The city of Lexington is initiating a fire inspection program for food trucks. Details were spelled out last week during a council committee meeting. Lexington Fire Marshal Mike Farmer says the review covers many aspects of cooking on food trucks. “We have a meter that will try to ascertain if there’s a propane leak, if they’re using propane to cook with," Farmer said. "We check their fire protection systems like their hood system. We’re gonna check their extinguishers to make sure they’re up to date and current.”
Farmer says there are currently 30 food trucks registered with the city’s division of revenue. The inspection effort comes following a food truck explosion last summer in Pennsylvania that killed two people. “We sent out letters to everybody that was registered with the division of revenue with those addresses," he said. "We sent out letters and told them our intentions to inspect. And we’ve had them call us back and set up appointments with us and so that’s what we’ve started doing.”
Farmer says his office began food truck inspections this month. He says he expects an increase in the number of new food trucks in the Lexington area. ?
