Saturday, October 24, 2009
Ventura Hood Sales Company Says Routine Cleanings Can Prevent Costly Fires in Restaurant Kitchens
Grease that is left to clog link lines in fire suppression systems, or that builds up in hood plenums and ducts can fuel a fire if one was to break out, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods. APS-Hoods opened a satellite location in California in August to better provide Ventura hood installation and Ventura, CA hood cleaning services.
For that reason, it is important to have kitchen hoods systems cleaned on a routine basis. Grease-filled ducts and hood plenums are a common problem Farazandeh sees at restaurants, but they are easily preventable problems, Farazandeh said.
Hood, duct and fan cleaning performed on a regular basis by a professional company is the easiest, cheapest and most practical way to reduce the potential for grease fires to occur in the commercial kitchen. It also is important that exhaust systems always are in good working condition because they must be able to remove smoke and grease from the kitchen.
How Often To Clean
How often kitchen systems should be cleaned varies according to the type of cooking methods, the equipment type and the amount of food cooked daily, Farazandeh said. But there are recommendations that restaurant owners and managers can follow when trying to determine how frequently to have kitchen hoods, fans and ducts cleaned by a professional.
Restaurant kitchen systems should be cleaned at least every six months, he said. Commercial establishments that use deep fat fryers and/or charbroilers should clean these systems every three months at a minimum.
The same goes for restaurants that use a great deal vegetable oils in their cooking processes- they need to schedule cleanings every three months. When vegetable oil grease is allowed to accumulate, it becomes “glue-like” and removing it is a difficult task.
Restaurants that use wood fires or smokehouses should have their systems cleaned at least every month.
Learn More
If you would like more information about the hood cleaning services offered by APS-Hoods, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web site: http://www.aps-hoods.com/.
About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities. APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the "http://www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/AboutTheCodes.asp?DocNum=96" National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes. APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
APS-Hoods’ Long Beach, CA Hood Cleaning Services Just Got More Convenient
The same can be said for affiliation when it comes to the relationship between American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) and Nationwide Fire Protection Corp.
Nationwide Fire Protection, an affiliate of APS-Hoods, recently opened a satellite location in Placentia, CA, due to the increase in sales and service calls in the surrounding area, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.
Because of the affiliation, APS-Hoods is sharing workshop space with NFP, which means increased convenience for customers throughout the southern and central California areas, including those in need of Long Beach hood cleaning services.
To celebrate this partnership and the new satellite location, APS-Hoods is offering a 10 percent discount off of hood cleaning services through Oct. 31, Farazandeh said.
APS-Hoods is not new to the Long Beach, CA hood sales, cleaning and installation business.
“We have provided a wide range of services to restaurants and commercial dining facilities throughout California since we opened our business in 1989,” he said.
The difference is that while Long Beach hood installation and other service requests once were handled from the company’s Denver, CO headquarters, they now will be dispatched from the Placentia location at 610 S. Jefferson St., Unit G. This will make the services more convenient and less costly for customers because many shipping and travel costs will be eliminated, Farazandeh said.
Customers located within 100 miles of Placentia will not be charged a travel fee. That means that in addition to restaurants and commercial dining facilities in Long Beach, establishments in cities including Glendora, Hesperia, Palmdale, Burbank, Simi Valley, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Pomona, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Santa Monica and Thousand Oaks will enjoy more competitive prices now that the travel fee has been eliminated.
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Learn More
If you would like more information about the hood cleaning, sales and installation services provided by APS-Hoods, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web site: http://www.aps-hoods.com/.
About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities.
APS-Hoods provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes. APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting.
APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.
© 2009 Sinai Google and SEO Marketing and APS-Hoods. Authorization to post is granted, with the stipulation that Sinai Marketing is credited as sole source. Linking to other sites from this article is strictly prohibited, with the exception of herein imbedded links.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Beverly Hills, CA Hood Installation Company Announces Travel-Fee Free Areas
When Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of APS-Hoods, opened a satellite location in Placentia, CA earlier this month, it provided an opportunity for APS-Hoods to provide its Beverly Hills, CA hood cleaning customers with better rates, said Massoud Farazandeh, chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.
Businesses in other areas also will benefit from the satellite location, Farazandeh said. All restaurants and commercial kitchens located within 100 miles of Placentia no longer will be subject to a travel fee. That will effect businesses in cities including Long Beach, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Anaheim, San Bernardino, Glendale, Santa Clarita, San Fernando, San Diego, Oceanside and Ventura, to name a few.
"The number of California restaurants that we service continues to increase," Farazandeh said. “The more restaurants we service in a particular area, the more cost-effective it is for us and the customers.”
Some restaurant owners and managers may question whether APS-Hoods simply has increased its prices to cover travel costs, but that isn't the case, he said, adding that charging more for services would mean losing customers to his competitors.
APS-Hoods has provided services to California restaurants since the company began in 1989. But once word spread that Farazandeh’s affiliate company, Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., was opening a satellite location in Placentia, calls for hood cleaning services also increased.
“Our California business is growing by leaps and bounds and we are acquiring more work within this 100-mile area,” he said. “Now that the work is increasing, one service truck can respond to several service calls at a time, making it cost-effective for us and enabling us to pass along some savings to customers.”
Farazandeh said his company and his employees pride themselves on their quality work and it is more important that ever to “treat customers right,” especially when the economy is in a slump.
