Great Falls
Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR)
In short
Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) issues 4 permits we publish for Great Falls, last verified 2026-09-12. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business License | Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) | A Business License fee tiered by the square footage of the business premises, each new-issuance figure including a flat $130.00 zoning-review component: Tier 1 (0-2,000 sq ft) $300.00, Tier 2 (2,001-10,000 sq ft) $350.00, Tier 3 (10,001-25,000 sq ft) $425.00, Tier 4 (25,001-50,000 sq ft) $510.00, Tier 5 (50,001-100,000 sq ft) $695.00, Tier 6 (over 100,000 sq ft) $895.00, or a flat $300.00 for churches. Annual renewal is $80.00 (Tier 1/churches), $125.00 (Tier 2), $185.00 (Tier 3), $265.00 (Tier 4), $440.00 (Tier 5), or $640.00 (Tier 6), plus a $50.00 fee for a transfer of ownership and a $50.00 late-renewal fee. | annual, renewed by the same square-footage tier | 2026-09-12 |
| Fire Life Safety Plan Reviewonly if it applies to you | Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) | $150.00 per hour for in-house life-safety plan review, plus a $75.00 inspection fee. The first fire life-safety inspection of a business premise is covered by the Business License fee recorded separately above; re-inspections are billed at $100.00 (1st), $200.00 (2nd), or $300.00 (3rd), with a 4th re-inspection priced per OCCGF §15.9.050. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-12 |
| Industry-Specific Municipal License (not found beyond the general Business License)only if it applies to you | Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) | No fee | not applicable | 2026-09-12 |
| Mobile Food Vendor Business License | Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) | $100 one-time, at new Business License application; $35.00 at each annual renewal | annual | 2026-09-12 |
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
Business License
The Great Falls Fire Department, not Finance or Planning, administers this general Business License, required for 'each commercial business or multi-family residence located within the city limits' per the City's own Business Licensing and Home Occupations page. Effective January 1, 2025, current license holders were required to reapply using new application forms as part of a broader renaming of the program from Safety Inspection Certificate (SIC) to Business License. A Mobile Food Vendor pays a separate, smaller flat fee recorded below rather than a square-footage tier, since a mobile unit has no fixed premises to measure.
Fire Life Safety Plan Review
Applies when a new commercial building or a tenant improvement requires Great Falls Fire Rescue's own review of life-safety systems (egress, fire alarm, sprinkler, or similar), separate from and in addition to the Business License's own routine inspection cycle recorded above.
Industry-Specific Municipal License (not found beyond the general Business License)
Title 5's full chapter-level index (BUSINESS LICENSES, PERMITS, AND CERTIFICATES) is now confirmed directly: a headless-browser pass through Municode's own client-side table of contents lists exactly five entries under Title 5 — Chapter 1 (General Business License Procedure), Chapter 2 (Home Occupation Certificate), Chapter 3 (Special Business and Construction Licenses, Certificates, and Permits, itself only nine articles: Commercial Garbage License, Pawnshops/Secondhand Stores and Valuable Article, Alcoholic Beverages, Non-Resident License, Alarms and Alarm Systems, Emergency Medical Services Licenses, Development License Verification, Medical Gas Systems, and Fuel Gas Piping Systems), Chapter 16 (CATV Regulations), and Chapter 20 (Reserved). None of the five is a retail-store, auto-repair, veterinary, fitness-studio, or salon license, and Chapter 20's Reserved status is now confirmed directly rather than only through the earlier eLaws mirror. This, together with the City's own Business Licensing and Home Occupations page, its Home Occupation Certificate exclusion list (which names veterinary services, animal boarding, barber/hair care, and vehicle repair only as uses barred from a home-based operation, not as separately licensed trades), and its Contractor License Verification and Non-Resident Vendor Certificate forms, confirms no dedicated municipal ordinance exists for a retail store, an auto repair shop, a veterinary practice, a fitness studio, or a hair/nail salon beyond the general Business License already recorded above, so no fee applies beyond that general layer.
Mobile Food Vendor Business License
A Mobile Food Vendor holds this Business License in place of the square-footage-tiered version recorded above for a fixed premises, per Resolution 10569's own separate 'Mobile Food Vendor' line. This is a City of Great Falls business-operating credential, distinct from the Cascade City-County Health Department's own Mobile Food Vendor Health Permit recorded separately below.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Great Falls
- Phone
- (406) 727-8070
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.
- Business Licensing and Home Occupations — the City's own page confirming the Fire Department administers Business Licenses under Title 5City of Great Falls, Montana · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Official Code of the City of Great Falls, Montana — Municode's own rendered table of contents, read directly in a headless browser session rather than a plain fetch, confirming Title 5's complete chapter list (Chapter 1 General Business License Procedure, Chapter 2 Home Occupation Certificate, Chapter 3 Special Business and Construction Licenses/Certificates/Permits, Chapter 16 CATV Regulations, Chapter 20 Reserved) and Chapter 3's nine articles (Commercial Garbage License, Pawnshops/Secondhand Stores, Alcoholic Beverages, Non-Resident License, Alarms and Alarm Systems, Emergency Medical Services Licenses, Development License Verification, Medical Gas Systems, Fuel Gas Piping Systems); Supplement 24, online content updated June 12, 2026, codified through Ordinance No. 3279 (October 7, 2025)City of Great Falls, Montana (codified by Municode) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Resolution No. 10569 — Great Falls Fire Rescue (GFFR) Fee Schedule (adopted April 15, 2025)City of Great Falls, Montana, City Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
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