Alachua County
Alachua County Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention
In short
Alachua County Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention issues 1 permit we publish for Alachua County, last verified 2026-10-20. 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 Plan Review and Fire and Life Safety Inspections (Commercial Occupancies)only if it applies to you | Alachua County Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention | Per the FY26/27 Schedule of Fees and Charges for Services, "Fire: Plan Review and Inspections" (effective 10/01/2026). Periodic fire and life safety inspection, by square footage of the inspected structure: 0–3,000 $76.75; over 3,000–5,000 $88.75; over 5,000–10,000 $100.75; over 10,000–25,000 $113.75; over 25,000–50,000 $125.25; over 50,000–75,000 $137.25; over 75,000–100,000 $149.25; over 100,000–125,000 $161.50; over 125,000–150,000 $173.75; over 150,000–175,000 $185.75; over 175,000–200,000 $198.00; over 200,000 $198.00 plus $12.00 for each incremental addition of 25,000 square feet. First re-inspection $0.00; additional re-inspections are charged twice the standard fee for the building's size. Inspection generated from a valid complaint $70.00 per inspection. Special request for inspection after hours, on a weekend or holiday $100.00/hour. Tents and membrane structures $70.00 for the first, $5.00 each additional. Fireworks sales or storage at a permanent retail or wholesale facility $70.00 per inspection. Special events/fireworks sales, including site plan review and inspection, $105.00. New construction: Fire Marshal Release $50.00 per permit (plan review) and $70.00 per inspection; exhaust hood $50.00 per hood (plan review) and $70.00 per system (inspection); pre-engineered suppression system $30.00 plus $3.00 per gallon of agent (plan review) and $70.00 per system (inspection). | per inspection or plan review; the Fire Rescue page states annual inspections for schools, day care centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes and medical facilities as required for the renewal of their state license, and the fee schedule states no inspection frequency for other commercial occupancies | 2026-10-20 |
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 Plan Review and Fire and Life Safety Inspections (Commercial Occupancies)
The fees here are as published in the county's FY26/27 Schedule of Fees and Charges for Services (Office of Management and Budget), each page marked "Effective 10/01/2026"; the schedule describes itself as a fee resolution, and the adopting resolution is not published online. Alachua County Fire Rescue's page states that the County Fire Marshal oversees Fire Prevention, and that the Fire Prevention Office's activities include "annual fire safety inspections for all public, private and charter schools, day care centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, Alachua County facilities, and medical facilities as required for the renewal of their State license. Fire and life safety inspections are also performed on commercial occupancies." The same page describes a Plans Inspection/Review program, "mandated by State Statute", that "provides for the review of all architectural drawings for new commercial construction in Alachua County", including fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems and pre-engineered suppression systems. The schedule charges the initial inspection at the standard fee for the building's size, makes the first re-inspection free and charges each additional re-inspection at twice the standard fee. A restaurant installing a commercial kitchen exhaust hood or a pre-engineered suppression system pays the plan review and inspection fees for those systems in addition to the Fire Marshal Release. Inspection fees are set by building size, not by construction value. The Fire Rescue page lists a Revenue and Collections Section that handles billing for fire inspections performed by the Life Safety Branch. Fire Rescue office: 352-384-3101; mailing address PO Box 5038, Gainesville, FL 32627-5038.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Alachua County
- Phone
- 352-384-3101
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.
- Fire RescueAlachua County Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20
- FY26/27 Schedule of Fees and Charges for Services (Effective 10/01/2026)Alachua County Office of Management and Budget · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-20
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