VANGUARD FIRE PROTECTION INC
This license is in good standing, but the workers’ compensation policy on file expired September 2026. If a worker is injured on your project without coverage, the liability can reach you as the homeowner. Ask for a current certificate of insurance before signing.
License
- Status
- CLEAR · WC Susp Pending
- First issued
- February 25, 1986
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Entity
- Corporation
- Address of record
- P O BOX 1300, Vista, CA 920851300
- Phone of record
- (760) 727 8540
Contractor bond
- Surety
- AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY
- Bond number
- 21750
- Amount
- $25,000
- Effective
- January 1, 2023
Workers’ compensation
- Carrier
- OAK RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY
- Policy number
- VAWC613570
- Effective
- September 1, 2025
- Expires
- September 1, 2026lapsed
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People on this license
| Name | Title | Since | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| HICKMAN MICHAEL MAX | Responsible Managing Officer | September 5, 2014 | Current |
| BYRNE THOMAS JOSEPH | Responsible Managing Officer/Chief Executive Officer/President | September 13, 1995 | September 5, 2014 |
| BYRNE THOMAS JOSEPH | Responsible Managing Officer/Chief Executive Officer/President | October 1, 1999 | January 1, 2004 |
| LERAAS CATHERINE | Officer | February 25, 1986 | September 13, 1995 |
| LERAAS NORMAN L | Responsible Managing Officer/Chief Executive Officer/President | February 25, 1986 | September 13, 1995 |
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