A major Mall owner/management group has just preliminarily approved implementing the Enviromatic National Inspection Program for all of their properties. This will require all tenants to clean their systems to NFPA96 standards and have the picture program in place for verification on every job for every system. It also applies to their own trunk lines for food courts. They own malls all over the country and this involves hundreds(possible thousands) of systems. This will also require all cleaning companies to be properly insured and certified plus the cleaning companies must submit proper and complete pictures to the property owner for review of every cleaning. Any missing pictures (see Enviromatic Picture guide) or areas found not cleaned to NFPA96 and Viro specifications will require a re-clean within 2 weeks and if it still fails inspection, the mall management will hire another company to finish the work. This will go a long ways toward completely eliminating the fire danger in their malls and making the shopping experiences safe for both the other tenants and the customers. For those of you cleaning systems in major shopping malls and not doing your job thoroughly, be aware that you had better start cleaning up all these jobs as you will soon be forced to do so by the mall management. This also includes proper roof cleanups and proper disposal of all rooftop grease and cleaning waste.
Originally published October 15, 2008 on Tales of the Greaser.