Fire Suppression

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Restaurant Fire Safety Refresher
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Fire Suppression
In another installment of our reminders on restaurant kitchen safety – Private Large Kitchen Safety and Restaurant Safety Dos and Don’ts being two others worth looking over – it’s time to take another look at restaurant fire safety basics. 
Why all of the focus on safety? Beyond helping you keep your Commercial Kitchen Ventilation system operating efficiently, removing odors and grease from the air, we want to help even more with keeping your kitchen operations safe for all involved. With close to 8,000 restaurants reporting a fire each year, it’s crucial to do all in your power to prevent those fires from starting – or spreading:
Because almost 60% of all restaurant fires involve cooking equipment, it is absolutely essential to install a Fire Suppression System in your kitchen. Have it inspected at least semi-annually, and ensure that all employees know about its location and how to use it.
While fire suppression systems are great, they are not a substitute for portable extinguishers, which if nothing else can serve as effective backups in the event a suppression system fails to put out or otherwise effectively mitigate a fire. Keep Class K extinguishers on hand for all fires involving grease, fats and oils that burn at elevated temperatures (these should b...

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Only Good Teamwork Can Prevent Kitchen Fires
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Fire Suppression
There should be no argument that commercial kitchens are far safer when the appliances are protected by fire suppression systems. Particularly since the materials in a typical commercial kitchen – cooking and deep-frying oils – have ...

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Reasons for Buying a Fire Suppression System
• Mayo 31, 2017
Categorías: Fire Suppression
No restaurant owner wants to contemplate what would occur should there be a kitchen fire in his or her establishment. At the same time, it’s critical to understand that any fire that potentially involves common kitchen items such as grease and ...

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