The Los Angeles Fire Department is pleased to offer guidance for your testing of Fire Protection Equipment in accordance with Chief's Regulation Number 4. Please scroll down for further information.

For the Chief's Regulation Number 4 Procedure Manual in PDF format, please click here.

1. Which Fire Protection Systems are in your building.
2. The date that each system was last tested.
3. The testing frequency required for such systems, as outlined below:

• Basic Fire Warning Systems - 1 year
• Complex Fire Warning Systems - 1 year
• Central Station Signalling Systems - 1 year
• Smoke Management Systems - 1 year
• Elevators, Automatic - 1 year
• Emergency Generator and Lighting Systems
• High-Rise Buildings - 1 year
• Fire Doors:
  • High-Rise Buildings - 1 year
  • All Other Buildings - 5 years
• Fire Escapes - 1 year
• Class I Standpipe Systems - 5 years
• Class II Standpipe Systems - 5 years
• Class III Standpipe Systems - 5 years
• Combined Standpipe Systems - 5 years
• Class H Standpipe Systems:
  • For Systems with a Booster Pump - 2 years
  • For all other Systems - 5 years
• Fire Pumps - 1 year
• Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems - 5 years
• Note: Preaction, Deluge and Dry Pipe Systems are tested annually.
• Pressure Reducing Valves (PRV's) - 1 year
• Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems - Every 6 months

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