All equipments such as chimneys, exhausts, ventilators, grills, hoods etc. which collect a lot of fume vapor and catch fire easily should be cleaned regularly. Elevator shafts require constant check and inspection. Cigarette butts can ignite the debris and oils that gather at the bottom of elevator shafts.

Hotel personnel are trained about the fire protection procedure and the types of fire. 

Fire has been classified in 5 categories depending on how they can be extinguished.

Class A Fire: it is the fire of wood paper linen and similar dry material. They are extinguished by cooling and quenching effect of water.

Class B Fire: these includes fire from oil, gasoline, grease and other petroleum product. These fire can be extinguished by blanketing the source of burning substances and eliminating the supply of oxygen.

Class C Fire: these are the fire of pressurized gases. example LPG. Water is not used for this.

Class D Fire; these are the fire of metals. This class of fire does not exists in hotels.

Class E Fire: these are electrical fires. Controlling the sizes of electrical fuses and circuit breaker will often minimize this class of fire.