Authority
Austin Fire's published maintenance schedule lists range hoods and dry chemical systems for semi-annual inspection by a licensed fire protection system company.
Hood Cleaning
Fire Inspection
Authority Guidance
Local fire office
Rule holder: Austin Fire Department Fire Marshal's Office
Austin operators often search by city name, but Austin Fire Department Fire Marshal's Office is the office that sets the local hood cleaning and fire paperwork rules on this page.
Proof on site
Keep the latest hood-system or suppression service report available 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.
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Keep the latest hood-system report on site.
Start with the next move below, then use the rest of the page to confirm reports, tags, and inspection proof.
First move
Keep the latest hood-system report on site.
Stage this proof
Keep the latest hood-system or suppression service report available on site.
Authority summary
Authority Summary
Austin'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
Maintenance Inspection Considerations
Austin Fire's maintenance inspection checklist says fire protection systems must be maintained in working order and its schedule lists range hoods and dry chemical systems on a semi-annual cycle.
Primary source
Austin Fire Plan Review
Austin Fire says it enforces the 2024 IFC and associated NFPA standards and directs inspection requests through the Fire Marshal's Office process.
What Austin publishes
Local Hood-System Requirements
Semi-Annual
High-volume operations
Austin Fire's published maintenance schedule lists range hoods and dry chemical systems for semi-annual inspection by a licensed fire protection system company.
Quarterly
High-volume operations
Austin's public fire materials are strongest on inspection-ready reports, visible service tags, and keeping hood-system and suppression records distinct when the visits differ.
Semi-Annual
Moderate volume
Austin Fire's published equipment schedule treats range hoods and dry chemical systems as semi-annual fire protection inspections.
Keep on site
Required Cleaning Tags
Green Tag
Keep the latest hood-system or suppression service report available on site.
Yellow Tag
Visible service tags and stickers should match the latest service paperwork when the system requires them.
Red Tag
Missing tags or reports weakens the fire-inspection story immediately.
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Post-Service Reports
Visible service tags and stickers should match the latest service paperwork when the system requires them.
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.
Austin'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-system or suppression service report available on site.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Visible service tags and stickers should match the latest service paperwork when the system requires them.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Retain the latest hood-system report on site for inspection prep.
Required to be staged before the inspector asks.
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Official sources for this page
Last verified: 2026-04-07
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Austin Fire's maintenance inspection checklist says fire protection systems must be maintained in working order and its schedule lists range hoods and dry chemical systems on a semi-annual cycle.
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Austin Fire says it enforces the 2024 IFC and associated NFPA standards and directs inspection requests through the Fire Marshal's Office process.