Los Angeles Fire Department notices

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The renewal notice is a reminder that the anniversary date for your elevator test is coming up. The elevator must be tested within 30 days of the anniversary date, not the date that you receive the notice. Send us a copy of the notice so we can be sure to get you scheduled by that date.

The notice to comply is letting you know that the elevator has not been tested within 30 days of the anniversary date. Send us a copy of the notice so we can be sure to get you scheduled ASAP. Failure to complete and pass the required test could lead to penalties and legal action by the city attorney.

If you receive an order to comply it's because testing was completed and there were defects found during the test. Defects can be found on the third page of the test report. You will want to forward the test report to your elevator service company and your fire alarm company for instruction on how to get those items fixed.

A Preliminary Order is issued by the State after a State safety inspection. If an inspector finds requirements that need to be corrected on your elevator, you will receive a Preliminary Order from the district office. Our company can perform the "operation of the elevator under fire and other emergency conditions" test. Your elevator service company can assist with the remaining items. All of the requirements need to be completed by the compliance date.  Please be sure to send the notice to your elevator service company right away. Although there may be requirements that are building related, the majority of the requirements will need to be cleared by an elevator mechanic.

If you receive an Order to Comply or an Order to Correct notice, that means you already missed your compliance date and you have until the date on that notice to complete all of the requirements. Typically this will be 30 days after the preliminary order date. If compliance is not met by this date, you will be fined. 

 There are a few reasons why your elevator would be removed from service:

1. If you receive a Preliminary Order after an inspection and do not comply with the requirements within the specified time period.

2.  If an imminent (unsafe) hazard is  found during an inspection, the elevator will be immediately shut down for safety reasons until the hazard is corrected.

3.  If you do not pay an invoice you receive from the Department of Industrial Relations in a timely manner or do not pay the penalties associated with non-payment. 

4.  If upon inspection, the Division  finds that you are operating an illegal  device not covered by the Elevator Safety Orders.

When an elevator is shut down by the Department of Industrial Relations, it cannot be returned to service without their permission. 

Absolutely. Our test requires the activation of smoke detectors on elevator lobby landings, machine rooms and hoist ways. Depending on your specific system there may be audible alarms that sound on the lobby landings or throughout the building. There may also be visual strobes, fire doors or fire curtains that drop in front of the elevators. During the test the elevators will be intermittently out of service, but our tester will do their best to make them available to anyone who needs to use them. Please contact our office if you would like us to send you a notice for you to post for your tenants.

Yes, you will need to notify your fire alarm monitoring company and put the system on "test" mode to avoid dispatching the fire department.

During the test we will require access to the fire control room, fire alarm panel and elevator machine room.