Wilmington
Wilmington Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office (Fire Prevention Division)
In short
Wilmington Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office (Fire Prevention Division) issues 2 permits we publish for Wilmington, last verified 2026-09-12. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Protection Plan Review | Wilmington Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office (Fire Prevention Division) | $9.00 per $1,000 of construction cost up to $1,000,000, plus $5.00 per $1,000 of construction cost above $1,000,000, with a $200.00 minimum fee for estimated construction costs under $20,000.00. | one-time, per project; required at least prior to beginning work | 2026-09-12 |
| Fire Annual Permit (activity-based schedule)only if it applies to you | Wilmington Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office (Fire Prevention Division) | There is no single flat annual rate. City Code §12-99(d) sets a per-activity FIRE PERMIT FEES schedule (effective July 1, 2023), and a business owes an annual fire permit only where it conducts a listed activity. The lines carrying an express annual fee are: liquid propane gas, $100.00 for a dealer/distributor or permanent installation, $75.00 where total tank capacity is under 299 water gallons and $150.00 where it exceeds 300 water gallons; compressed natural gas dealer/distributor, $100.00; flammable and combustible liquid tanks, $50.00 per site; spray booth, $100.00; tire storage, $150.00; and welding, cutting or burning, $50.00 annually or $25.00 per site. Single-charge permits in the same schedule include bulk oil storage $100.00, public filling station $100.00, vehicle-repair garage $50.00 (plus $75.00 for fuel dispensing), hazardous chemicals at or above 500 pounds or 55 gallons $200.00, junkyard/salvage yard $150.00, lumber storage $100.00, refineries $100.00, fumigation $25.00 per application, tents $50.00, fireworks display $50.00, and sale of small arms ammunition $50.00. Installation charges are separate from the annual fee on the tank and spray-booth lines. Section 12-99(d) closes with a catch-all: a permit required but not classified in the schedule is priced by the chief of fire or the fire marshal. | annual for the activities carrying an express annual fee; the City bills these through its own 'Fire Annual Permits Bills' category | 2026-09-12 |
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
Fire Protection Plan Review
Required for any project involving fire alarm, sprinkler, fixed fire extinguisher, or hood suppression systems, or other construction affecting fire/life safety. The Fire Marshal's Office's own current departmental page confirms this is a real, recent increase, stating in its own banner 'EFFECTIVE 1/1/2024 – FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE FEES HAVE INCREASED.' The City's own 2016 Development Review guide had previously priced the identical review at a $150.00 minimum fee, $7.00 per $1,000 up to $1 million, and $3.00 per $1,000 above that — now superseded by the current $200.00 minimum, $9.00, and $5.00 figures recorded above. A current copy of the City's own Business License is required as part of the plan review submission.
Fire Annual Permit (activity-based schedule)
City Code §12-99(d) sets no flat annual fire permit rate. The City's bill-search portal names 'Fire Annual Permits Bills' as a distinct billing category, but that category is the billing wrapper for the per-activity schedule in §12-99(d), not a charge every business pays. The adopting ordinance presents that schedule in strike-through/underline form, so both the prior and current columns are visible. Two independent cross-checks support the reading: the Fire Marshal's Office's own current Miscellaneous Permits application (form FM-27, dated 1/22/2024) prints Bulk Storage $100.00, Fumigation $25.00, Hazardous Chemicals $200.00, Junkyard/Salvage $150.00, Lumber Storage $100.00, Refineries $100.00, Spray Booth Installation $100.00 and Spray Booth $100.00 — every one matching this ordinance's post-amendment column exactly; and the same ordinance's Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 amendments independently reproduce the zoning board of adjustment and business license figures listed elsewhere for this jurisdiction. Of the ten industries this site tracks, the schedule reaches an auto-repair shop most directly (vehicle-repair garage $50.00, fuel dispensing $75.00, spray booth $100.00 annually). Separately and in addition, §12-64(c)(7) prices a mobile food service fire inspection at $75.00 annually with a $25.00 re-inspection, and §12-64(c)(1) prices annual license-renewal inspections for child care at $75.00 for a home daycare of one to six children, $100.00 for a large home daycare of seven to twelve, and $200.00 for a children care centre of twelve or more, with no waivers permitted. All of this is separate from the one-time Fire Protection Plan Review fee listed elsewhere for this jurisdiction, which applies to new construction or renovation.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Wilmington
- Phone
- (302) 576-3120
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.
- Business License Search / bill-payment portal — confirms Sign, Public Assembly, and Elevator annual L&I bills and a separate Fire Annual Permits bill categoryCity of Wilmington · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Fire Marshal's Office — the department's own current page, confirming the 1/1/2024 fee increaseCity of Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Fire Protection Plan Review Application, revised 1/3/2024 — current plan-review fee scheduleCity of Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Ordinance #0288 (Ord. 23-014), 'An Ordinance to Amend Chapters 4, 5 and 12 of the Wilmington City Code to Increase Certain Fees,' effective July 1, 2023 — strike-through/underline amendments to Chapter 4 §109.2.7(c) (zoning board of adjustment application fees), Chapter 5 §5-101 (the full business license Schedule of Fees), and Chapter 12 §§12-64 and 12-99(d) (fire plan review, inspection, event and hazardous-materials permit fees)Wilmington City Council · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Wilmington Development Review Process (as of 6/07/16) — the $25.00 Zoning Certificate fee, ZBA process description, and 2016 fee figuresCity of Wilmington · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office, Fire Prevention Division — Miscellaneous Permits application (form FM-27, dated 1/22/2024), printing the per-activity permit fees for bulk storage, fumigation, hazardous chemicals, junkyard/salvage, lumber storage, refineries, and spray booth installation and operationCity of Wilmington Fire Marshal's Office · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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