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What has the City paid Marx Bros Fire Extinguisher?

$1.6M in City payments across 7,818 checks, from July 24, 2017 to September 8, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: MARX BROS FIRE EXTINGUISHER

$1.6MTotal paid
7,818Payments
$201Average payment
FY2021-22Peak full year · $219K

By fiscal year

FY2017-18
$164K
FY2018-19
$164K
FY2019-20
$180K
FY2020-21
$163K
FY2021-22
$219K
FY2022-23
$173K
FY2023-24
$155K
FY2024-25
$158K
FY2025-26
$161K
FY2026-27 *
$38K

Who pays them

General Services$832K
Recreation and Parks$237K
Police$234K
Public Works – Sanitation$115K
Fire$78K
Zoo$22K
Non-departmental: Appropriations to Special Purpose Fund$18K
Transportation$18K
Recreation and Parks – Special Accounts$10K
Public Works – Street Lighting$7K

What for

Contractual Services$403K

2,181 payments

Maintenance Materials, Supplies & Services$357K

1,639 payments

Field Equipment Expense$330K

1,760 payments

Operating Supplies$319K

1,692 payments

Available$106K

111 payments

PW-Sanitation Expense and Equipment$18K

162 payments

Construction Materials$12K

63 payments

Paint and Sign Maintenance$6K

22 payments

Pershing Square Parking Garage Operation$6K

36 payments

Traffic Signal Supplies$5K

50 payments

Uniforms$3K

19 payments

Paint and Sign Maintenance and$2K

10 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $38K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $36K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
September 8, 2026Contractual ServicesRecreation and ParksAMEREX B456 IB FIRE EXTINGUISHER$2,469
September 8, 2026Contractual ServicesRecreation and ParksDELIVERY$35
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFireANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$751
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFirePARTS, SEE ATTACHMENT C, WORKSHEET FOR LINE #4, FOR FIRE EXT$172
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFireANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$145
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFireHYDROSTATIC TESTING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PER ATTACHMENT B,$134
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFireANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF CO2 FIRE$26
September 1, 2026Operating SuppliesFireANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF WATER TYPE$26
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$593
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$438
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$438
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$415
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$296
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$286
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$286
August 31, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$237
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$207
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$207
August 31, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationANNUAL SERVICE: WEIGH, INSPECT AND/OR RECHARGE OF ABC & PURP$145
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePolicePARTS, SEE ATTACHMENT C, WORKSHEET FOR LINE #4, FOR FIRE EXT$136
August 31, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationHYDROSTATIC TESTING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PER ATTACHMENT B,$122
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePoliceHYDROSTATIC TESTING OF FIRE EXTINGUISHERS PER ATTACHMENT B,$116
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePolicePARTS, SEE ATTACHMENT C, WORKSHEET FOR LINE #4, FOR FIRE EXT$115
August 31, 2026Field Equipment ExpensePolicePARTS, SEE ATTACHMENT C, WORKSHEET FOR LINE #4, FOR FIRE EXT$99
August 31, 2026Contractual ServicesPublic Works – SanitationPARTS, SEE ATTACHMENT C, WORKSHEET FOR LINE #4, FOR FIRE EXT$78

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.