Hood cleaning in Vancouver, Washington
Vancouver has about 600 restaurants and shares a metro with Portland, but it has its own fire code, its own inspectors, and very few hood cleaners actually based on the Washington side. We treat Clark County as a core market, not an afterthought across the bridge, and we know the difference between what Portland Fire & Rescue asks for and what Washington's code requires.
The kitchens we clean in Vancouver
The marquee kitchen in Clark County is ilani Casino Resort in Ridgefield, with multiple high-volume restaurants under one roof. PeaceHealth Southwest and Legacy Salmon Creek run 24-hour hospital kitchens. WSU Vancouver and Clark College have campus dining. The waterfront and downtown restaurant districts have grown fast, and the franchise strips along Mill Plain, Fourth Plain, and Highway 99 are fryer-heavy. Camas and Battle Ground add their own downtown restaurant rows. Casino, hospital, and franchise kitchens are quarterly. Most independents are semi-annual.
Who inspects hood cleaning in Vancouver
Washington adopts the International Fire Code through WAC 51-54A-0606, which requires commercial cooking systems to be operated, inspected, and maintained per NFPA 96 Chapter 12. The Vancouver Fire Department's fire marshal's office inspects inside the city, and the Clark County Fire Marshal covers the unincorporated county, Camas, Battle Ground, and Ridgefield through their districts.
How we schedule Vancouver
Vancouver is about an hour from Salem and is on our Portland-area route several nights a week. Crews cross the river after close and work overnight. We cover Vancouver, Camas, Washougal, Battle Ground, Ridgefield, and La Center from that route.
What we run into in Vancouver kitchens
The Vancouver-specific issue is paperwork that was written for Portland. A Portland cleaner's report may reference FIR-8.08 and mean nothing to a Clark County inspector. Ours documents the cleaning to NFPA 96 Chapter 12, which is what Washington's code cites, and it reads the same on both sides of the river.
Bare metal, rooftop to stovetop, with proof
Every Vancouver job gets a certificate of service, a dated hood sticker, and a time-stamped photo report the office checks against the job checklist before it goes out. Fire marshal, insurer, and health inspector each get what they ask for from one packet.
Hood cleaning
The full system to NFPA 96: hood, plenum, filters, duct run, and rooftop fan. Scheduled around your hours in Vancouver.
Exhaust fan maintenance
Belts, bearings, and motors checked on the roof in Vancouver, so the fan does not quit mid-shift.
NFPA 96 compliance guide
How often you need it, what Vancouver Fire Department checks, what your insurer asks for, and what the certificate shows.
Multi-location accounts
More than one kitchen? One vendor, one schedule, and one compliance file across three states.
Vancouver hood cleaning questions
Does Washington require NFPA 96 hood cleaning?
Yes. Washington's adopted fire code (WAC 51-54A-0606) requires commercial cooking systems to be inspected and maintained per NFPA 96 Chapter 12. That sets the cleaning interval by cooking type and expects a written record.
Is your paperwork accepted by Clark County inspectors?
Our certificate, dated hood sticker, and photo report document a full-system cleaning to NFPA 96, which is what Washington's code references. Inspectors on both sides of the river see the same packet from us.
Get a Vancouver hood cleaning estimate
Tell us what you cook and how many hoods you run. We come back with a number and a recommended NFPA 96 schedule.
Vancouver kitchens
- Fill in the form. If you do not know a field, skip it.
- We call back, confirm details, and give you a straight number.
- We schedule around your hours.