that you’re months down the road, hopefully you took notes about that noise you wanted to check out before next season. Since you were proactive (right?), you have a big head start on maintenance that will leave your equipment in top condition and ready for another productive season.  Good machine care, with proper maintenance and repair not only helps ensure proper operation and long life, it helps maintain resale value.

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