A defining moment in our lives happened in 2003, when in the space of 3 months, my husband, Christopher, a Vietnam Era service-disabled veteran and I, Shannongail, lost our corporate jobs due to large company purchases and downsizing.  We still had kids at home and plenty of expenses ahead of us.  With experience in fire safety, we wanted to stay in a code required business and reasoned we could bring our computer experience and authentic small business local family know-how to what is in our industry commonly handled by technicians you will never remember or see again.  We wanted to change that dynamic of such impersonal service.

After professional certification trainings and equipment purchasing, we opened our doors as owners of Access Fire Protection Services in the Puget Sound area, Feb 1, 2005, to specialize in Fire Extinguisher service and maintenance.  Today, when large corporations are gobbling up little family companies, we keep to our purpose to give the best personal service we can, because our customers matter to us, and we want your fire extinguisher business year after year.  

With our diversity certifications, our customers range from government facilities to manufacturers, transportation companies, high-rises, schools, hospitals, and retail stores all with the goal that you will see the same friendly professionals year after year with the assurance when you see our local family owned name, Access Fire Protection Service you are glad to see us every month or every year whatever level of service you require.

We lost Christopher in Oct 2023 despite his valiant fight against cancer that was service connected to Army vaccines that gave him Hepatitis C in 1969.  Our family business remains committed to continuing in his vision of what professional yet friendly personal service should be.

You are our Future, and we appreciate your local business,

Shannongail Chernoff, Owner of Access Fire Protection