For many facilities, portable fire extinguishers are the only line of defense between a small fire and a catastrophe. Paragon Fire Protection makes sure that coverage is full and timely when you need it most. Every commercial building in Texas has to keep its extinguishers tagged, charged, and ready — Paragon handles the full lifecycle: monthly visual program design, annual NFPA 10 maintenance, internal examinations, hydrostatic testing, Class K kitchen coverage, and same-day replacements when an extinguisher fails inspection.
NFPA 10 service and Texas TDI-licensed technicians
Our technicians are Texas TDI/SFMO-licensed at the FEL-B level required to tag commercial extinguishers in this state. Annual service runs every extinguisher through the NFPA 10 checklist: hose and nozzle, gauge accuracy, tamper seal, service tag, inspection record, weighing for CO2 and clean-agent units, and a documented deficiency list when anything fails. Reports land in your records and stay on-site so they’re available the day your fire marshal walks the property — portable extinguisher records aren’t filed through The Compliance Engine, so the on-site copy is the canonical one.
We also run the longer-interval work most building owners forget about. Internal examinations land on the 1, 3, 5, 6, and 12-year cadence depending on agent type, and hydrostatic testing requires a certified hydro station — cylinders ship out, get tested, and come back tagged. We track the calendar so the next service is on your schedule before the tag expires, not after.
Class K and commercial-kitchen coverage
Restaurants and any other property with a Type I hood need a Class K wet-chemical extinguisher within reach of the cookline, separate from the hood’s automatic suppression system. Both need annual service, both need to land on the same compliance walkthrough, and the NFPA 96 placard (“use only after the fixed system has actuated”) needs to be visible. We handle both extinguisher and hood-suppression scope and reconcile them on a single inspection report.
For the full NFPA 10 reference (what each class fights, where it belongs in your building, and the service intervals DFW fire marshals check), see our commercial fire extinguisher types guide. For a single coordinated walkthrough covering extinguishers alongside sprinklers, alarms, backflows, and hydrants, see fire sprinkler inspections or a recurring preventative maintenance plan.
