LA County Fire and your kitchen system
Rancho Palos Verdes has no fire department of its own. The city contracts with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the department's Battalion 14 provides fire suppression and fire prevention services throughout the city. Need to know who reviews your kitchen? Call LA County Fire with your address.
The service schedule comes from national standards: NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A call for a commercial cooking suppression system to be inspected every six months. Since January 1, 2026, the city has used the 2025 California Fire Code, with local amendments in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code. So if you plan to add a fryer, extend the hood or replace the suppression system, ask LA County Fire whether plans must be reviewed under that code before work starts.
What happens on the service visit
The technician starts at the nozzles. Each one should point at the appliance it protects, with its cap in place and free of grease. Fryers get moved around. When one shifts, its nozzle may no longer cover it.
Under NFPA 96, the metal-alloy fusible links in the detection line are replaced at least every six months, so new links go in at each visit. The technician also checks the agent cylinder and its pressure, the manual pull station, and the fuel or power shutoff the system trips when it discharges. If a larger part has failed, we tell you which one and quote the repair before doing the work. The tag is then updated.
UL 300 fire kitchen systems
UL 300 is the test standard for pre-engineered wet chemical systems that protect cooking appliances. Older dry chemical systems don't meet it. Not sure which kind you have? The technician can identify it during a service visit.
If yours is dry chemical, we quote a UL 300 wet chemical replacement, install it, and then service it like any other wet chemical system on our schedule. A replacement counts as a system change (see the plan review note above).
The Class K extinguisher, and who does the work
A kitchen with a suppression system also needs a Class K portable extinguisher, rated for cooking oils and fats. You check it each month. A licensed technician maintains it once a year, and because it is a wet chemical unit, it also gets a hydrostatic test every five years. Our fire extinguisher service in Rancho Palos Verdes handles that unit along with the rest of your extinguishers.
Hedrick Fire Protection does our California work. It holds a C-16 fire protection contractor license and a C-10 electrical license, and the California State Fire Marshal licenses it under Title 19 for portable extinguisher service, which state rules require of any firm servicing your Class K unit. Sprinklers in the kitchen are covered on our restaurant sprinkler inspections page.
To book hood suppression service or price a UL 300 upgrade, call (213) 568-0188 or email socal@1profire.com. Other city services are on our Rancho Palos Verdes fire protection page, and we also have fire kitchen service pages for Los Angeles County and Orange County.
Fire kitchen service questions
How often does a hood suppression system need service?
Every six months. That comes from NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A.
Does an old dry chemical system have to be replaced?
Dry chemical systems don't meet UL 300. Ask LA County Fire whether yours has to come out; if it does, or if you decide to upgrade anyway, we can quote and install a wet chemical system.
Who handles fire prevention for businesses in Rancho Palos Verdes?
LA County Fire, under contract with the city. Call the department with your address to learn which prevention office covers your building.
How often is a Class K extinguisher hydro tested?
Every five years, with annual maintenance by a State Fire Marshal licensed technician in between.