Commercial kitchens use high-temperature cooking oils, slow-cooking appliances, and deep-fat fryers, all of which pose unique and challenging safety risks. Ensuring a safe working environment and complying with health and safety regulations is crucial.
When a fire breaks out, quick suppression is essential. Water is not suitable for grease fires, as it can cause the fire to spread. Extinguishers, if used unnecessarily, can damage food and produce. Restaurant fire suppression systems provide an effective solution for quickly and efficiently putting out fires.
Kitchen fire suppression systems are fixed installations designed to detect and suppress kitchen fires swiftly using advanced extinguishing agents. These systems are tailored to combat kitchen fires effectively, minimising damage and allowing the kitchen to resume operations quickly after the fire is safely extinguished.
We design, install, commission, and maintain fire suppression systems for numerous commercial kitchens across the UK. To ensure these systems function correctly and comply with British and European standards, biannual maintenance visits are necessary.
ANSUL® Kitchen Fire Suppression Systems are at the forefront of commercial kitchen fire protection, designed to swiftly detect and combat fires. ANSUL® products protect more food service kitchens from fire than any other brand.
Installing ANSUL® fire suppression systems creates a significantly safer working environment for kitchen staff and can greatly reduce insurance costs for industrial and commercial kitchens by automatically detecting and extinguishing canopy and range fires.
There are two highly effective restaurant fire suppression systems from ANSUL®: the Ansul R-102 and the Ansul Piranha. These systems use a liquid wet chemical agent stored in stainless steel tanks and enclosures mounted near the kitchen canopy. In the event of a fire, the wet chemical agent, known as Ansulex, is automatically discharged from all nozzles, activated by fusible link detectors. The system can also be activated manually. The agent quickly knocks down flames and reacts with heat and cooking grease to create a soap-like foam layer, starving the fire of oxygen and preventing re-flash.
To ensure the system functions correctly and complies with British and European standards, biannual maintenance visits are required.
To discuss our Ansul systems or other kitchen suppression services, please contact Firerite today.
The ANSUL® R-102 Fire Suppression System features a versatile design coupled with the highly effective ANSULEX Low pH Liquid Agent. This agent swiftly extinguishes flames and cools overheated surfaces, while forming a robust vapor-securing blanket that helps prevent re-ignition.
The ANSUL® PIRANHA Dual Agent Restaurant Fire Suppression System is the sole hybrid system on the market that combines agent and water, delivering superior performance compared to traditional single-agent systems.
