193. Protecting Your Restaurant From A Fire

Think what would happen if you had a fire in your restaurant. You might be insured, but would you lose your business to the competition while you remodeled or even rebuilt? Do you think your staff would stick around and wait for you to reopen or would they find jobs with the competition? This is scary stuff, but statistics show it happens. Don’t let it happen to your restaurant! In this episode of the Restaurant RockStars Podcast, I’m speaking with Michael Crafton the CEO of NELBUD. They’re one of the Nation’s largest providers of kitchen exhaust hood cleaning… the place where most fires start. We’ll be talking about simple fire prevention, the steps of quality and effective hood cleaning, the importance of compliance and the expectations you should have of your service provider. Hoods should be cleaned at a minimum every six months and its quite a process. It needs to happen in the middle of the night while you’re restaurant is closed and your venting system can adequately dry. This means you’ve got to trust your service provider and their people while chances are your’e asleep at home. Thankfully, NELBUD offers full transparency and “Digital Documentation” of their entire service offering clients peace of mind that’s extremely rare these days. No wonder some of their more high-profile clients include “The White House”, “The Pentagon”, casinos in both Atlantic City and Vegas, as well as restaurants just like yours in 23 states. Stay tuned because we’ll also be discussing Fire Suppression, Sprinkler systems, alarms and grease trap service. Just four more of those “Thousands of Details” you have to think about in running your operation. You can find Nelbud at www.nelbud.com and follow them on Instagram and Twitter @nelbud9 Listen on then go out there and Rock Your Restaurant! Roger