Business Engagement
Our #1 priority is your safety.
We urge you to learn how to prevent fires and help save a life. Help your business be a model for fire and life safety.
Platforms to support your business, employees, and customers
- Register your AED, Narcan, bleeding kit, or epi through PulsePoint AED linked below.
- Property Managers are encouraged to create a Community Connect account to better prepare you and responders before they arrive.
Arlington Restaurant Initiative
In an effort to increase safety for citizens and to provide restaurant owners and staff with resources to maximize their safety and viability, the Arlington County Police Department has partnered with County agencies to establish the Arlington Restaurant Initiative (ARI). The Arlington County Fire Marshal’s Office (FMO) collaborated in the development of the effective practices and ARI standards.
The primary focus of the FMO in the initiative is working with businesses to provide guidance on fire safe practices for businesses and Assembly occupancies, such as proper maintenance of mechanical and fire protection equipment, maintaining safe capacity levels in compliance with the Statewide Fire Prevention Code and the approved Capacity Certificate for COs issued prior to March 2022 or Maximum Occupant Load Sign for COs issued March 2022 onward, and ensuring safe and efficient access and egress is properly maintained.
Arlington Restaurant Initiative (ARI)
Training opportunities
- Let our Hands2Hearts Team teach your team how to provide Hands-Only CPR and use an AED.
- Register your team for an Until Help Arrives class to better prepare for acts of violence.
Take advantage of our free programs or invite us to larger events through our Community Engagement Request Form. Call 703-228-0267 with any questions or email ACFD-CommunityEngagement@arlingtonva.us.
Additional fire safety information from the National Fire Protection Association:
Did You Know?
From the National Fire Protection Association
- Gas and charcoal grills cause 900 structure fires and 3,500 outdoor fires in or on home properties each year.
- Gas grills have a higher fire risk than charcoal grills; leaks and breaks are the leading cause, accounting for nearly half of gas grill fires.
- Placing combustibles too close to heat, and leaving cooking unattended, are the two leading causes for charcoal grill home fires.
- Half of all gas grill and charcoal grill home fires begin on an exterior balcony or unenclosed porch. Grill not only outside your home but away from your home.