Historic district
Filters and canopy, then the short duct and the fan if we can stand safely. Sidewalk landings get planned in daylight.

Roswell, GA ยท North Fulton
Roswell's restaurant hoods split into two kinds of buildings. Canton Street and the historic district are low, close, and old. Holcomb Bridge and the Crabapple crossroads are busier and newer. The Roswell Fire Department is the city authority for both, and the duct access is not the same.
Historic storefronts need a plan for the ladder, not just the hood.
Historic Roswell kitchens sit in buildings that were not drawn around a modern grease duct. The run to the roof is short, which sounds easy, until the fan is boxed in by a screen or the only ladder landing is a public sidewalk. Neighbors live close. A night visit has to be quiet about doors and hoses, and the report still has to be complete.
Farther out, Holcomb Bridge, Mansell, and the Crabapple crossroads look like the rest of North Fulton: flatter roofs, longer canopies, and dinner volume that loads a fryer bank. Those hoods fail inspections for ordinary reasons, a missed quarter, not because the building is quirky. Treating every Roswell address like a historic storefront, or like a new pad, will miss half the town.
The shop behind the work is in Norcross. Call (678) 751-8871. If you also run an Alpharetta store, say so. The two cities share a corridor and do not share a fire department.
Roswell operates its own fire department. It enforces the Georgia state fire code, not a private Roswell hood law we could quote as a substitute. The commercial cooking inspection table is the same one Atlanta and Marietta kitchens see: monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual, based on fuel and volume, with cleaning required when grease has built up. Chapter 120-3-3 of the Safety Fire Commissioner rules is the adoption path for that state code, including NFPA 96's subject.
Please confirm two things before you argue a citation. First, that your address is actually inside Roswell and not Milton or Alpharetta. Second, which code edition the fire marshal is using. Our reading of Table 606.3.3.1 follows the state's 2024-based fire prevention code. A prior edition may still be what a given office has in the truck.
The row-by-row explanation lives on the NFPA 96 compliance page. Use this Roswell page for the buildings and the fire department. Use the Atlanta page when you need the table spelled out.
Filters and canopy, then the short duct and the fan if we can stand safely. Sidewalk landings get planned in daylight.
Full canopy, plenum, accessible duct, and a hinged fan. These are the hoods where skipping the fan is most obvious on a roof photo.
Covering the line and keeping degreaser off walkways matters more on Canton Street than in a rear service court.
A fan we could not hinge is written as not cleaned. Historic does not mean we pretend the housing was opened.
Historic storefronts and the mill district edge. Low roofs, close neighbors.
The crossroads restaurants on the north side of Roswell, spilling toward Milton and Alpharetta.
Higher-volume pads and shopping-center kitchens with conventional roof access.
Alpharetta to the north, Sandy Springs to the south, Milton to the northwest, Johns Creek to the east. Each can have its own fire department.
The benefit is a fan and a canopy that have actually been opened, plus a date the Roswell Fire Department can read. On Canton Street, the extra benefit is a crew that will not treat a tight roof like a wide suburban pad. On Holcomb Bridge, the benefit is not missing the quarter because the store "felt fine" at the filter bank.
We will not tell you a cleaning guarantees the next inspection. It removes the grease we could reach and documents that fact. The inspector still walks the roof.
Inside the City of Roswell, the Roswell Fire Department is the fire authority. Kitchens in unincorporated North Fulton, or just over the line in Alpharetta, Milton, or Sandy Springs, can belong to a different department even when staff call the area Roswell.
The cleaning standard is the same Georgia fire code used everywhere else in the state. The building is the odd part: short roofs, residential neighbors, and fans that are awkward to hinge. We plan the landing before the night of the job.
Use the state inspection table as the start. Solid fuel monthly. High-volume, charbroiler, or wok cooking every 3 months. Other restaurants every 6 months. Low-volume halls every 12 months. Clean when grease is present. A Crabapple dinner restaurant and a weekday cafe should not share a date just because both say Roswell.
Yes when the kitchen is part of a Roswell route. Crabapple sits on the Roswell, Milton, and Alpharetta edge, so the fire district is worth confirming. The hood does not care about the mailing city. The inspector does.
A dated service note naming TruShine Services, plus photos of the canopy and the fan when the fan was opened. We do not hand you a document that says the suppression system was recertified.
Norcross, at 6500 McDonough Dr, Suite A-4, GA 30093. Phone (678) 751-8871. Roswell is a North Fulton day from that shop, often paired with Alpharetta.
North Fulton kitchens often share an owner and not a fire department.
Tell us if the kitchen is on Canton Street, in Crabapple, or on a Holcomb Bridge pad. Roof access is the first scheduling question.
Call (678) 751-8871 or send the form. TruShine Services, LLC is at 6500 McDonough Dr, Suite A-4, Norcross, GA 30093.
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