PLACENTIA AND THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA —As cooking methods have changed over the years, they have necessitated changes in fire safety as it relates to commercial cooking equipment.

The creation of UL-300 (Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishing Systems for Protection of Restaurant Cooking Areas) on Nov. 21, 1994, is rooted in these changes, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of the Bay area fire protection company Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods).

Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. has provided Bay area fire systems sales, installations and repairs from its Denver headquarters since the company opened in 1989. The company opened a Placentia, California satellite location in August 2009 to better serve fire suppression system requests from throughout California. (more…)

PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., a Los Angeles fire protection company, has released its list of the five main reasons restaurants should upgrade their fire protection systems if they haven’t done so recently.

The reasons address several safety and legal requirements, said Massoud Farazandeh, who serves as general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. NFP is an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods), which opened a fabrication facility in Placentia in 2009 to better meet the demand for Los Angeles fire sprinkler system work. (more…)

PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA — California businesses install fire protection systems and fire alarms in their buildings, but hope they never have to use them.

Although having a building catch fire is unlikely, it is a good idea to perform routine fire alarm system tests so property owners can be confident that in the unlikely event of a fire, they will function as planned, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of the Bay area fire protection company Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods).

Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. has provided Bay area fire system installations and other services from its Denver headquarters since the company began in 1989. However, in August 2009, the company opened a satellite location in Placentia, due to increased calls for service requests throughout California. (more…)

LONG BEACH, LOS ANGELES AND PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— A study released recently by the National Fire Protection Association confirms once again what the owner of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. has told clients for years- fire sprinkler systems save lives and property.

NFPA released a fact sheet in February that compares fire damage costs in buildings with and without automatic fire extinguishing equipment.

The amount of damages per fire tended to be lower by anywhere from 40 percent to 70 percent in properties that had sprinklers, the study stated. Damages caused by flames was confined to the room in which the fire originated 95 percent of the time when those rooms had automatic systems, compared to 74 percent of the time when those rooms were without systems.

“We were happy to see this fact sheet released to the public, because it proves what I tell potential clients almost daily,” said Massoud Farazandeh, who serves as general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods). NFP opened a fabrication facility in Placentia in 2009 to better meet the demand for Long Beach fire protection work. (more…)

PLACENTIA AND LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA—Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., a Los Angeles fire protection company, will expand its operations throughout California this summer.

The company has issued the call for experienced electrical and mechanical contractors who are interested in expanding their knowledge base and want to learn to install, service and repair fire protection systems, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods). (more…)

PLACENTIA AND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — It has been 104 years since the San Francisco earthquake and a great deal has changed in the way of building codes since then.
 
Because of the fires that burned out of control after the earthquake, it may come as no surprise that the face of San Francisco fire protection also began to change in the years following the earthquake.
 
It needed to, said Massoud Farazandeh, the general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., a Placentia and San Francisco fire system company. (more…)

FREMONT AND PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— Oakland restaurant owners planning to open a new restaurant in the space where another previously existed may be playing with fire if they don’t upgrade obsolete or poorly functioning fire suppression systems, warns one Oakland fire protection company.

Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., which offers Oakland fire sprinkler system installation and service to restaurants and other businesses, recently geared up for what is anticipated to be a busy spring for the company, as new restaurants open that will necessitate fire sprinkler system installations and improvements before they can operate. (more…)

FREMONT AND PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— Nationwide Fire Protection Corp. is preparing for a busy spring as new restaurants open that will require fire system installations and improvements before they can operate.
 
Often, restaurant owners who occupy spaces previously occupied by another restaurant must contract with a fire protection services company to make improvements that will bring their fire protection systems up to current code, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods).
 
NFP opened a fabrication facility in Placentia in 2009 to better meet the demand for fire protection work throughout California, including the increased demand for Fremont fire protection services. (more…)

PLACENTIA, STOCKTON AND LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA —
What do the Simple Simon’s, Tigeorges’ Chicken, Cabo San Luis, Agave’s, and Super Antojitos restaurants all have in common?

All of these restaurants have caught fire this year and at least two of them did not have operable fire sprinkler systems.

“We are always trying to spread the word about the importance of having an operable fire suppression system, and with the news of so many California restaurant fires this year, it’s time to bring this topic to the forefront once again,” said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., a Placentia and Stockton fire system company. (more…)

LOS ANGELES, GLENDALE AND PLACENTIA, CALIFORNIA— Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., a company that provides Glendale fire protection services, recently began manufacturing a type of restaurant kitchen hood.

Known as controlled pollution units- or CPUs- these hoods are suitable for restaurants located in buildings where it isn’t possible to run ducts through roofs or out the sides of buildings. They also contain grease accumulation from cooking processes, yet still control exhaust fumes and prevent them from filling the kitchen area, said Massoud Farazandeh, general manager of Nationwide Fire Protection Corp., an affiliate of American Professional Services (APS-Hoods). (more…)