Commercial Kitchen Fire SuppressionSystems

Why a Fully Operational Fire Suppression System Is Non-Negotiable

Commercial kitchen fires spread fast — fueled by grease, open flames, and high heat. When a fire ignites above your cooking line, you have seconds, not minutes. A properly designed and maintained fire suppression system is the only automated defense between a contained incident and a catastrophic loss.

The risks of an inadequate or unmaintained system include:

• Thousands of dollars in property damage
• Staff and customer injury or worse
• Forced closure by the health or fire department
• Loss of insurance coverage due to non-compliance
• Criminal liability for failure to meet NFPA 96 requirements

Hood Builder ensures your system is installed correctly, inspected on schedule, and ready to respond the moment it's needed.

We Install Both Type I & Type II Hood Systems

When evaluating hood systems, the first question is always Type I or Type II. The answer depends entirely on what cooking equipment is in your kitchen. Our specialists review your appliance list before making any recommendation

Installation

Hood Builder installs fire suppression systems for commercial kitchens and food service facilities — including fire alarm integration, smoke detection, sprinkler tie-ins, and wet chemical hood suppression. Every system is installed by certified technicians, engineered to your equipment layout, and built to meet NFPA 96 and local building code requirements.

Our fire suppression installation services include:

• Fire alarm systems
• Smoke detection systems
• Fire sprinkler systems
• Industrial fire suppression systems
• Corrosion monitoring and detection systems
• Clean agent systems
• Kitchen hood suppression systems

Repair

• A malfunctioning fire suppression system puts your entire operation at risk. Hood Builder technicians respond fast — arriving in uniform, ready to diagnose and repair any component. We service systems we installed and systems we didn't. If it's broken, we'll fix it.

Inspection & Maintenance

• NFPA 96 requires semi-annual inspections for most commercial kitchen suppression systems. Our scheduled maintenance service covers full system inspection, nozzle testing, cylinder pressure checks, fusible link verification, and documentation for health and fire department compliance. Don't wait for a failure to find out your system wasn't ready.

Ansul

Founded in 1939, Ansul set the standard for commercial kitchen fire suppression with ANSULEX — a wet chemical agent engineered specifically for grease-laden cooking fires. The Ansul R-102 system remains the most widely deployed kitchen suppression platform in the industry, combining heat-activated detection, automatic fuel shutoff, and manual pull-station actuation. Hood Builder installs, inspects, and services Ansul systems for restaurants across Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins.

Buckeye

The Buckeye Kitchen Mister™ uses innovative misting technology to suppress grease fires at the point of origin — fast, before they spread. Ideal for high-volume kitchens where grease buildup is a constant risk. Hood Builder installs and services the full Buckeye line.

Pyrochem

The Pyrochem Kitchen Knight II is a pre-engineered, UL-listed suppression system designed for a wide range of commercial cooking environments — including high-risk industrial applications. It responds rapidly to both vent hood and grease-related fire events and is well-suited to busy restaurant kitchens with varied cooking equipment.

Amerex

Amerex's pre-engineered automatic gas detection and fire suppression systems are used in restaurants, schools, hotels, catering facilities, and cruise ships worldwide. Amerex systems automatically shut off gas supplies upon activation, reducing re-ignition risk and protecting your cooking equipment from ongoing damage.

Range Guard

Range Guard systems offer flexible pipe configurations, factory-filled pressure cylinders, nozzle swivel adaptors, and pressure gauge valves — adaptable to virtually any commercial kitchen layout and appliance mix. Hood Builder installs Range Guard systems for kitchens with complex or non-standard configurations.