High-profile commercial kitchen fires have made the industry acutely aware of the need to install efficient fire suppression systems. In commercial kitchens, the biggest fire hazard exists in places where a lot of grease is released: fryers, fat cookers, char broilers, woks...

The existence of grease in combination with high surface temperatures can create flames and thus cause the grease to ignite. The time from initial flash to uncontrollable fireball can be less than 60 seconds. Even with a fire blanket, it can take 20 minutes to extinguish a localised fire.

Fire safety is improved radically by UV-C grease destruction systems and highly efficient KSA filters.

Whenever fire safety issues are involved, local codes have to be taken into account. For more information on highly efficient fire suppression systems, visit our fire safety page.