Technician dating the yearly service tags on a row of fire extinguishers, part of fire protection services for a commercial building

Fire Protection Hub: fire protection services for your building

For businesses, apartment and condo buildings: one fire protection contractor who serves your ZIP code takes the call, quotes and does the work. Asking is free. Single-family houses are not covered.

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Fire watch needed nowA guard to walk the building while your alarm or sprinklers are down, or because the fire marshal asked
An inspection is due soon, or it didn't passGet ready for it, or fix what failed
A new system, or a replacementAlarm, sprinkler, or kitchen hood system

Fire protection services and how often they're due

Every kind of fire equipment has its own check schedule. The schedules come from NFPA, the National Fire Protection Association, which writes the fire safety standards. Your local fire marshal enforces them and can ask for more.

System	What gets checked	How often	Standard
Fire extinguishers	A quick look at each one	Every month	NFPA 10, OSHA 1910.157
Fire extinguishers	Yearly service by a trained technician, who dates the tag	Once a year	NFPA 10, OSHA 1910.157
Powder fire extinguishers (dry chemical)	Emptied and serviced inside	Every 6 years	OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157
Powder fire extinguishers (dry chemical)	Metal tank tested for strength	Every 12 years	OSHA 29 CFR 1910.157
Emergency lights	30-second test on battery	Every month	NFPA 101
Sprinklers	Water pressure gauges	Every 3 months	NFPA 25
Sprinklers	Sprinkler heads, pipes and fittings	Once a year	NFPA 25
Sprinklers	Inside of the pipes checked for blockages	Every 5 years	NFPA 25
Fire pump (electric)	Pump started and run without water flowing	Every month	NFPA 25
Fire pump	Full flow test and alarm signals	Once a year	NFPA 25
Kitchen hood fire system	Full service by a technician	Every 6 months	NFPA 96
Fire alarm	Alarm control panel and its parts tested	Once a year	NFPA 72
Fire alarm	Each smoke detector tested	Once a year	NFPA 72
Gas fire systems in server rooms (clean agent)	Full system check	Once a year	NFPA 2001
Fire doors	Each door opened and shut to check it closes and locks in place	Once a year	NFPA 80

The last column names the standard each schedule comes from (OSHA is the federal workplace safety agency). See every system in the full chart, which you can print or save as a spreadsheet (CSV). Running a fire watch? Print the fire watch log sheet.

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Replacing or installing fire protection systems

New equipment is often required when space is added, a building's use changes, or an old alarm panel is replaced. Your local fire marshal checks that buildings follow the fire code. A contractor can give you a price and get the permit from your town for you.