Local Results

Modoc County, California

The Score Behind Every Table.

Data verified: April 2026

CaliforniaInspection ReportCalCode

Modoc County — Fire Safety & Food Safety

Food Safety: Modoc County Environmental Health

Fire Safety: CAL FIRE / Modoc County Fire Department

California's forgotten corner — where Alturas sits 200+ miles from everything and ~60 food facilities operate in genuine frontier isolation.

The Score Behind Every Table.

Food Safety

Evaluation

Inspection Report

Public Posting

No mandate

Inspection Frequency

Risk-based

Facilities

60+

Fire Safety

Fire Code

CFC

Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96

Cleaning Frequency

Per NFPA 96 Table 12.4

Authority

CAL FIRE / Modoc County Fire Department

Inspection Reports

Modoc County follows the California Retail Food Code (CalCode) with a pass/fail inspection system. There is no online access to inspection data whatsoever. The county may have a single inspector covering all ~60 food facilities across nearly 4,000 square miles.

Fire Safety

Fire Authority

CAL FIRE / Modoc County Fire Department

CAL FIRE LNU/Modoc for unincorporated. No significant city AHJs. CAL FIRE contract. Extremely rural, minimal commercial kitchen volume. Least populated CA county.

Hood Cleaning Standard

NFPA 96 Table 12.4 sets the interval by what the kitchen cooks: monthly for solid fuel, quarterly for high-volume cooking, semiannually for moderate volume, annually for low-volume or seasonal cooking.

Suppression Inspection

UL-300 wet chemical suppression systems required for all commercial cooking hoods. Semiannual by licensed fire protection contractor.