Fire Kitchen Service in La Puente

What a six-month hood system service covers

Your hood suppression system is due twice a year. NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A set that semi-annual schedule for commercial cooking systems, and each visit ends with a new service tag showing the date the work was done.

Here's what the technician checks:

• Nozzles: aimed at the right appliances, clean and capped.
• Fusible links, which NFPA 96 says are replaced at least every six months.
• The detection line and the manual pull station.
• The agent cylinder and its pressure.
• The fuel or power shutoff that trips when the system discharges.

Moved a fryer? Tell us. Nozzles are placed for specific appliances, so when the cooking line changes, the coverage has to be checked against the new layout before the system can be tagged.

UL 300 fire kitchen system upgrades

UL 300 is the test standard for pre-engineered wet chemical systems that protect cooking appliances. Older dry chemical systems don't meet it. If your hood still has a dry chemical system, or you aren't sure what's in the cabinet, the technician can identify it on the first visit and quote a UL 300 wet chemical replacement sized to the appliances you cook on today. Opening a new kitchen? We install new systems too.

The Class K extinguisher by the cooking line

A kitchen with a hood suppression system also needs a Class K portable extinguisher. Class K covers cooking oils and fats. It gets the same annual tag as your other extinguishers, plus a hydrostatic test every five years because it's a wet chemical unit.

Most of the calls we get from La Puente are about extinguishers, and recent quotes there for annual certification and tagging have been $35 per extinguisher. Are yours due too? Mention it when you book. See fire extinguisher service in La Puente, or read how we helped a La Puente restaurant with an inspection coming up.

Which rules apply to a La Puente kitchen

La Puente adopts the California Fire Code through Title 32 of the Los Angeles County Code, and the city's own fire code chapter adds no local amendments for kitchen suppression systems. The county's version of the state code is what applies. The city's adoption currently points to the 2022 edition, so confirm the edition in force with the fire marshal before planning a new install.

Fire and EMT response in La Puente comes from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, including Fire Station 26 at 15336 E. Elliot Ave. For inspections, ask the fire marshal which office handles your address. Kitchens under fire sprinklers have a separate schedule: see restaurant sprinkler inspections in La Puente.

Licensed for kitchen hood work

Hedrick Fire Protection performs our California work. Hedrick holds C-16 (fire protection) and C-10 (electrical) contractor licenses, is licensed to install and service commercial kitchen hood fire suppression systems, and is licensed by the California State Fire Marshal under Title 19 for portable extinguisher service and water-based system testing.

La Puente is in our service area. For fire kitchen service in La Puente, call (213) 568-0188 or email socal@1profire.com and give us the address, the number of hoods and the date on your current tag.

Other systems on site? Start at the La Puente fire protection page. Outside the city, see fire kitchen service in Los Angeles County, Orange County or San Bernardino County.