Commercial Kitchen Fire Prevention Umbra

I have spent more than a decade walking into commercial kitchens that smell like last night's fryer oil and hearing the same excuse: "We will get the hood cleaned next month." That month never comes for some operators, and the consequences go far beyond a citation. The truth is that commercial kitchen fire prevention is not a line item you can defer. It is the single most important routine in any food-service operation, and the evidence is written in NFPA 96 standards and in