Fire Suppression System Inspection
Peoria, IL Kitchen Hood Systems

We Refer the Inspection. We Don't Do It.

Commercial kitchens over a fryer or a grill have a wet-chemical fire suppression system in the hood: a cylinder, pipes, nozzles, fusible links or other detectors, a manual pull, and a shutoff that kills the gas or the electric appliances if the system fires. This page is for restaurants in Peoria and nearby towns that need that system inspected or serviced. We connect you with an independent local company. We don't inspect systems, we don't recharge cylinders, we don't hang tags, and we are not a licensed fire-equipment shop.

Common brand names on those systems include Ansul, Range Guard, Pyro-Chem, and Kidde. Naming them is only so you can tell us what's on the cylinder. We aren't a dealer for any of them.

NFPA 96, NFPA 17A, and Who Enforces It Here

NFPA 96 is the standard for ventilation and fire protection of commercial cooking. It covers the hood and the grease, and it also requires fire-extinguishing equipment over cooking that produces grease-laden vapors. For the wet-chemical systems used in most restaurants, that equipment is inspected and serviced under NFPA 17A.

The interval restaurants plan around is at least every six months, and again after any discharge. NFPA 96's requirement is "not less than" that often, in line with NFPA 17A and the manufacturer's instructions. The exact sentence depends on which edition the fire department has adopted, and a local amendment can be tighter. In Peoria, the Peoria Fire Department is the office to ask. In East Peoria, Pekin, Peoria Heights, Morton, or Washington, ask that town's fire department or fire protection district. This page is general information, not a determination of what your inspector will cite.

What a Six-Month Visit Usually Covers

Ask the company to include these in the written quote. Names vary by brand, but the checks are the same idea:

1. Nozzle caps in place, and nozzles still pointed at the appliances that are actually on the line.
2. Fusible links replaced. Grease-loaded links can fail to let go, or let go too soon.
3. Cylinder pressure or weight within the listed range, and the cartridge or stored-pressure parts checked.
4. The manual pull station reachable and not blocked by a shelf or a stack of pans.
5. The gas valve or electrical shutoff trips when the system is fired in a test, then gets reset.
6. A dated tag on the system and a written report you can hand an inspector or an insurance company.

Between those visits, look at the system about once a month: gauge in the normal range if it has one, caps on the nozzles, pull station clear, and no new appliance shoved under a nozzle that was aimed at something else. That look is the owner's check. It does not replace the six-month service, and it is not something we perform.

When the Line Changed, the Old Tag Doesn't Cover It

Nozzles are aimed at specific appliances. If you swapped a range for a fryer, added a charbroiler, or slid a griddle down the line, the system may no longer match the cooking. Tell the company what moved. A tag from before the remodel doesn't describe the kitchen you have now. The same is true after a discharge: the cylinder is empty or the links are spent until a qualified person services it. Don't keep cooking under that hood in the meantime.

What to Ask Before You Hire

Ask whether the technician is trained on your brand of system. Ask for proof of insurance, and ask which license or certificate your fire department expects to see. Illinois licenses a lot of fire-equipment work through the Office of the State Fire Marshal, but the office that writes your inspection is the one that decides what it will accept. We don't hold that license, and we don't verify the company's license for you. Get the tag and the report before you consider the visit finished.

If you're also due for hood cleaning, say that on the form or call (309) 724-1198. We'll treat them as two requests. We try to help kitchens in Peoria, East Peoria, Peoria Heights, Pekin, Morton, Washington, Chillicothe, and Dunlap.