A program focused on health and safety while operating in a new business environment.

Turning rental staff into rental professionals.

ARA Insurance is the leading insurer of American Rental Association members. Because rental is our only business, we have a stake in your success.

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ARA supports the equipment and event rental community through initiatives that serve the industry.

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Each issue is packed with information, including risk management advice, store profiles, business management stories, products and much more.

Take 5 for Safety is a monthly article designed to give equipment and event rental stores the information they need to conduct a five-minute safety meeting on a particular topic. Below are talking points for this month’s meeting. The Take 5 for Safety signup sheet can be downloaded below. This can be used to take attendance during the meeting.

Simple way to remember the classes:

Class A — think ash. Anything that makes ash when it burns.

Class B — anything you can put into a barrel.

Class C — think of circuits and circuitry. What has circuits and circuitry? Things with electricity.

Class D — they always say “metal fires are damn hard to put out.”

To reduce the risk of a Class B fire, follow this hazardous materials checklist:

The most commonly found extinguishers are ABC extinguishers that will extinguish those three types of fires — A, B and C. Fire extinguishers throughout a rental business should be reviewed.

A full fire safety video is available on RentalU — the American Rental Association’s (ARA) online learning platform. This video, hosted by Kevin Gern, ARA director of safety, can be used to conduct annual fire safety training. To access the video, visit ARArental.org/rentalu, log in and search “Fire Extinguisher Safety Training.”

Ashleigh Petersen is the associate editor for Rental Management. She writes news and feature articles, plus coordinates the monthly Safety Issue and several sections in the magazine. Ashleigh loves spending time with her husband and young son, baking, gardening and listening to true crime and comedy podcasts.

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