“Our goal is to have happy customers who refer us to their colleagues,” he said. “One way of ensuring that is by passing along our cost savings, especially during times when restaurants are doing all they can to cut costs and stay afloat. We’re happy to do our part to help them achieve that.”
Learn More
If you would like more information about APS-Hoods, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web site: http://www.aps-hoods.com/.
About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities.
APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes.
APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.
© 2009 Sinai Google and SEO Marketing and APS-Hoods. Authorization to post is granted, with the stipulation that Sinai Marketing is credited as sole source. Linking to other sites from this press release is strictly prohibited, with the exception of herein imbedded links.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
APS-Hoods Opens Beverly Hills, CA Hood Cleaning Satellite Location
Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of APS-Hoods, is making its Beverly Hills, CA hood cleaning, installation and sales services cheaper and more convenient for customers by opening an Orange County location, said Massoud Farazandeh chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.
Although headquartered in Denver, the company always has maintained a presence in the Beverly Hills area, Farazandeh said. Rather than opening an office/workshop location of their own, APS-Hoods has partnered with Beverly Hills, CA hood installation contractors through the years to provide services throughout Orange County.
A recent advertising push in the area resulted in a significant increase in business, Farazandeh said. Soon thereafter, he realized it was time to open a satellite location. Farazandeh chose an office/workshop space in a Placentia industrial park because it will make it convenient for APS-Hoods to take on additional work in areas in and around Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Anaheim and Santa Ana.
The shop, located at 610 S. Jefferson St., Unit G, provides enough space for APS-Hoods to have a full-scale shop where Farazandeh can perform custom fabrication work, as well as an office for Beverly Hills, CA hood sales and other services the company offers. He plans to open the location for business on August 1.
“The way things are going, it looks like this operation will become bigger than our Denver location,” he said. “I’m asking myself why I didn’t do an advertising push and set up a Los Angeles- area location 15 years ago.”
The Placentia location will make work a lot easier on for APS-Hoods employees. In the past, they have worked out of independent contractors’ shops for small jobs, while doing custom fabrication jobs at the company’s Denver location and having them shipped to California. Providing these services on-site means cost savings can be passed along to customers, Farazandeh said.
Every service provided by APS-Hoods at its Denver location also will be provided at the Placentia location, he said. That scope of services includes:
•Hood, duct and exhaust fan installation
•Hood cleaning
•Hood sales
•Custom fabrication
•Fire suppression system installation and inspections
“We are very excited about this opportunity to increase our California presence,” Farazandeh said.
Learn More
If you would like more information about the new California location of APS-Hoods, or you would like to learn more about the company in general, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web sites: www.aps-hoods.com or www.nationwidefireprotection.com.
About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities.
APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes.
APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.
© 2009 Sinai SEO Marketing and APS-Hoods. Authorization to post is granted, with the stipulation that Sinai Marketing is credited as sole source. Linking to other sites from this press release is strictly prohibited, with the exception of herein imbedded links.
Santa Monica, CA Hood Installation Company to Open Office in Placentia
July 21, 2009 —SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA— Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), will open an office and shop in the Los Angeles/Santa Monica area on August 1.
The Denver-based company has provided Santa Monica, CA hood sales, hood cleaning and hood installation services for the past 20 years, but maintained no physical address here, said Massoud Farazandeh chief executive officer of APS-Hoods.
“We spent the past several years partnering with Santa Monica, CA hood cleaning contractors for jobs in the greater Orange County area,” Farazandeh said. “We would utilize their workshop and equipment when necessary, so for a long time, I didn’t feel we needed a shop of our own.”
But this year the volume of business has grown to the point that Farazandeh determined it was time to create a satellite location in Orange County, he said. He will open an office and workshop at 610 S. Jefferson St., Unit G in Placentia in August.
In addition to hood sales and cleaning services, Santa Monica, CA hood installation services also will be available through Nationwide Fire Protection Corp.
NFP will continue to work with independent contractors in the area to address the work demand. The major changes brought on by adding this location is that it provides the ability to do custom fabrication on site, rather than having to ship materials from the company’s Denver headquarters.
“This is going to be more convenient for us and it will allow us to pass along cheaper prices to our customers, since shipping no longer will be an issue,” Farazandeh said.
Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. and APS-Hoods crews will begin stocking the new location with vehicles, parts and equipment by mid-July.
Learn More
If you would like more information on the hood cleaning, sales and installation services, or you would like to learn more about NFP and APS-Hoods, please call: (800) 750-7313, or visit the company’s Web sites: www.aps-hoods.com or www.nationwidefireprotection.com.
About APS-Hoods
American Professional Services (APS-Hoods) is a full-service restaurant fire protection business that installs, services, repairs and performs routine inspections and sales for hood and fire suppression systems. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Massoud Farazandeh in 1989, APS-Hoods has grown into a national leader in hood sales and fire protection for restaurants and facilities. APS provides superior service, a quality guarantee and maintains a highly qualified and dependable staff. All crew members are professionally trained to comply with the National Fire Prevention Association Standards and state and local codes.
APS-Hoods is fully insured and bonded. They are licensed in the mechanical and electrical fields, as well as fire protection contracting. APS-Hoods is affiliated with the National Fire Protection Agency and the Colorado Division of Fire Safety Fire Suppression Program.
© 2009 Sinai Internet Marketing SEO and APS-Hoods. Authorization to post is granted, with the stipulation that Sinai Marketing is credited as sole source. Linking to other sites from this press release is strictly prohibited, with the exception of herein imbedded links.
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