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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR), Fire Prevention Division

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR), Fire Prevention Division issues 1 permit we publish for Miami-Dade 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

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) Life Safety Operating PermitMiami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR), Fire Prevention Division2026-2027 schedule (Implementing Order IO-04-123, effective October 1, 2025, locked through September 30, 2027): initial permit minimum non-refundable fee $90.98. Annual fee by occupancy type and size — Business Occupancies (offices): $34.91 (0-1,500 sf) / $69.80 (1,501-3,000) / $90.98 (3,001-5,000) / $147.08 (5,001-10,000) / $184.46 (10,001-50,000) / $259.24 (50,001-100,000) / $325.29 (100,001-150,000) / $406.31 (150,001-200,000) / $479.84 (over 200,000). Retail/Wholesale/Mercantile: $34.91 (0-1,000 sf) / $69.80 (1,001-3,000) / $110.93 (3,001-5,000) / $148.32 (5,001-10,000) / $209.39 (10,001-25,000) / $295.39 (25,001-50,000) / $370.17 (50,001-100,000) / $443.69 (over 100,000). Assembly Occupancies: $92.23 (up to 49 persons) / $133.37 (50-99) / $175.74 (100-300) / $221.86 (301-1,000) / $443.69 (1,001-10,000) / $621.92 (over 10,000). Day Care Occupancies: $104.70 (3-6 clients) / $120.90 (7-12) / $140.83 plus $2.12 per additional client (over 12). Industrial/Manufacturing: $90.98 (0-1,000 sf) / $133.37 (1,001-5,000) / $184.46 (5,001-10,000) / $281.68 (10,001-50,000) / $370.17 (50,001-200,000) / $466.12 (over 200,000); Automobile Wrecking/Junk Yards is a distinct flat $175.74/yr category. A Flammable/Combustible/Hazardous Materials surcharge (including outdoor cooking) adds 50% of the base permit fee, or a flat $140.83 for non-permit-required occupancies. Fire Suppression System Test & Inspection: up to 20 heads $246.78, 21-49 heads $351.47, $0.56 per head over 49. Other fees: temporary CO life-safety inspection $98.46; special/expedited inspection $585.78 plus $146.45/hr after 4 hours; re-inspection up to half the original fee, capped at $316.57; non-permit-required occupancy inspection $90.98.annual, may be prorated monthly; fees are locked through September 30, 2027, then adjust every two years by cumulative CPI-U for the prior two positive fiscal years2026-09-27

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

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) Life Safety Operating Permit

Every business in Miami-Dade County needs an annual fire-safety inspection to obtain and keep a Life Safety Operating Permit — MDFR's own materials state plainly that 'all businesses are required to have an annual inspection,' with only single- and double-family residences exempt. MDFR's coverage is unincorporated Miami-Dade plus 29 contract municipalities; it does NOT cover Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables or Hialeah, each of which runs its own fire department, and Key Biscayne belongs in that same independently-served group — the Village runs its own Key Biscayne Fire Rescue under an Automatic Aid agreement with City of Miami Fire-Rescue, not MDFR. Within MDFR's territory, the annual fee is set by occupancy type and size: a small office might pay under $35 a year while a large retail space or assembly venue can run into the hundreds. No fee category is separately named for fitness-studio, veterinary, salon or contractor-as-trade specifically; each falls into a generic occupancy bucket (typically Business, Assembly or Industrial) at the inspector's determination, and which bucket applies to a given business is decided by the inspector. Food trucks are the exception among the ten industries: the MDFR fee schedule has no line item for mobile units or their LP-gas systems specifically.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Miami-Dade County
Phone
786-331-4800 (Fire Prevention); 786-331-5000

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.

  1. Implementing Order IO-04-123, MDFR Life Safety Operating Permit fee schedule, effective October 1, 2025, fees locked through September 30, 2027Miami-Dade Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. Life Safety Operating Permit — permit pageMiami-Dade County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. MDFR common questions — 'All businesses are required to have an annual inspection'Miami-Dade Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue home page — confirms coverage of unincorporated Miami-Dade (71 stations) plus 29 contract municipalitiesMiami-Dade Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  5. Village of Key Biscayne — confirms Key Biscayne Fire Rescue (KBFR) is independent, under Automatic Aid with City of Miami Fire-Rescue, not MDFRVillage of Key Biscayne · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27

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