Meridian
City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division
In short
City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division issues 4 permits we publish for Meridian, last verified 2026-09-11. 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 Vendor Inspection (Meridian Fire) | City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division | $59.82 annual | annual — the regional joint-inspection program runs each calendar year from January 1 to December 31 | 2026-09-11 |
| Repair Garage Fire Permit (not found — a genuine difference from Boise)only if it applies to you | City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-11 |
| Day Care Inspection Fee (Meridian Fire) | City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division | $25 per inspection | not stated in the published fee schedule — charged per inspection tied to the State's own licensing cycle rather than a fixed City renewal date | 2026-09-11 |
| Fire Sprinkler, Alarm & Commercial Kitchen Hood Suppression System Feesonly if it applies to you | City of Meridian Fire Department, Fire Prevention Division | A Fire Code plan review during the commercial building permit process costs 30% of the building permit fee. A dedicated Fire Sprinkler or Fire Alarm System plan review costs a base $150.00 (covering up to 35 sprinkler heads or alarm devices) plus $4.25 for each additional device. Separately, a periodic Inspection of Commercial Hood Extinguishing Systems — the wet-chemical range-hood suppression system a commercial kitchen installs — costs $125.00 per system. | one-time for plan review; the $125 hood-suppression inspection is periodic, cycle not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-09-11 |
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 Vendor Inspection (Meridian Fire)
Meridian's own live, current fee-schedule database prices a 'Mobile Food Vendor Inspection' line — described in the schedule's own words as required annually of 'any mobile food vendors that cook' — at $59.82 (Resolution No. 25-2546), and that is the figure recorded here. A separate, older regional document, the Southern Idaho Fire Departments' joint Mobile Food Preparation Vehicle Checklist (dated April 2025 and covering Meridian, Boise, and two dozen other partner departments), describes a single joint-program inspection fee of $45 'no matter what city you are in.' That $45 figure is disclosed here rather than silently discarded, but it is now superseded by the current $59.82 figure recorded above, read directly from Meridian's own live, current fee database. This inspection covers vehicles with cooking equipment producing smoke or grease-laden vapors and sits alongside, not instead of, Central District Health's own Mobile Food Establishment permit recorded separately above.
Repair Garage Fire Permit (not found — a genuine difference from Boise)
No fee applies. This project's own Boise file recorded a genuine, confirmed $140.00-per-3-year Fire 'Repair Garages and Motor Fuel-Dispensing Permit' for that same-county neighbor city; Meridian's own current Fire Fees section (4.1) of its live fee-schedule database has no comparable line at all. This is disclosed as a real city-to-city difference in fire-code fee structure between two Ada County cities, not an inconsistency in this project's research. An auto repair shop in Meridian is still subject to the same generic building, zoning, sign, and fire code plan review requirements recorded elsewhere in this file.
Day Care Inspection Fee (Meridian Fire)
The Fire Department's own dedicated page states plainly: 'The $25 inspection fee must be paid prior to scheduling the inspection.' The City's own live, current consolidated fee-schedule database independently lists the identical figure under 'Fire Operational Fees — Day Care Inspections — $25,' so this figure is confirmed from two independent City sources that agree. This inspection is required for both home and outside-the-home childcare facilities as part of Idaho's own State licensing process, layered on top of the Accessory Use Permit or Conditional Use Permit recorded separately above.
Fire Sprinkler, Alarm & Commercial Kitchen Hood Suppression System Fees
The 30% fire code plan review and the $150-plus-$4.25-per-device sprinkler/alarm plan review apply broadly to any commercial tenant improvement or new construction with fire protection systems, across the industries listed here. The $125 Commercial Hood Extinguishing System inspection is the specific, real line item a restaurant, coffee shop, or food-truck commissary kitchen pays for its range-hood suppression system, confirmed directly from the City's own live, current fee-schedule database.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Meridian
- Phone
- (208) 888-1234
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.
- City of Meridian - City Fees Schedule — the City's own live, current consolidated fee database covering Building, Planning, Fire, Public Works, and City Clerk fees by resolution number, including the $59.82 current Mobile Food Vendor Inspection fee, the building permit formula, and all Planning Division feesCity of Meridian · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
- Daycare Inspections — the Fire Department's own page stating 'The $25 inspection fee must be paid prior to scheduling the inspection'City of Meridian Fire Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
- Southern Idaho Fire Departments Mobile Food Preparation Vehicle Checklist (updated April 23, 2025) — the joint regional inspection program covering Meridian, Boise, and two dozen other Idaho fire departments/districts, describing an (older, since superseded) $45 single-inspection feeSouthern Idaho Fire Departments (hosted by City of Meridian Fire Department) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-11
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