About Southern Fire Protection

A Local Fire Protection Company Built for Southeast Missouri

Southern Fire Protection is a Southeast Missouri fire protection company based in Kelso. We design, install, inspect, and maintain fire sprinklers, fire extinguishers, kitchen hood fire suppression systems, and clean agent systems for businesses throughout the region.
Our Promise

Our Story

“Fire protection isn’t just my job. It’s been my passion since the day I started my apprenticeship in 2016. I spent those early years learning the trade from the ground up: crawling through ceilings, tracing sprinkler lines, tagging extinguishers, and learning that the details nobody sees are the ones that matter most when something goes wrong.

Over the years, I watched the industry change. The mom and pop shops that knew their customers by name were being replaced by big box style fire protection companies. Calls went to call centers, technicians changed from visit to visit, and customers became account numbers. The work was still getting done, but the relationship was gone, and I knew the people of Southeast Missouri deserved better.

I had a dream to bring face to face customer service and small shop ethics back to the area. So I started Southern Fire Protection on a simple idea: treat every building like it belongs to family, answer the phone when it rings, and never cut a corner on something as important as fire safety. When you call us, you talk to someone who knows your building. When we show up, we do the job right the first time, and we stand behind it.

Four years later, we haven’t looked back. We’ve grown by earning trust one customer at a time, and we’re proud to protect the businesses, schools, churches, and families that make Southeast Missouri home.”

Chris Limbaugh, President

Family behind Southern Fire Protection, a family owned fire protection company in Southeast Missouri

What We Do

We are a full-service fire protection contractor, which means one call covers the systems that keep your building safe.

Sales, annual inspections, recharges, hydrostatic testing, and replacement for every hazard in your building.

Design, installation, service, and repair of wet and dry sprinkler systems for commercial buildings.

Quarterly, annual, and five-year inspections on NFPA schedules, with clear records for every visit.

Installation, six-month inspections, and repair of restaurant and cafeteria hood suppression systems.

Systems and extinguishers that protect server rooms, electrical rooms, and sensitive equipment without water damage.

Annual backflow preventer testing, repair, and PIV service, with reports ready for your water provider.

Certified and Committed

Southern Fire Protection is certified to perform the routine inspections, testing, and maintenance on the systems we sell.

Why Work With a Local Company

National companies cover a lot of ground. We cover our home. Choosing a local fire protection company means:

Where We Work

We serve businesses throughout Southeast Missouri, including these communities and the areas around them:

Southern Fire Protection SFP shield logo with fire sprinkler and flame

Let's Protect What Matters

Whether you need one extinguisher serviced or a full system for a new building.