First Onsite partners with Alert Labs to help customers proactively minimize water damage. Canadian Business Journal

MISSISSAGA, ON, September 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Onsite Property Restoration (First Onsite), one of Canada’s largest disaster recovery and recovery providers, today announced a partnership with solutions provider Alert Labs. announced that it has been concluded. For real-time water usage monitoring, flood detection, and analytics. This partnership will help First Onsite’s commercial customers proactively minimize water damage and improve their water conservation efforts while reducing emergency repairs and disruptions to building services.

“Nearly 70% of First Onsite emergencies are property damage caused by water-related events. We can provide solutions that reduce water pollution and improve water efficiency,” said Dave Demos, CEO of Canadian and Global Client Solutions for First Onsite Property Restoration.

“Alert Labs’ partnership with First Onsite means more customers reduce their significant losses and subsequent insurance claims from water damage. with valuable water consumption insights to customers, said Bob Wasserman, CEO of Alert Labs.

Water damage to facilities is often associated with severe weather events such as land floods, heavy rains, and winter storms. Although severe, the impact of these events can often be mitigated with proper preparation, as there is usually some advance warning before the impact occurs.Water events associated with plumbing infrastructure failures are more discreet and less easily detectable, and can affect building infrastructure as well.

Even small leaks that go uncaptured over an extended period of time can create an environment for mold to thrive. Microbial growth begins within 48 hours on moist surfaces and can penetrate hard-to-reach areas within building structures. Left unchecked, water damage leads to harmful mold growth, structural deterioration, health risks, business interruption, and increased costs associated with remediation.

• alert lab AlertAQ™ A water intelligence platform and cellphone-connected sensors provide minute-by-minute water usage insights and 24/7 emergency alerts.
• this is Floodie A flood sensor is a small puck-like leak detection product that sends an alert when the sensor encounters water.
• For areas and buildings sensitive to humidity and temperature changes, Humie Humidity sensors gain real-time visibility and send alerts when conditions change beyond acceptable levels.
• of flow woo Water flow sensors upload minute-by-minute water usage data to the AlertAQ platform to identify water consumption patterns, including water usage anomalies.
• with Shatty Automatic shutoff valves allow you to remotely shut off water lines to stop water flow before major problems occur.

After responding to all types of physical disasters across Canada, First Onsite understands the value customers can realize through proactive implementation and effective disaster preparedness. First Onsite helps customers better serve their customers and meet their real needs by providing solutions that reduce risk, control costs and provide data insights to better manage real estate assets We are extending that product to

About Alertlab
Alert Labs Inc. provides award-winning water and HVAC intelligence solutions using the AlertAQ™ platform and IoT sensors designed and manufactured in North America. Founded in 2015, the company helps organizations protect assets, reduce operating costs, and make buildings more sustainable. Alert Labs analyzes over 110 million liters of water each year, saving customers over $20 million and reducing CO2e emissions over 20 million kilograms. Alert Labs is a subsidiary of Watsco Inc., his HVAC/R distributor, the largest in North America. For more information, visit alertlabs.com or follow Alert Labs on LinkedIn.

About First Onsite
First Onsite Property Restoration is one of the largest and fastest growing emergency planning, mitigation and reconstruction service providers in North America. First Onsite employs over 2,300 team members and operates out of his 90+ locations in Canada, the United States and Puerto Rico. With a culture focused on leveraging the people power of our team members and a commitment to doing the right thing, the First Onsite team helps clients recover, rebuild and rise. First Onsite is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation. For more information, visit firstonsite.ca or follow us. @firstonsite upon twitter and LinkedIn.

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