Los Angeles County Fire Extinguisher Service

Los Angeles County runs on a huge mix of buildings, from port warehouses in Wilmington to film stages in Hollywood, restaurants in Koreatown and high-rise towers Downtown. Each one needs the right fire extinguisher in the right spot, with a current tag. 1 Pro Fire services portable extinguishers across the whole county and keeps your equipment ready for an inspection on any day.

Our technicians hold California State Fire Marshal licenses, come to your site at no extra travel cost, and leave you with current Title 19 tags and a clean record. We are an ANSUL and PYROCHEM authorized distributor*, and we also sell quality refurbished units when you want to save.

To book service or get a quote, call (213) 568-0188 or email socal@1profire.com.

California Title 19 tags and your local fire department

California Title 19 says a licensed technician must service every portable extinguisher once a year and add a new tag. The tag shows the technician’s license number, the month and year, the agent inside, and the next service date. We fill the tag in ink and add a verification collar under the valve each time we recharge or open a unit, so an inspector can read the history without taking it off the wall.

Los Angeles County has many fire departments. The Los Angeles County Fire Department covers unincorporated areas and dozens of contract cities, while Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Glendale, Burbank and Santa Monica run their own. A State Fire Marshal tag is valid with all of them, so one visit from us keeps you compliant no matter which inspector knocks.

The NFPA 10 service cycle we follow

NFPA 10 sets the schedule that Title 19 builds on. We track each cylinder by serial number so no date slips past you:

• Monthly: a quick visual check your staff can do, gauge in the green, pin and seal in place, no damage, clear access.
• Yearly: a full maintenance check by our technician, plus a new Title 19 tag.
• 6 years: an internal exam for most stored-pressure dry chemical units.
• 12 years: a hydrostatic pressure test for dry chemical cylinders. CO2 and water units test on a 5-year cycle.

When a unit leaves for hydrostatic testing, we drop off a loaner so your coverage never has a gap.

Ports, refineries and warehouse logistics

The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and the warehouse belt around Wilmington, San Pedro, Carson and the City of Industry move fuel, chemicals and stacked goods every day. These sites lean heavily on Class B extinguishers for flammable liquids and large wheeled units for open yards. Forklift-mounted and dock units take a beating, so we bench-test them often and rotate out any cylinder that is due. Cold-storage buildings get units rated for freezing temperatures, because standard dry chemical can cake in the cold.

Film studios, stages and tech

From Hollywood and Burbank to Culver City, Sylmar and the studios in Santa Clarita, soundstages and post-production suites are full of cameras, servers and lighting gear. These rooms use CO2 and clean agent extinguishers that knock down a fire without coating sensitive equipment in powder. Prop, paint and pyro areas need Class B units as well. We map each stage and tag every unit so a studio fire safety officer can find it fast.

Restaurants, hotels and high-rise offices

Los Angeles County has tens of thousands of commercial kitchens, from Koreatown and the San Gabriel Valley to the beach cities. Every cook line needs a Class K wet chemical extinguisher within 30 feet of the fryer or broiler to back up the hood system. Downtown high-rises, hotels and offices run ABC units on every floor at NFPA 10 travel distances, with CO2 added at server closets. We handle the full mix and keep one record for the whole property.

Aerospace, aviation and hospitals

El Segundo, Long Beach and the South Bay host aerospace plants and shops that need clean agent or specialty units near precision equipment, plus Class D agents where crews work with metals like magnesium and titanium. Around LAX and the regional airports, hangars carry Class B foam units next to their fixed systems. County hospitals run a careful mix, ABC and water-mist in corridors, non-magnetic CO2 near MRI suites, and Class B foam in generator rooms, and we tag every unit against a plan we keep with your facilities team.

Recharge, hydrostatic testing and refurbishing

We recharge any unit after it is used or after a 6-year internal exam, weighing the agent in and out so the log is exact. Cylinders due for hydrostatic testing get pressure tested to DOT and NFPA 10 standards, then stamped and returned. Units that pass pressure but look worn get stripped, repainted in code-compliant red and re-tagged. Condemned cylinders are crushed so they can never come back into service.