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Tampa's restaurant safety guide says kitchen hood extinguishing systems require servicing by an extinguisher company every six months.
Hood Cleaning
Fire Inspection
Authority Guidance
Fire AHJ-owned compliance workflow
Rule holder: Tampa Fire Marshal's Office - Prevention Division
This page serves Tampa operators, but the actual hood-system workflow is governed by Tampa Fire Marshal's Office - Prevention Division. The city URL is an entry surface; the authority route is the canonical source-backed path.
Proof on site
Keep service documentation, approved plans, and certification papers on site when fire marshal inspections apply.
Likely fail trigger
Missing tags or reports weakens the fire-inspection story immediately.
Next action
Keep the latest hood-system report on site.
Authority summary
Authority Summary
Tampa's cited fire documents support hood-system paperwork and scheduled system attention. They should not be collapsed into a single generic claim about all cleaning intervals.
Primary source
Fire Marshal's Office - Prevention Division
Tampa says the Fire Prevention Division is responsible for fire inspections, code enforcement, and plan review, and the fire marshal is the authority having jurisdiction under state statute and City of Tampa Code.
Primary source
Night Club and Restaurant Safety Guide for Business Owners, Employees, and Patrons
Tampa says kitchen hood extinguishing systems require servicing every six months, kitchen exhaust systems must stay free of excessive grease accumulation, and fire extinguishers must be serviced and tagged current.
What Tampa publishes
Local Hood-System Requirements
Monthly
High-volume operations
Tampa's restaurant safety guide says kitchen hood extinguishing systems require servicing by an extinguisher company every six months.
Quarterly
High-volume operations
Tampa says kitchen exhaust systems must be maintained free of excessive grease accumulation.
Semi-Annual
Moderate volume
Fire suppression inspections require a functional test for final approval, with utilities turned on and coordination with the fire alarm contractor when alarms are part of the project or occupancy.
Keep on site
Required Cleaning Tags
Green Tag
Keep service documentation, approved plans, and certification papers on site when fire marshal inspections apply.
Yellow Tag
Fire extinguishers and related life-safety equipment must be serviced and tagged current, and approved plans with certification papers must be available for inspections.
Red Tag
Missing tags or reports weakens the fire-inspection story immediately.
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Post-Service Reports
Fire extinguishers and related life-safety equipment must be serviced and tagged current, and approved plans with certification papers must be available for inspections.
warning Common Inspection Fails
Missing tags or reports weakens the fire-inspection story immediately.
Inspectors flag this when the hood, duct, or report trail is not inspection-ready.
Tampa's published schedule distinguishes hood-system service from general inspection prep.
Inspectors flag this when the hood, duct, or report trail is not inspection-ready.
Suppression work and hood cleaning should not be treated as the same record.
Inspectors flag this when the hood, duct, or report trail is not inspection-ready.
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Keep service documentation, approved plans, and certification papers on site when fire marshal inspections apply.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Fire extinguishers and related life-safety equipment must be serviced and tagged current, and approved plans with certification papers must be available for inspections.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Retain hood service records, extinguisher tags, and related fire inspection paperwork with the site's fire-safety records.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Last verified: 2026-04-07
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Tampa says the Fire Prevention Division is responsible for fire inspections, code enforcement, and plan review, and the fire marshal is the authority having jurisdiction under state statute and City of Tampa Code.
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Tampa says kitchen hood extinguishing systems require servicing every six months, kitchen exhaust systems must stay free of excessive grease accumulation, and fire extinguishers must be serviced and tagged current.
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Tampa says fire suppression inspections require a functional test, final inspections require life-safety features in place, a tagged fire extinguisher, and approved plans on site.