Fire Protection Services in Thermal

This past year Desert Fire completed work at 82 Locations in Thermal. Schools and churches are the biggest group we can identify from the names, at least 15, followed by at least 10 agricultural, industrial and storage buildings, 8 shops, auto businesses and gas stations, and 7 offices. Housing, restaurants and a few public buildings round out the list.

Request a quote or call (760) 322-0995. Emergency calls are answered 24 hours a day.

What we do in Thermal

• Fire extinguisher service: 77 Thermal Locations in the last twelve months.
• Fire sprinkler inspection and repair: 14 Locations.
• Kitchen hood suppression: 7 Locations.
• Fire alarm inspection and monitoring: 3 Locations.

Schools, farm operations and yards

Thermal’s list is weighted toward schools, churches and agricultural buildings, and those have different rhythms. School campuses spread extinguishers across classrooms, offices, cafeterias and maintenance rooms, and the easiest time to reach every room is when classes are out. Farm, packing and storage buildings are dusty, busy for part of the year and quiet for the rest, and equipment there gets moved by whoever needed it last. Sprinkler work came to 14 of the 82 Locations, so larger buildings with risers and fire department connections are part of the picture too. We plan each Location’s visit around when the building is open and least busy.

Inspections and records in Thermal

Thermal is unincorporated Riverside County, and the Riverside County Fire Department is the fire authority. They look for the yearly extinguisher tag under NFPA 10, sprinkler inspection records under NFPA 25 including five-year certifications under CCR Title 19, alarm testing under NFPA 72 and hood inspections every six months under NFPA 96. You get a written report after every visit, and we track what comes due next.

Common questions

Can you do our school’s extinguishers during a break?

Yes. Tell us when the campus is quiet and we will schedule the work for then, room by room, with a report for the district office.

Our storage building has sprinklers but nobody works there most days. Does it still need inspections?

Yes. A sprinkler system needs its inspections whether or not the building is staffed, and a closed building is where a problem can go unnoticed longest.