The cost of a commercial kitchen fire suppression system is set by the cooking line it protects, not by a catalog price. The appliances under the hood, the length of hood and duct, and the number of agent tanks all move the figure. So do the gas and power shutoff and what the local fire … Read more
Month: April 2026
NFPA 10 never names a cabinet as the required mount, but it does require protection where an extinguisher could be damaged, and a cabinet is usually how that is met. Use one where an extinguisher could be knocked, stolen, tampered with or weathered, and in corridors and lobbies where a bracket-mounted extinguisher would stick out … Read more
A ventless hood still needs fire suppression. NFPA 96 calls these units recirculating systems, because they clean the air and return it to the room instead of ducting it outside, and it requires each one to be listed to UL 710B with fire protection built into the listing. The appliances under it must be covered … Read more
NFPA 10 is the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers, the rulebook for which extinguishers a business needs, where they hang, and how they are inspected, maintained and tested. For a business owner it comes down to four duties, the right extinguisher within reach, a quick check every month, a yearly fire … Read more