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James F. McMullen, Retired California State Fire Marshall
"Cooking equipment fires create the worst record for fires in the U.S. Safe-T-elementTM will reduce that unacceptable toll when installed in homes across America."
Glenn Stine, Associate Director of Housing Facilities, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
"We experienced a grease fire that caused significant damage to an eight-unit apartment building. Fortunately there were no injuries. We recently installed 101 Safe-T-elements in our brand new apartment complex and are now installing 320 at our Family Housing apartment complex at Evergreen Terrace. We never want to repeat this type of devastation again."
Exec. Director, California Independent Living Council
"If one major (stove) manufacturer were to take the lead, others would quickly follow"
Brenda Jose, Executive Director for Unlimited Choices, Portland Oregon
"Truly an amazing innovation providing essential safety for many of our clients. Safe T-elementTM offers seniors the freedom of independence for a longer period of time"
Tom Cramer, Operations Director, Suffolk Va. Housing Authority
"I had the Safe-T-element installed on our administration building kitchen stove back in August of 2006. I had installed as a test site to see how our staff liked it. We use the stove all the time for both public events and for individual staff members. I have had no complaints on its use. I intend to have these devices installed on all of our electric stoves as both a safety product and an energy saver."
Theresa A. Giardino, Assistant Director of Facilities Management, Montclair State University
"Safe-T-Element is a significant step in the engineering of new products to help keep our students safe and significantly reduce the burden on our community's fire and safety providers. Montclair State University has installed it's first series of STE's with great success, and plans on equipping every one of the University's cook tops in order to provide a safer environment for our 17,000 students."
Bill Stevenson, North Carolina State Fire Marshal
"It is a very unique device...not only is it really, really safe but it saves energy which translates into saving you money. Its one of the best things I have seen in a long time."
David Williams, Grandy Village Property Manager, Norfolk Virginia Housing Authority
"Before I buy into a product I like to see it in the environment it will be used or use the product myself. I chose the latter and had it installed in our maintenance shop. The next week I brought in 10 pounds of trout fillets and served lunch to the staff. Some of the reservations I had were Safe-T-element's ability to get hot enough to fry foods, mainly fish and chicken. I was happy to see I didn't have any to take back home. Safe-T-element made a believer out of me. And the clean-up was easier as well. I wish we had Safe-T-element August 1, 2005 when a cooking fire claimed the life of a seven year old."
Tracy Kamino, Director of Operations, Copernicus Seniors Lodge
"These Safe-T-elements have allowed our residents to remain independent in their cooking abilities by providing a safer way for them to cook."
Jo Ferris-Davies, Director, Ontario Non-Profit Housing
"An exciting product that I know will benefit your supportive housing organization, as it targets the particular needs of the residents you house"
Jim Crawford, Fire Marshal, Vancouver, Washington Fire Department
"We are excited about the possibilities of this new technology and that is why we are purchasing and testing these products in conjunction with our other fire safety programs."
Steven P. Allen, Executive Director, Logan County Housing Authority, Lincoln Illinois
"The Logan County Housing Authority was having problems with tenants in our elderly hi-rise building that was constantly creating stovetop cooking fires...As I was searching for ways to prevent stove fires in my facility my insurance company sent me information on the Safe-T-element. Our maintenance department installed this product and did some intensive in-house testing. We were unable to create a fire...thank you for a product that has proven to prevent stove top cooking fires and will save property and lives."
Rick Keiluhn, a past New Jersey Fire Chief and life member of a volunteer department
"I am always interested in new technology that will help save lives and prevent fires. One product that I investigated works to regulate the amount of heat to the element, without compromising cooking ability. This technology allows the element cover to cycle up and down after reaching a maximum temperature of 690 degrees through the use of thermo-couplers to regulate heat. Cooking at this temperature will not support combustion and will save energy. If you are looking for solutions to the cooking problem in this county, this may be a product worth investigating. It may not fit in every home but it would certainly work in multi-family housing, college dorms, and elderly residential communities."
Public Education Officer, Oregon Fire Service
"This product has the potential for saving untold numbers of injuries and deaths. I would like to see this technology on every new stove manufactured."
Raymond Applebaum, Executive Director, Peel Senior Link
"Safe-T-Element is a significant step in the engineering of new products to help keep our students safe and significantly reduce the burden on our community's fire and safety providers. Montclair State University has installed it's first series of STE's with great success, and plans on equipping every one of the University's cook tops in order to provide a safer environment for our 17,000 students."
Tom McKay, past - President of Fire Prevention Canada
"Safe-T-element has the potential to prevent these fires from happening"
Johanna Mauno, Manager
"We've installed Safe-T-elements in two units where we have particular concerns about tenants whose condition is declining. I was at one of these units yesterday and found an element turned on with nothing on the element; there were pots and pans sitting atop the other elements. What a relief to know that this tenant won't be in danger because of a stove-top fire; we're limiting our liability and protecting our tenants at the same time."
Samuel Park, Property Manager, Calvary House Corp.
"In our 100 unit non-profit housing complex, there are many seniors who are living independently. However, as they get older (80+ years) we are concerned about their safety. More than few times, they have placed a pot of stew on the stove and forgotten about it until it caused a fire. Thankfully, the smoke detectors alerted us of the problem before it got out of hand. So, when I heard of the Safe-T-elements which prevent the electric elements from getting red-hot, we had them installed. Now, we are assured that the residents can safely cook and not worry about their occasional forgetfulness. I am glad of the fact that this will allow the seniors to continue living independently as long as they would like. Safe-T-elements are a great idea..."
Tom Greening, Executive Director, Kingston Home Base Housing
"Home Base Housing in Kingston recently developed new supportive housing apartments for clients with addiction and mental health difficulties. We incorporated many different design features into the building to maximize safety issues. The decision to purchase the Safe-T Elements made a lot of sense. The purchase and installation of the products on our appliances went very smoothly. We have had no concerns from our tenants regarding the performance of the product for their day-to-day cooking."
Ian Shelter, Napanee Fire Department, Napanee Ontario
"My parents are really happy with the operation of your product and I feel much better knowing there is one less thing to worry about for them."
Marianne Rinker, Manager, Temagami Non-Profit Housing Corp.
"A tenant of ours was careless with his cooking habits - falling asleep and leaving a pot unattended on the stove. The risk of fire was a great concern to tenants and management. Safe-T-elements were installed on this tenant's range; and, we have never encountered a smoke-filled unit again. As a risk management practice, any tenant who is perilously inattentive while cooking, will now be provided with a range - equipped with Safe-T- elements."
Julie Dennis, Executive Director, Bethlehem Projects of Niagara
"After 12 months of construction, our affordable, supportive apartments are now occupied and we feel safer knowing that the risk of stove fires is significantly reduced due to the installation of Safe-t-elements."
Perry Eldridge, Manager of Technical Services, Mount Allison University
"We have reduced the number of fire alarms that result from attended cooking. Not only are the stoves more safe but we are also saving energy. This product delivers peace of mind."
John Neuls, Executive Director Kiwanis Senior Citizens Homes Ltd.
"We have been installing the Safe-T-elements in Kiwanis Senior Homes' suites in North Vancouver, BC, for almost 4 years. We installed the kits in one of our buildings that is an older wood frame building that was constructed without a sprinkler system to make the building more safe. Whenever we have a vacant suite in our concrete towers we install a stove kit for the new tenant. We also install kits in any suite that the senior has had a smoke alarm go off or a pot burning. It gives us peace of mind that the kitchen fire possibility is removed. We have over 150 kits in service at the moment."
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