Who sets the sprinkler schedule in San Pedro
San Pedro is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles, so a restaurant here follows the Los Angeles Fire Department's testing rules and not the county's. Those rules sit in Chief's Regulation 4. A unit of LAFD's Bureau of Fire Prevention & Public Safety runs the program, and it sets how often each kind of fire protection system in a building has to be tested. LAFD sets the dates. Certified testers do the work.
What you have to book, and when
Here is the plain version for a wet-pipe sprinkler system (pipes full of water, heads that open with heat): you book quarterly and annual inspections every year under NFPA 25, and every five years you also need the test LAFD requires and the five-year certification California requires under Title 19. Both five-year items fall on the same cycle, so plan them together and tell us your last test date when you book.
- Every quarter: gauges, control valves and alarm devices get a visual check.
- Every year: a full NFPA 25 inspection of the system.
- Every five years: the LAFD test, the Title 19 certification, an internal pipe assessment, and gauge replacement or testing.
- At 50 years: sprinkler heads are replaced or sample-tested.
Dry-pipe, pre-action and deluge systems differ. LAFD requires a test of those every year. Don't know which type you have? Our technician can confirm it on site and check the paperwork for the date of your last five-year test.
Restaurant sprinkler testing: what the technician checks
Test day usually starts at the riser. The technician confirms the control valves are open, reads the gauges, and flows water through the inspector's test connection to make sure the water-flow alarm sounds. In a restaurant, the technician also looks for heads coated in grease or paint, heads that are corroded or damaged, and storage stacked too close underneath, since any of these can slow or block the spray. Those get written up.
After an LAFD-required test, the certified tester has 7 days to file results through The Compliance Engine. Defects must be fixed within 30 days. If a head, valve or gauge fails, we can quote the restaurant sprinkler repair.
The hood system over your cooking line is separate. It's inspected every six months under NFPA 96 and NFPA 17A; see our kitchen fire service page in San Pedro for that schedule.
Licensed for sprinkler work in California
California work is done by Hedrick Fire Protection, which holds C-16 fire protection and C-10 electrical contractor licenses and is licensed by the State Fire Marshal under Title 19 for inspection, testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems, including the five-year certification.
We come to restaurants in San Pedro's 90731 and 90732 ZIP codes. Have your last inspection report nearby when you call. It tells us what's due. For more information about Restaurant Sprinkler Inspections in San Pedro call us at (213) 568-0188 or email us at socal@1profire.com
Other pages you may need: fire protection services in San Pedro, San Pedro fire sprinkler service, and the same inspection for nearby areas, restaurant sprinkler inspections in Los Angeles County and restaurant sprinkler inspections in Orange County.
Common questions
Has the testing interval changed to a multi-year cycle?
No change is documented. Under Chief's Regulation 4, wet systems are tested every 5 years, and the quarterly and annual NFPA 25 inspections still apply in the years between.
Is the annual inspection required?
Yes. NFPA 25 calls for one every year, including years without a five-year test.
What if the inspection finds a problem?
Defects must be corrected within 30 days. We can quote the repair after the visit.