Fire Protection Services in Malibu, California

Who inspects fire systems in Malibu

Malibu has no city fire department. The City contracts with Los Angeles County for fire services, and the County of Los Angeles Fire Department handles fire prevention and inspections in Malibu as part of that contract. If a fire inspector left a correction notice at your building, it came from the county. Start there.

In January 2026 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 531, which brings in the 2025 California Fire Code with local amendments. Planning new sprinklers or a hydrant? Before design starts, confirm with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (serving Malibu) which edition and amendments apply to your project.

For service anywhere in Malibu ZIP codes 90263, 90264 and 90265, call (213) 568-0188 or email socal@1profire.com.

Who does the work

California work for 1 Pro Fire is done by Hedrick Fire Protection. Hedrick holds C-16 (fire protection) and C-10 (electrical) contractor licenses and is licensed by the California State Fire Marshal under Title 19 for portable extinguisher service and for inspection, testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems, including the 5-year sprinkler certification. It is also licensed to install and service commercial kitchen hood fire suppression systems.

What Malibu callers ask about most

Hydrants. Private fire hydrants bring in more Malibu calls than sprinklers, alarms or extinguishers. The questions get specific: moving a hydrant a couple of feet on a construction site, running a long underground line to a hydrant on a canyon lot, or getting fire flow to a remote parcel.

Many of these calls trace back to water. Public water in Malibu comes from Los Angeles County Waterworks District 29, run by LA County Public Works. If you're chasing a will-serve letter from Waterworks District 29 and need to know what your hydrant actually delivers, a flow test gives you the number in gallons per minute. NFPA 291 sets how that test is run.

Our hydrant work is on private hydrants and the private fire service mains that feed them (NFPA 24). Private hydrants also get an annual flow test and inspection under NFPA 25. See annual fire hydrant testing in Malibu, private hydrant installations and fire hydrant repair.

Fire system service in Malibu

Fire system service means inspecting, testing and repairing the fixed systems on a property, plus the extinguishers on the wall. Here's the usual schedule:

• Sprinklers: quarterly and annual inspections under NFPA 25, a 5-year internal pipe assessment with gauge replacement or testing, and the Title 19 5-year certification by a State Fire Marshal licensed contractor.
• Fire alarms: tested at least once a year under NFPA 72. Some devices need it more often.
• Kitchen hood suppression: every 6 months under NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A, with metal-alloy fusible links replaced at least that often.
• Extinguishers: a monthly owner check, annual service with a new tag, a 6-year teardown for stored-pressure dry chemical units, and a hydrostatic test every 5 or 12 years depending on type.
• Private hydrants: annual flow test and inspection.

Every kitchen with a hood suppression system also needs a Class K extinguisher. Older dry chemical hood systems don't meet UL 300, the test standard for wet chemical systems.

Homes count too. Some of our Malibu calls come from homeowners with fire sprinkler systems or smoke alarm systems. Tell us what's installed and we'll tell you what we can do.

Details by system: fire sprinkler service, fire alarm testing, kitchen hood suppression service and fire extinguisher service. Outside city limits? See fire protection in Los Angeles County or fire protection in Orange County.

Malibu fire protection questions

Do you service the Santa Monica Mountains and Malibu area?

Malibu is on our service list, including ZIP codes 90263, 90264 and 90265. For a canyon address outside city limits, call with the address.

Can you put in a hydrant with an 800-foot underground run along a canyon?

A run that long on a slope is a design question for your specific lot, and private fire service mains like it fall under NFPA 24. Send us the site plan. Check fire department requirements with the LA County Fire Department.

Can a hydrant near the pool let firefighters draw water from it?

Ask the Los Angeles County Fire Department first. It handles fire prevention and inspections in Malibu, so it's the agency to ask whether it will accept a pool as a water source.

What if my hydrant's flow is too low for the District 29 will-serve letter?

Get a current flow test first. With the real GPM in hand, you, the county fire department and we can look at options for your property.