Common Los Angeles fire watch posts
- Downtown towers and apartment buildings. Patrols of every floor, stairwell and garage level while an alarm panel or sprinkler riser is being repaired.
- Warehouses and industrial buildings. Rounds through storage aisles, loading docks and mechanical rooms in the Valley and the industrial areas south and east of Downtown.
- Hot work. A dedicated guard during welding, cutting or torch work on a roof or in a tenant space, and for the cool-down period after it ends.
- Construction sites. Rounds of partly built structures where permanent systems are not yet live, alongside construction site security.
- After a fire. Coverage of a damaged building while it is unoccupied and waiting for repairs.
How a round works
Before the first shift we walk the property with you and set the route: every floor, the stairwells, the electrical and mechanical rooms, and the spots where trash or materials collect. We note the alarm panel, the extinguishers, the exits and who the guard calls. On each round the guard checks for smoke, heat, odors, blocked exits and new hazards, then writes the time and what was found in the fire watch log. The log stays on site for the fire department or your insurer to review.
Planning around your timeline
A fire watch usually lasts until the system is repaired and tested. That can be one night or several weeks. We schedule guards for the hours you need covered and can add guards to a large building so each round is completed in a reasonable time. When the system is back in service, coverage can end or shift to regular unarmed security or mobile patrol visits.
Getting a fire watch scheduled
Fire watch coverage in Los Angeles can be a single shift for hot work, nights only while a building is empty, or every hour the system is out until it is repaired. Shift length is set to your needs. Pricing depends on the hours, the number of guards and how long the fire watch runs; longer agreements get lower rates, and requests made with less than 7 days’ notice carry an upcharge. Published guard ranges are on our rates page. Request a consultation, or call or text (442) 288-6642.
California requires every security guard to hold a guard card from the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, and LDG works under PPO License #122869. For the service across the county, see fire watch in Los Angeles County; for every service in the area, see our Los Angeles security page.