IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Dos Palos commercial kitchens. Inspected by Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. NFPA 96 compliant.
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Dos Palos sits on Highway 33 out on the west side of Merced County, a small farming town surrounded by dairy, alfalfa and row-crop ground with the coast range on the horizon. Its kitchens are local operations feeding the town and the crews working the land around it.
Summer temperatures routinely push past 105°F here, and an exhaust system takes the brunt of that. Ventilation runs overtime in the heat, pulling higher volumes of grease-laden air through the hood and into the duct, so the system loads faster than the same kitchen would anywhere cooler.
Commercial kitchens in Dos Palos are inspected by Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE. Fire inspectors verify that your hood and exhaust system is cleaned per NFPA 96 schedule, your fire suppression system is current, and your kitchen meets all fire code requirements.
Cleaning Pros Plus provides the documentation your fire inspector needs — cleaning certificates with before/after photos, NFPA 96 compliance reports, and IKECA technician credentials that demonstrate your system was serviced by certified professionals.
See full Merced County fire safety profile →Every commercial kitchen in Dos Palos must comply with NFPA 96. Your fire authority — Merced County Fire Department / CAL FIRE — enforces these cleaning frequency requirements:
| Type of Cooking | Cleaning Frequency |
|---|---|
| Solid fuel cooking operations (wood, charcoal, mesquite) | Monthly |
| High-volume cooking (24-hour operations, charbroiling, wok cooking) | Quarterly |
| Moderate-volume cooking (full-service restaurants) | Semi-Annually |
| Low-volume cooking (churches, day camps, senior centers, seasonal) | Annually |
Not sure which category your Dos Palos kitchen falls into? We'll assess your operation and recommend the right schedule — no charge.
The local range covers family dining establishments through the town centre, the school district cafeterias run under Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified, and the healthcare and institutional food service a rural community carries.
Cooking volume rather than the size of the room is what sets an NFPA 96 interval across that range. A family restaurant working a fryer and a grill through the evening earns a tighter cycle than a cafeteria serving a fixed lunch.
The full system comes into scope: hood canopy and baffles, the plenum behind them, the duct along its length, and the rooftop fan lifted from its curb so blades, housing and the deck beneath get proper attention. Filters are drawn from the rail and degreased off site.
Every visit produces a detailed report listing the areas cleaned and any deficiencies identified, with before-and-after photographs attached. Exhaust fan service runs alongside the clean to keep the fan ventilating properly, and a duct run with no midpoint access earns a quoted panel instead of a guess.
Hoods, fans, cooking type and how the roof is reached. Scope and price come back before a date is agreed.
Canopy, plenum, duct, fan and curb, cleaned mechanically and with foam, photographed as each part is done.
Belts, bearings and airflow are checked with the unit lifted so the fan keeps ventilating as it should.
Certificate, photographs and any deficiencies noted, sealed in EvidLY ahead of the next inspection.
Cleaning Pros Plus works to IKECA Membership ID 76716495, and PECT Designated Technicians are the people on your roof. The founder holds CECS #200452 personally, and Arthur Haggerty has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Dos Palos jobs are sealed in EvidLY, so the report, its photographs and any deficiencies noted stay in one retrievable place.
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Contact Us →Or call directly: (209) 318-2737 — or text (209) 553-4297
Cleaning Pros Plus handles fire safety on the hood. EvidLY identifies how Merced County evaluates your food safety and fire safety, scored exactly the way your county scores them. Stovio publishes the editorial standard. Cleaning Pros Plus is the hands. HoodOps is the tools. EvidLY is the eyes. Stovio is the lens.
If your fire inspector finds any issue with our work, we come back and re-clean at no charge. No questions asked. We stand behind every hood, every duct, every fan — because your compliance is our reputation.
IKECA membership belongs to Cleaning Pros Plus, the technicians are PECT Designated, and the CECS is the founder’s alone.
Areas cleaned, deficiencies identified and photographs from both ends of the work, written so an inspector can follow it.
Certificates that state the NFPA 96 interval your cooking type carries rather than describing a visit in general terms.
EvidLY came out of this business and holds the certificate and its photographs where they can be found again.
If your inspector queries our work we come back and re-clean it with nothing more to pay.
More than 350 services a year across every configuration is what lets us price a Dos Palos kitchen accurately.
