IKECA member hood and exhaust cleaning for Kerman commercial kitchens. Inspected by Fresno Fire Department. NFPA 96 compliant.
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Kerman sits west of Fresno where Highway 180 and Highway 145 cross, surrounded by almond blocks, vineyards and dairy ground. It is a compact town, and its kitchens are the ones that feed it.
Extended runs above 100°F are what make the maintenance demanding. That heat accelerates grease oxidation inside the ductwork, leaving hardened deposits significantly harder to remove than anything a coastal kitchen produces, while the hood system runs harder and longer to ventilate the room and pulls more grease-laden vapour into the duct as it does.
Commercial kitchens in Kerman are inspected by Fresno Fire Department. 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 the IKECA credentials held by the company and its technicians.
See full Fresno County fire safety profile →Every commercial kitchen in Kerman must comply with NFPA 96. Your fire authority — Fresno Fire Department — 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 Kerman kitchen falls into? We'll assess your operation and recommend the right schedule.
The local landscape is restaurants and local dining establishments through the town centre, the school district cafeterias under Kerman Unified, and the community kitchens that come with a town this size.
Those belong in different NFPA 96 bands because the cooking differs, not because the buildings do. We look at the installed system first and propose a schedule second.
Hoods, ductwork, exhaust fans and access panels are all in scope, together with the plenum and the curb under the rooftop unit.
Hardened, oxidised deposits do not lift with water, so surfaces are foamed and brushed instead. Kerman exhaust fan service runs alongside with performance testing and preventive maintenance, and any duct section without an opening is quoted for an access panel rather than assumed clean.
Hood and fan count, cooking type and roof access. Scope and price come back before we hold a slot.
The full run is worked mechanically and with foam, with images captured as it goes.
Testing and preventive maintenance on belts, bearings and airflow while the unit is open.
Signed certificate and photo report, sealed in EvidLY ahead of the next inspection.
We work under IKECA Membership ID 76716495, and PECT Designated Technicians are the people who open a Kerman system. The CECS #200452 credential is the founder’s own, and Arthur Haggerty has been retained as an NFPA 96 expert witness. Kerman services are sealed in EvidLY, which puts the certificate and the images that back it in a single place.
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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 is held by the company, PECT designation by the technicians, and the CECS by our founder.
Every service documented before and after, giving your inspector something to examine rather than accept.
Documentation naming what was cleaned and the interval NFPA 96 sets for your cooking type.
EvidLY, built by Cleaning Pros Plus, holds the certificate and photographs where they stay findable.
Where our work is questioned at inspection we come back and re-clean it for nothing.
Hood, duct and fan are quoted from what the system actually is — configuration, access and cooking load — so a Kerman quote holds up when the work starts.
