San Bernardino County
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District
In short
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District issues 2 permits we publish for San Bernardino County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous Materials / CUPA Program (Hazardous Waste, UST, CalARP)only if it applies to you | San Bernardino County Fire Protection District | Hazardous waste generator inspection program fees, by tier: Conditionally Exempt/Very Small Quantity Generator $223 ($295 Special), Small Quantity Generator $324, Large Quantity Generator $526, Super Large Quantity Generator $628. Underground storage tank (UST) program: regular annual inspection $957/tank, abandoned-tank annual inspection $321/tank, new installation plan check/construction (up to 4 inspections) $4,084, minor modification/repair $550, major modification/repair $2,055, tank closure/removal $634 (first tank) plus $164 per additional tank, hazardous materials emergency business plan/handler fee (UST only) $168/year. Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Annual Administrative Program Fee by level: Level 1 $167, Level 2 $420, Level 3 $1,683, Level 4 $3,198, Level 5 $5,386. Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act inspection fees $173-$1,036 by tank category and capacity tier. | mixed — the CUPA Annual Administrative Program Fee and UST annual inspection fees recur yearly; UST construction, modification and closure fees are one-time per project | 2026-09-27 |
| Annual Fire Code Inspection / Operational Permit | San Bernardino County Fire Protection District | Base Inspection Fee by facility size: 1-5,000 sf $255, 5,001-10,000 sf $322, 10,001-50,000 sf $401, 50,001-100,000 sf $609, 100,001-500,000 sf $773, 500,001-1,000,000 sf $1,058, over 1,000,000 sf $1,589. PLUS an Annual Operational Permit fee by hazard category: Low Hazard $53 (e.g. places of assembly 50-299), Medium Hazard $108 (e.g. dry cleaning, motor vehicle fuel dispensing), High Hazard $164 (e.g. flammable/combustible liquids storage, high-piled combustible storage) — total charged is the Base Fee plus the applicable category fee. Separately, Section D mandated inspections: Day Care Facility — Group E Occupancy $425; Business License/Occupancy Inspection $134; General Field Inspection $243. | annual | 2026-09-27 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Hazardous Materials / CUPA Program (Hazardous Waste, UST, CalARP)
Auto-repair shops most commonly trigger this program through used oil, solvents and waste-fluid generation, and any shop with an underground fuel or waste-oil storage tank falls under the UST fees as well; other industries whose hazardous materials storage crosses a state reporting threshold could also be reached if their storage crosses that threshold. SBCoFD is the state-designated Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) for hazardous materials oversight, and every figure above is the FY 2026-27 figure in its Fee Schedule (Attachment A), Section G, effective July 1, 2026. This program reaches unincorporated San Bernardino County plus the partner cities named on SBCoFD's Office of the Fire Marshal page (Adelanto, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Needles, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms, Upland, and the Town of Yucca Valley) — not an independent municipal fire/CUPA program in those specific cities. Any other of the County's incorporated cities not on that list runs its own CUPA program.
Annual Fire Code Inspection / Operational Permit
SBCoFD's own page states it inspects 'businesses, factories, restaurants, churches, schools, senior citizen housing, and other buildings that could pose significant risks,' explicitly including 'care facilities' — reaching most of the commercial industries covered here. The fee is a Base Inspection Fee that scales with facility square footage ($255 up to $1,589), plus a separate Annual Operational Permit fee keyed to hazard category (Low $53, Medium $108, High $164); a day care center is instead billed a flat mandated-inspection fee of $425 (Group E Occupancy), and any commercial occupancy can be billed a flat $134 'Business License/Occupancy Inspection.' Every figure is the FY 2026-27 figure in SBCoFD's Fee Schedule (Attachment A), effective July 1, 2026. SBCoFD's own page cites 'the 2016 California Fire Code' as its enforced edition — California's current fire code is the 2025 edition (based on the 2024 IFC), effective January 1, 2026, so the edition named on SBCoFD's page is out of date. This program reaches unincorporated San Bernardino County plus the SBCoFD partner cities (Adelanto, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Needles, San Bernardino, Twentynine Palms, Upland, and the Town of Yucca Valley) — do not assume it reaches every one of the County's 24 incorporated cities; any city not on that list runs its own fire department and inspection fees.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- San Bernardino County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- sbcfire.org/ofm/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Annual Fire Inspections — SBCoFD's own page naming the inspected occupancy types (businesses, factories, restaurants, churches, schools, senior housing, care facilities) and citing 'the 2016 California Fire Code, Fire Department Standards and all applicable statutes, codes and ordinances' as its enforced code editionSan Bernardino County Fire Protection District · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Fee Schedule, Fiscal Years 2026-27, 2027-28 and 2028-29, Attachment A (first year effective July 1, 2026) — Community Safety Division construction/operational/mandated-inspection fees (Sections A-F) and Hazardous Materials Division CUPA/hazmat/UST fees (Section G)San Bernardino County Fire Protection District · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Hazmat – CUPA — SBCoFD's own page describing its role as the state-designated Certified Unified Program Agency for hazardous materials/waste oversightSan Bernardino County Fire Protection District · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
- Office of the Fire Marshal — SBCoFD's own 'Our Partners' page, naming City of Adelanto, San Bernardino County, City of Fontana, City of Grand Terrace, City of Hesperia, City of Needles, City of San Bernardino, City of Twentynine Palms, City of Upland and Town of Yucca ValleySan Bernardino County Fire Protection District · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-08
Other offices serving San Bernardino County
- San Bernardino County Department of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Services
- San Bernardino County Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
- San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Building & Safety Division
- San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Planning Division
- San Bernardino County Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division
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