Fire Extinguisher Training in San Pedro

Who has to train staff in San Pedro

San Pedro is part of the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Fire Department answers fire calls there. Until a crew arrives, the people in your building are the ones closest to the extinguisher. Training is for that gap.

OSHA's rule at 29 CFR 1910.157(g) applies whenever an employer provides portable extinguishers for employee use: each worker must be trained when they start the job and at least once a year after that. Most of the calls we get from San Pedro are about extinguishers. Training is a separate duty.

What a session covers

• Classes, so staff grab the right unit: A for ordinary combustibles, B for flammable liquids, C for energized electrical equipment, D for combustible metals and K for cooking oils and fats.
• Where your units hang.
• The basic sequence: pull the pin, aim at the base of the fire, squeeze the handle and sweep side to side.
• When to stop and get out.
• The monthly visual check (gauge, pin and seal, tag, any dents or damage) that the owner or a staff member does between annual visits.

San Pedro faces the Pacific. Units here sit in marine air, so the monthly check should include a look for rust on the shell and valve.

Run a kitchen? Kitchens with a suppression system also need a Class K extinguisher, so cooks should learn where theirs is mounted; the hood system itself is covered on our San Pedro kitchen fire service page.

Booking a session

A technician comes to your site. We'll confirm session length and group size when we book, once we know your headcount and floor layout. Two buildings a few blocks apart? Tell us when you call, and we'll plan around both.

Keep a sign-in sheet. List each person's name and the session date, and file it with your safety records so you can show the yearly training happened if an inspector or insurer asks.

Training doesn't replace the annual tag

Your staff can handle the monthly look. The yearly maintenance is a different job: in California it must be done by a firm and technician licensed by the State Fire Marshal under Title 19, and the work is recorded on a tag attached to each unit. Our California work is done by Hedrick Fire Protection, which holds C-16 and C-10 contractor licenses and is State Fire Marshal licensed under Title 19 for extinguisher service.

Recent San Pedro quotes for that annual inspection have run $35 to $40 per extinguisher. That's the service price. We'll quote training once we hear your headcount and site details. For the tag side, see annual extinguisher certification in San Pedro, extinguisher service and extinguisher refills.

To book training in San Pedro (ZIP codes 90731 and 90732), call (213) 568-0188 or email socal@1profire.com with your headcount and number of sites, and we'll set a date for the session at your building.

San Pedro training questions

How often do employees need extinguisher training?

Where you provide extinguishers for employee use, OSHA's rule calls for training at hire and at least once a year after that. New hires don't wait for the next group session.

How often is extinguisher service required?

Once a year. If you heard the fire department mention a multi-year cycle, that is likely the 6-year internal teardown for stored-pressure dry chemical units or the hydrostatic test (every 12 years for dry chemical, every 5 for CO2, water and Class K), which come on top of the annual service.

My extinguisher tag is green but shows no date. Is it still good?

The tag is the record of the last annual service, and without a readable date you can't show that service happened in the past year. Book the annual inspection. Separately, a gauge reading in the green only tells you the unit holds pressure.

Does a training session count as our annual inspection?

No. Training teaches your people, while the annual visit services each unit and updates its tag.