Ordinance 171,874 - Effective February 5, 1998, Automatic Earthquake Gas Shut Off Valves: As of February 1998, "all commercial and residential buildings in Los Angeles County containing fuel gas piping shall require the installation of an Earthquake Automatic Shut-Off Valve." This ordinance mandates that property owners comply within 12 months. If you haven't already complied you are in violation of the ordinance and could be held liable for associated damages that may occur as a result of not installing the Automatic Gas Shut Off Valve. Furthermore, property owners cannot obtain building permits or sell any property that has not come in compliance with the above Ordinance 171,874.

The finest American made vertical Earthquake Gas Shut off Valve available on the planet. With all that you have depending on our valve, we knew nothing but the very best would do. First we engineered the valve to be simple to operate, to be fail-safe, and virtually indestructible. You can have peace of mind, knowing that year after year, decade after decade, in all climates - subzero to 120 degree temperatures, the Little Fire Fighter will stand ready to protect your home and family by automatically shutting off the natural gas when an earthquake occurs. In addition to automatic shutoff after a 5.4 or greater earthquake, this unique, state of the art valve provides 24 hr. easy, wrench free manual shut off control at no added cost and in any emergency.

Valve shuts off gas flow when triggered by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake at the valves location.

Valves have been tested to ASCE 25-97, State of California 12-23-1 & ANSI Z21.70-1981 Standards for Seismic Gas Valves.

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