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Fireside Security is a licensed C-10 fire alarm, UL-Listed monitoring, access control, and video contractor local to Palo Alto and Santa Clara County. Dispatched from our San Mateo operations center.
Fireside Security serves Palo Alto from our San Mateo office, delivering engineered commercial fire alarm, UL-Listed monitoring, access control, and video surveillance under a single C-10 license. Palo Alto's Stanford-adjacent research, healthcare, and boutique commercial demand engineered, discreet, high-availability life safety.
Palo Alto Fire Department sets the local plan-review and inspection cadence, and our project managers work with it directly — stamped submittals, coordinated shop drawings, and acceptance tests that pass on the first walk. Stanford Research Park tenants expect enterprise-grade access, video, and monitored intrusion tied to a documented SOC handoff.
Every Palo Alto project is monitored from our UL-Listed central station with LTE-M cellular paths, so your life-safety signaling doesn't depend on the copper POTS lines being retired in 2026.
Most Palo Alto projects start with commercial fire alarm installation and typically fold in fire alarm inspection & testing, 24/7 ul listed fire alarm monitoring, and commercial access control systems for Santa Clara County properties.
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Downtown · Stanford Research Park · Midtown
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Common questions from Palo Alto property teams
Do you install commercial fire alarm systems in Palo Alto, CA?
Yes. Fireside Security is a licensed C-10 contractor (CSLB #978023) and installs engineered commercial fire alarm systems throughout Palo Alto and Santa Clara County. Work is dispatched from our San Mateo operations base at 951 Mariners Island Blvd., San Mateo, CA 94404.
Is your Palo Alto fire alarm monitoring UL-Listed?
Yes. Alarm signals from Palo Alto properties are supervised 24/7 by a UL-Listed central station (UL UUFX S36457), with alarm handling and dispatch to the responding Santa Clara County agency.
How fast can you get to a Palo Alto property for a site walk?
We typically schedule a same-week site walk in Palo Alto from our San Mateo office and follow it with a priced, permit-ready proposal. Office and estimating hours are Monday–Friday 07:00–18:00 and Saturday 08:00–14:00; call (888) 810-2336 to book.
Do you pull fire alarm permits with the Palo Alto AHJ?
Yes. We prepare the plan-review submittal, coordinate with the Palo Alto fire authority and building department having jurisdiction, and attend the acceptance test so the system is signed off and inspection-ready.
Can you combine access control and video surveillance with fire alarm in Palo Alto?
Yes. Under one contract we install access control and video alongside fire alarm for Palo Alto and Santa Clara County properties — Fireside holds an alarm company operator license (ACO #7133) in addition to the C-10.
Are you replacing POTS phone lines for Palo Alto fire alarm and elevator dialers?
Yes. Copper POTS lines are being retired, and we migrate Palo Alto fire alarm communicators, elevator phones, and gate entry systems to cellular or IP alarm transmission that meets NFPA 72 supervision requirements.
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Serving Palo Alto from San Mateo
Our Peninsula & Silicon Valley operations center dispatches licensed C-10 fire life-safety technicians and low-voltage crews throughout Santa Clara County.
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