It’s back to school time – a time for clean uniforms and clean copybooks – but how clean is the school itself?

An average school kitchen will prepare upwards of 100 meals per day. It is vital that the school kitchen equipment and ventilation system are cleaned professionally and maintained to a high standard to ensure the health and safety of the staff and pupils. Canopy Fan Cleaning provide professional school kitchen extraction cleaning services.

Below are the B&ES recommended ventilation cleaning service intervals according to level of use. In a school that is compliant with recent school food guidelines restricting the use of deep fat fryers – the level of use is likely to be within the ‘Light’ category. However it is important to be realistic about the build up of grease and oils in your school kitchen and to be proactive in ensuring that professional extraction cleaning is carried out with all parts of the ventilation system being cleaned.

B&ES TR/19 – Recommend Ventilation Cleaning Service Intervals

Government building regulations  state that school buildings must provide a ventilation system which extracts, before they are generally widespread, pollutants which are a hazard to health from areas where they are produced in significant quantities and is installed to facilitate maintenance where necessary.

On top of the risks to health from airborne pollutants, extraction cleaning is also essential to avoid the risk of kitchen fires caused by the build up of grease.

The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires all schools premises to carry out fire risk assessments and implement  a fire management plan. Regular kitchen duct and extraction cleaning will help to satisfy this legislation by decreasing the risk of kitchen fires.

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