Osceola County Fire Rescue & EMS, Office of the Fire Marshal

Fire Marshal Plan Review, Fire Protection System Permits and Fire Inspections (Unincorporated Osceola)

Appendix K of the county fee schedule, effective October 1, 2026 by Resolution #26-019R, as listed on the county's official fee schedule page, sets the fees of Osceola County Fire Rescue & EMS, Office of the Fire Marshal. Commercial and multi-family plan review is $0.001 times construction valuation with a $73.00 minimum; fire protection systems (sprinklers, alarms, commercial cooking suppression and similar) are reviewed at $0.002 times valuation with a $73.00 minimum and permitted on a valuation scale starting at $73.00. Appendix K requires an inspection and fee for every permit the Office issues and for all state-mandated inspections, which are performed at the frequency the state defines for the occupancy (annually, biennially or triennially) and priced by building size from $50.00 (up to 2,000 sq. ft.) through $75.00, $125.00 and $400.00 to $600.00 (500,001 sq. ft. or more), with F.S. 633.208(2), 633.216 and Fla. Admin. Code 69A-60 cited as the authority for those rates. Other inspections are $105.00 initially, with re-inspections of $105.00, $105.00, $210.00 and then $315.00, and $150.00 after hours. Occupying a commercial building without Fire Department approval costs $75.00 per occurrence plus $75.00 a day until approval is obtained or the building is vacated, and work done without a permit costs $80.00 plus double the permit fee. County Code Sec. 10-1 adopts NFPA 1 and NFPA 101 as the minimum fire safety code for the unincorporated area of Osceola County, and F.S. 125.56(1) ties county fire code enforcement to buildings outside the corporate limits of any municipality.