Utah Fire Inspection Training is set for May 22nd 2026, 8Am-Noon for the Kitchen Exhaust session

August 26, 2026 · Don Pfleiderer

The Type 1 Hood class is set for May 22nd at the Fed House Training center in Draper Utah. Topics will be Fire suppression, Type 1 and 2 exhaust systems, KEC requirements, etc. 


Title is:

Kitchen Grease Exhaust Vent Systems:

Proper

installation, maintenance, and inspection.


(Plus 2024 NFPA96 updates) 

PART 1 Maintenance and inspections (1.5 hours)

1) Cause and effect: Grease buildup causes and effects. Hidden

Dangers.

a) What is all this buildup in the ductwork and what to do about it

b) What quality is for grease exhaust cleaning.

c) ICC, NFPA, and how ANSI standards work

d) IKECA

e) ANSI-IKECA C10 Cleaning standard and I10 Inspection standard update

f) Mutualistic Fire Protection from Utah State Deputy Fire Marshal Oliver Moore

g) Pictures and articles on fires that resulted from inadequate cleanings.

h) Grease Fire statistics.

2) Quick look at Standard cleaning

a) Setup

b) Cleaning in progress

c) Before and after pictures of extreme buildups

d) Proper Documentations and pictures

e) Proper cleanup

f) Hood and access stickers (documentation)

3) Inspections and examples of cleaning deficiencies

a) NFPA96 Standards and ICC Codes- new changes

b IKECA C10 Standard – Changes it brings into the ICC Codes.

c) Insurance regulations

d) Permit programs

e) Looking into the systems. Why inaccessible areas cannot be allowed.

f) Measuring the grease and the grease comb

g) Checking hidden areas outside the duct.

h) Checking rooftop areas and fans.

i) Multiple examples of hidden areas found by proper inspection showing

inadequate cleanings (all examples were just completed work)

4) Photo inspections and how to use technoloigies for proper

inspections.

a) Cleaning defeciencies and tricks to spotting them.

b) Tricks for taking and receiving proper photo verification/documentain

c) Drawings and pictures lists to properly match pictures

d) Access plate stickers as part of the pitures inspections(numbered)

5) Examples of proper inspection technics in use

a) An example program and how you can use the concepts

b) Example of a properly cleaned job that passes inspections

c) Examples of jobs that failed inspection with inadequate pictures showing

why.

d) How a database picture inspection program works with example work

orders and pictures and picture/inspection guidelines.

e) Examples of areas of concern outside the duct covered by the

inspection program including leaking ductwork above hoods

f) How to use and integrate lessons from the past and current Inspection

programs into your own program or scope of work


PART 2 Construction, design, and new Technologies (1.0 hours)

1) Type 1 systems

a) Explanation, material use, and use.

b) Issues with improper ductwork construction

c) Proper grease duct water leak testing procedures

d) Water Leaktesting vs light testing with hard data over 15 years.

e) Examples of Non-compliant sealant use on ductwork

2) Type 2 systems- Why they should never be used for grease

exhaust

a) Extreme buildup in Type 2 systems

b) Where type 2 systems are found.

c) styles of Type 2 systems and how the codes apply or don’t apply

3) Recommended equipment and design guidelines for type 1

systems

a) Proper access plate layouts

b) Option for fan hinges on side wall fans

c) The virtual box method for access plates

d) Proper and improper types of access plates

e) Blocked access plates

3) Hoods

a) Water wash style hoods

b) Hood and back wall gaps and effects

c) Hood efficiencies

d) New technologies

4) Fans

a) Types of fans and the various parts.

b) Proper hinges and upblast fan layouts

c) Upblast fan clean out port requirement – updated 2011 NFPA96

d) Safe roof access to fans – updated 2011 NFPA96

5) Roofs

a) Rooftop grease and grease containment concepts, units, and examples

b) EPA Regulations: Where does all that cleaning solution and grease

6) PCU’s and New Technologies

a) Environmental units (PCU’s) including Electronic Precipitator

example, UV filtration systems, high efficiency hood filters, etc.

b) New technologies including demand air systems and how they affect

inspections and fire safety.

Questons and Answer section- 15 minutes. Additional time can be

used if available.

Originally published August 26, 2026 on Tales of the Greaser.

← Inaccessible areas and what they hide. This was in the "inaccessible areas" when proper access were easily installed

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