Fire safety for Alameda County commercial kitchens is enforced by Alameda County Fire Department. Cleaning Pros Plus is an IKECA member company providing exhaust cleaning to NFPA 96 standards.
Alameda County runs its fire inspections through more than one office. The Alameda County Fire Department covers the unincorporated county along with Dublin, Newark, San Leandro and Union City under contract, while Livermore and Pleasanton share the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department, Fremont and Hayward each field their own, and Castro Valley and San Lorenzo fall to the county. What every one of them asks for after a cleaning is the same: a current certificate, a written report naming the sections cleaned, and dated photographs of the duct and the fan.
An Alameda County inspection follows the same sequence everywhere — canopy, duct access, rooftop fan, then the paperwork — but an operator with locations in two cities often holds reports written to two different expectations. The visit turns on whether the report names the sections cleaned and whether the photographs actually show the duct and the fan, not on which department signed the last one.
See Alameda County compliance profile on EvidLY →What an Alameda County kitchen cooks sets its interval, not the month on the invoice. Wood and charcoal lines are monthly. Charbroilers and wok stations, quarterly. A typical full-service kitchen sits at semi-annual, and a seasonal or low-volume operation at annual. Two things locally argue for the shorter end: the inland heat through the Tri-Valley keeps deposits soft enough to travel deep into a duct, and the corporate and institutional kitchens along the 580 and 880 run long service days that load a system faster than their covers suggest.
| Type of Cooking Operation | Required Frequency |
|---|---|
| Solid fuel cooking (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 kitchen falls into? We assess your operation and recommend the right cleaning schedule.
Hood cleaning in Alameda County covers the canopy, the plenum behind the baffles, the length of the duct and the rooftop fan lifted off its curb. It is foamed, brushed and rinsed, and the filters leave with us. The county cooks across a wider range than any we work — Tri-Valley tasting rooms and corporate campuses along the 580, the industrial and distribution kitchens through Hayward and Union City, and the dense restaurant rows of Fremont and San Leandro. Older buildings along the 880 corridor run long flat duct above a dropped ceiling; where such a run offers no mid-point opening, we price the access panel rather than call the middle of it clean.
Professional foam-and-brush cleaning of hoods, ducts, fans, and rooftop components. NFPA 96 compliant with before-and-after photo documentation.
Learn more →Photo-documented exhaust system inspection with grease-level assessment, risk rating, and NFPA 96 compliance evaluation.
Learn more →Fan motor inspection, belt and bearing assessment, airflow evaluation, and performance management to prevent failures and maintain ventilation.
Learn more →Scheduled filter swaps that reduce grease buildup and improve airflow between professional cleanings. Managed through our FilterCycle program.
Learn more →Contain grease discharge from exhaust fans, protect your roof membrane, and eliminate slip hazards with our ContainGuard system.
Learn more →NFPA 96 questions answered by email and phone, all year — no site visit required.
Learn more →Cleaning Pros Plus provides kitchen exhaust services to commercial kitchens throughout Alameda County.
Hood cleaning is one part of the compliance picture. EvidLY shows how Alameda County evaluates your fire safety and food safety. Stovio publishes the editorial standard for commercial kitchen operations.
