Back from St Louis and the IKECA Technical Conferences. I want to thank all of you who stuck it out through Saturday to hear my presentation on "CLEANING TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD". Your attention to what I was trying to teach really hit me that there are others who really care about their job out there. I think we have IKECA going in the right direction and I hope to have every member following NFPA96 standards along with the Viro picture and inspection protocols that holds everyone accountable for cleaning the complete systems free of grease every time. It starts with everyone involved and the faster everyone gets up to speed, the safer all the restaurants will be. The restaurants have assumed everyone is doing the job and are trained. Now we can make sure!! I am sure you have all heard the news that Boston is going to require strict regulation and licensing for all grease exhaust cleaning companies. New York and Mpls are also moving in that direction. For all of you out there that do not take this seriously, you will be left behind and I can only hope the authorities will start taking action against you. What we do is DEADLY SERIOUS!! We are supposed to protect lives and properties by doing our jobs right with NO INACCESSIBLE AREAS!! If every certified company starts doing our jobs right with proper documentations(with complete pictures!), inspections, scheduling, and accountability, we can virtually eliminate future grease exhaust fires at our customers!! See you all in Vegas next year!! Clean on and all fellow greasers(actually degreasers!!)
Don