Commercial kitchens present one of the highest fire risks in any building, because hot cooking oils and fats can ignite fiercely and are very difficult to put out with water. A kitchen fire suppression system protects the cooking appliances, the extraction hood and the ductwork with a purpose-designed system that detects a fire automatically and releases a specialist agent to smother it at source. MEP designs, supplies and installs kitchen fire suppression systems for restaurants, hotels, canteens and commercial catering facilities across the UK.
Kitchen systems use a wet chemical agent that is discharged through nozzles positioned over the appliances and inside the hood and ducts. When it hits burning oil the agent reacts with it to form a thick, soapy blanket that seals the surface, cuts off oxygen and cools the fuel below its ignition point, preventing re-ignition. Detection is automatic, usually by fusible links that release when they reach a set temperature, and the system also shuts off the gas or power supply to the appliances.
A kitchen suppression system should be designed to recognised standards such as BS 6173 and installed so that every cooking appliance, along with the hood and duct, is properly covered. Manual release stations allow staff to trigger the system if they spot a fire first. We assess your kitchen layout, design the nozzle coverage to suit the appliances in use, and integrate the fuel shut-off and alarm connections so the whole system responds correctly the moment a fire starts.
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A fixed system that automatically detects and extinguishes fires on commercial cooking appliances, using a specialist wet chemical agent discharged over the appliances, hood and ductwork.
Water on burning oil or fat causes a violent flare-up and spreads the fire. Kitchen systems use a wet chemical that smothers and cools the oil safely instead.
It reacts with hot cooking oil to form a soapy blanket that seals the surface, starves the fire of oxygen and cools the fuel to stop it re-igniting.
Yes. On activation it shuts off the gas or electricity supply to the appliances, removing the heat source as well as suppressing the fire.
Systems should be designed and installed to recognised standards such as BS 6173, with full coverage of the appliances, hood and duct.
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