Victorville's own fire department inspects your business
Inside city limits, the City of Victorville Fire Department handles fire response, plan review and the yearly business inspection. The city brought back its own department in March 2019 after about ten years of contracted fire service, so older paperwork in your files may name a different agency. San Bernardino County Fire is not the local authority for businesses in the city.
Every business is inspected each year. A Fire Inspector contacts you at business license renewal, and the department also carries out the State Fire Marshal's required inspections for schools, health care facilities and family day care homes. If your building has sprinklers, have your latest service paperwork ready before that visit. Gaps are easy to spot.
The service schedule for a sprinkler system
Sprinkler upkeep follows NFPA 25 and California's Title 19.
- Quarterly inspections.
- An annual inspection.
- Every five years: an internal assessment of the piping, gauge replacement or testing, and the Title 19 five-year service and certification by a State Fire Marshal licensed contractor.
- Heads in service for 50 years: replace them or send samples out for testing.
The five-year date is the one owners forget most. Check your last tag.
What a service visit covers
A technician starts at the riser and works outward. They read the gauges, confirm control valves are open and secured, look at heads for paint, damage, corrosion or storage stacked too close, and check fittings for leaks. Water flow alarm devices get tested. Repairs are quoted first. You approve the quote before the work is scheduled.
Freezing nights at 2,950 feet
Victorville sits at about 2,950 feet in the high desert. Average winter lows are at or below freezing, and the record low is -1°F. Water standing in a wet-pipe line that runs through an unheated loading area, attic or riser closet can freeze, split a pipe or fitting, and then leak or discharge once it thaws. Before winter, make sure heat in the valve room works. Ask your technician to flag exposed piping. Dry-pipe systems keep water out of the lines, but their valves and air supply need their own checks.
Changing the system: permits and water data
Moving heads for a new tenant? Adding coverage? Victorville Fire Prevention reviews plans for sprinkler modifications, tenant improvements and new commercial construction, and it issues the construction permits. A designer working on changes usually needs current water supply numbers, and fire flow test results can be requested through the city's Citizen Access Portal. Confirm the current California Fire Code edition and any local amendments with Fire Prevention before design starts. Building from scratch? See fire sprinkler installation in Victorville.
Who does the work and how to reach us
California work under the 1 Pro Fire name is performed 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 inspection, testing and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems. Victorville is in our service area.
For sprinkler service in Victorville, call (909) 219-9411 or email socal@1profire.com. Tell us the site address, the system type if you know it, and the date of your last service. Facing a deadline? Say so up front.
Other work at the same site: annual fire hydrant testing, restaurant sprinkler inspections and fire alarm service. Managing buildings elsewhere? See fire sprinkler service in San Bernardino County, Riverside County and Los Angeles County, or browse all fire protection services in Victorville.
Victorville sprinkler service questions
Are you located in Victorville?
Victorville is one of our listed service areas. A technician comes to your building.
Which fire department inspects my Victorville business?
The City of Victorville Fire Department. Its Fire Inspectors contact businesses at license renewal for the annual inspection.
Our current inspection company can't come out for about two months. Can we switch?
Yes. Send us the dates of your last quarterly, annual and five-year services, and we'll schedule from where your record left off.
Could a technician come out today or tomorrow?
That depends on the week's schedule. Call early, and if an inspection or license deadline is coming, give us the date so we can try to fit you in before it.
Do I need a permit to move sprinkler heads?
Sprinkler modifications go through plan review with Victorville Fire Prevention, which issues the construction permits. Check with them first.