Orange County
Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal
In short
Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal issues 4 permits we publish for Orange County, last verified 2026-09-28. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Food Service Permit and Inspection (food truck fire/LP-gas compliance)only if it applies to you | Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal | $46 flat annual fee per mobile food unit | annual, tied to the mobile unit's operating permit | 2026-09-28 |
| Fire Rescue Plans Review and Inspection (commercial construction/alteration, fire protection systems)only if it applies to you | Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal | New commercial/multi-family construction plans review plus one inspection: $61.00 up to $1,000 of valuation, plus $1.00 per additional $1,000. Alterations: $48.00 up to $1,000 of valuation, plus $1.00 per additional $1,000. Fire protection systems (sprinkler, alarm, suppression) plans review: $48.00 up to $1,000 of valuation, plus $5.00 per additional $1,000. Inspections: $31.00 for the first, $62.00 for the second, $93.00 for the third and each one after. DRC (Development Review Committee) Fire Review: $33.00. Land Use Plan Review: $33.00. Site Plan Review plus one inspection: $108.00. After-hours or expedited plan review: $277.00. After-hours inspection: $278.00. | one-time per construction project or fire-protection-system installation | 2026-09-28 |
| Fire Rescue Use Permit Reviewonly if it applies to you | Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal | $39 flat fee, when a Use Permit change affects hazard classification | one-time, tied to the underlying Use Permit application | 2026-09-28 |
| Flammable/Combustible Liquids Tank Permitonly if it applies to you | Orange County Fire Rescue, Office of the Fire Marshal | $44 flat fee per tank permit | not stated separately from the underlying tank installation/operation in the county's fee directory | 2026-09-28 |
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
Mobile Food Service Permit and Inspection (food truck fire/LP-gas compliance)
A food truck operating within Orange County Fire Rescue's territory (unincorporated Orange County plus Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood, Oakland and Windermere) needs OCFR's Mobile Food Service Permit and Inspection, priced at $46.00 in the county's October 2025 Fire Rescue fee schedule. This is the operative fee covering fire and LP-gas compliance inspection (per NFPA 58) for trucks using propane; there is no separately labeled 'LP-gas inspection' line item beyond this one. Fla. Stat. §509.102 preempts food-safety regulation of mobile food vendors to the state, so this fire/LP-gas inspection is a distinct, non-preempted local-safety layer, not a food-safety permit. A truck using flammable or combustible liquids in a fixed tank instead may separately need OCFR's Flammable/Combustible Liquids Tank Permit ($44.00, same schedule). A food truck operating inside Orlando city limits goes through the Orlando Fire Department's equivalent inspection instead of OCFR's, and one operating inside CFTOD/Reedy Creek territory goes through CFTOD's own fire department.
Fire Rescue Plans Review and Inspection (commercial construction/alteration, fire protection systems)
Orange County Fire Rescue's Office of the Fire Marshal reviews plans and inspects commercial and multi-family construction, alterations and fire protection systems (sprinklers, alarms, suppression) within its own service territory: unincorporated Orange County plus, by service arrangement, Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood, Oakland and Windermere. It does not reach Orlando, Apopka, Winter Park, Maitland, Ocoee or Winter Garden, each of which runs its own fire department, nor the CFTOD/Reedy Creek district, which runs its own former Reedy Creek Fire Department. The full fee list, confirmed from the county's own October 2025 Fire Rescue fee schedule: new construction plans review plus one inspection is $61.00 up to $1,000 of valuation plus $1.00 per additional $1,000; alterations are $48.00 up to $1,000 plus $1.00 per additional $1,000; fire protection systems plans review is $48.00 up to $1,000 plus $5.00 per additional $1,000; inspections are billed $31.00 for the first, $62.00 for the second, and $93.00 for the third and every one after; a Development Review Committee Fire Review is $33.00; a Land Use Plan Review is $33.00; a Site Plan Review with one inspection is $108.00; and after-hours or expedited service adds $277.00 for plan review or $278.00 for an inspection. An earlier $84 'Trade Show/Convention permit' figure, sourced only to a hotel's own posted form rather than the county's own fee directory, could not be corroborated against Orange County's own 103-page Fee Directory and is deliberately not included in this record.
Fire Rescue Use Permit Review
When a business's Use Permit change affects its fire hazard classification, Orange County Fire Rescue charges its own $39.00 Use Permit Review fee, confirmed from the county's October 2025 Fire Rescue fee schedule. This is a second, distinct fee from the Division of Building Safety's own $27.00 Use Permit fee (recorded separately) — both departments charge their own fee for the same underlying Use Permit transaction, so a business changing use in a way that affects hazard classification should budget for both, not assume one fee covers the other. This applies only within OCFR's own service territory: unincorporated Orange County plus Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood, Oakland and Windermere; a Use Permit change inside Orlando, Winter Park, Apopka, Maitland, Ocoee or Winter Garden goes through that city's own fire department instead, and none inside CFTOD/Reedy Creek territory goes through OCFR at all.
Flammable/Combustible Liquids Tank Permit
An auto repair shop or other business storing flammable or combustible liquids in a tank within Orange County Fire Rescue's territory needs a Flammable/Combustible Liquids Tank Permit, priced at $44.00 in the county's October 2025 Fire Rescue fee schedule. This applies within OCFR's own service territory (unincorporated Orange County plus Belle Isle, Eatonville, Edgewood, Oakland and Windermere); a shop inside Orlando or another incorporated city goes through that city's own fire department for the equivalent tank permit, and one inside CFTOD/Reedy Creek territory goes through CFTOD's fire department instead. This permit is distinct from the Hazardous Waste Generator surcharge charged by the county's Environmental Protection Division (recorded separately below), which addresses waste generation and disposal compliance rather than fire-code tank storage.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Orange County
- Phone
- 407-836-0004
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.
- Fla. Stat. §509.102 — state preemption of mobile food dispensing vehicle and temporary commercial kitchen licensing/registration/permitting/feesThe Florida Senate · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Office of the Fire MarshalOrange County Fire Rescue · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
- Orange County Fee Directory, FY2025-26 (103 pages; Building Safety fees effective July 2025, Fire Rescue and Animal Services fees effective October 2025) — directly re-extracted page by page on independent verificationOrange County, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
Other offices serving Orange County
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Orange County Zoning Division
- Orange County Division of Building Safety, Permitting Services
- Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Child Care Regulation
- Orange County Animal Services
- Orange County Environmental Protection Division
- Orange County Tax Collector, Business Tax Section
The full permit list for this jurisdiction
Industry permit lists that include this agency
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- Food trucks in Orange County
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- Childcare centres in Orange County
- Contractors and trades in Orange County
- Auto repair shops in Orange County
- Veterinary clinics in Orange County
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