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Charlotte Fire's interpretation says high-volume cooking needs hood-system service every 3 months.
Hood Cleaning
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Rule holder: Charlotte Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau
This page serves Charlotte operators, but the actual hood-system workflow is governed by Charlotte Fire Department Fire Prevention Bureau. The city URL is an entry surface; the authority route is the canonical source-backed path.
Proof on site
Keep the latest hood-service report and any certificate or vendor paperwork on site.
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
Charlotte'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
Frequency of Kitchen Hood System Service
Charlotte Fire says hood-system service is every 3 months for high-volume cooking and every 6 months for all other cooking operations.
Primary source
Fire Prevention
Charlotte Fire's Prevention Bureau asks businesses to send life-safety inspection reports, including hood suppression systems, and provides inspection-prep guidance.
What Charlotte publishes
Local Hood-System Requirements
Monthly
Solid fuel cooking
Charlotte Fire's interpretation says high-volume cooking needs hood-system service every 3 months.
Quarterly
High-volume operations
Other cooking operations need hood-system service every 6 months.
Semi-Annual
Solid fuel cooking
Charlotte Fire asks businesses to send life-safety inspection reports for hood suppression systems to the Prevention Bureau.
Keep on site
Required Cleaning Tags
Green Tag
Keep the latest hood-service report and any certificate or vendor paperwork on site.
Yellow Tag
Match the visible service tag to the most recent hood-service report.
Red Tag
Missing tags or reports weakens the fire-inspection story immediately.
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Post-Service Reports
Match the visible service tag to the most recent hood-service report.
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.
Charlotte'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 the latest hood-service report and any certificate or vendor paperwork on site.
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Match the visible service tag to the most recent hood-service report.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Retain the latest report and any follow-up corrections with the fire-prevention records.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Last verified: 2026-04-07
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Charlotte Fire says hood-system service is every 3 months for high-volume cooking and every 6 months for all other cooking operations.
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Charlotte Fire's Prevention Bureau asks businesses to send life-safety inspection reports, including hood suppression systems, and provides inspection-prep guidance.