A suppression system only helps if it fires when needed. We keep your kitchen hood system discharge-ready and documented — serviced on schedule, whoever installed it.
A kitchen hood fire suppression system sits idle for years and is only ever judged in the seconds it has to work. Nozzles clog, fusible links foul with grease, cylinder pressure drifts and detection drifts out of position — none of it visible until the day it matters. Scheduled servicing keeps the system discharge-ready and gives you a documented trail for your fire-safety file.
Grease is the enemy of both systems. The same build-up we remove during kitchen exhaust cleaning also fouls suppression nozzles and coats fusible links — a greased-over link can fail to release at the temperature it was rated for. Servicing suppression and cleaning the exhaust on one coordinated visit means one team sees the whole cooking line, and neither job gets skipped. It pairs naturally with a scheduled maintenance program.
Every service visit is documented so you have a clear record of upkeep to show SCDF, your landlord, your insurer or an auditor. A documented service history is the strongest evidence that your suppression system has been maintained — kept alongside your exhaust-cleaning records, it covers the full fire-safety picture SCDF expects of a commercial kitchen. Together with fire-rated ductwork and regular cleaning, suppression servicing keeps every layer of your kitchen fire defence working.
We service suppression systems we did not install. If you have inherited a system with an unknown service history, we inspect it, tell you honestly what condition it is in, and set up a servicing schedule from there. If you are still specifying a system, see our fire suppression installation page.
Suppression is the layer you hope never activates. Servicing is how you make sure that, if it has to, it will.
Tell us about your kitchen and cooking line and we will set up a servicing schedule that keeps your suppression system discharge-ready and your records in order.