Avoiding Fires in your Monmouth County Restaurant Kitchen

1/19/2020 (Permalink)

Here in the Howell/Wall area we have a lot of great restaurants.  In order to keep your business, employees and most of all, customers safe; here are some tips to avoiding disasters in your kitchen.

Between 2006-2010, the National Fire Protection Association estimates there were approximately 7,640 fires at restaurant type establishments. Out of all those fires, it is estimated that 3 of 5 of those fires involved cooking equipment, so it is imperative to ensure that ALL equipment such as fryers, ovens, stoves, and other equipment are cleaned every day, as well as professionally inspected when they need to be.

It may appear like you have cleaned the grease from the surfaces, but grease can and will build up in hoods and grease traps. If they get too hot or grease builds up too much, it can quickly cause a fire.  So be sure to check those areas too.

It is good practice to have regularly scheduled cleanings of your kitchen to avoid any possibilities of fire in your restaurant, hotel, or assisted living home.

Also keep in mind that sprinkler systems can be the saving grace between a small fire that closes the business for a few days, or a fire engulfing the entire facility forcing you to permanently close or be closed for an extended amount of time. Pipes and heads on sprinkler systems can become corroded with time, so it’s important to have them inspected regularly. Be sure the sprinkler heads are free of any debris, such a cobwebs.

Lastly, it is important to ensure that your employees, especially kitchen staff have the knowledge of what to do in the case of a fire emergency. You should have scheduled meetings and drills for fire, evacuation, and emergency exits.

Should disaster strike your kitchen or business, call SERVPRO of Howell / Wall at (732) 577-1010, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We’ll make it "Like it never even happened."

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