Bismarck
Bismarck Fire Department
In short
Bismarck Fire Department issues 2 permits we publish for Bismarck, last verified 2026-09-14. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Care Centre Fire Inspection (State Childcare License Applies, Bismarck) | Bismarck Fire Department | $50 per inspection (a group home inspection is charged at the same $50.00) | per inspection | 2026-09-14 |
| Fire Permit and Inspectiononly if it applies to you | Bismarck Fire Department | Fire permits not otherwise listed are $75.00. Named items on the 2026 schedule: fire site plan review $150.00, open burning $75.00, tanks $75.00, gates and barricades $75.00, and modifications to an existing sprinkler system $100.00, with that last fee waived where the modification is twenty heads or fewer. A hood fire suppression system is priced by project cost — $125.00 per hood plus $1.70 for each additional $1,000.00 up to $20,000.00; $75.00 for the first $20,000.00 plus $1.20 per $1,000.00 from $20,001.00 to $100,000.00; and $170.00 for the first $100,000.00 plus $0.70 per $1,000.00 above that. Sprinkler and standpipe work is charged per riser: $170.00 for a wet riser, $225.00 for a dry riser, $170.00 for each fire pump, $275.00 for a standpipe and $35.00 for a one or two family dwelling. A fire alarm permit is $85.00 plus 0.1 percent of the total fire flow calculation area. Indoor fireworks displays are $125.00 with a $500,000 bond and outdoor displays $350.00 with the same bond. | per permit; the schedule sets no annual renewal cycle for general fire permits | 2026-09-14 |
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
Day Care Centre Fire Inspection (State Childcare License Applies, Bismarck)
Under N.D.C.C. ch. 50-11.1 childcare programmes are licensed by the State, and North Dakota HHS's own Child Care Licensing page states that 'Early Childhood Licensing is responsible for licensing childcare programs in North Dakota.' What the City charges for is the fire inspection that supports that state license: the Fire Department's Day Care Inspections page states that 'The cost of a daycare center inspection is $50,' and a group home inspection is charged the same $50.00. A second, easily missed city obligation applies to any centre that prepares or serves food: Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health licenses childcare facility kitchens as Institutions Type 1 at $165.00 per license year, alongside schools, churches, fraternal clubs and non-profits, on the food schedule recorded on the Bismarck food establishment license record.
Fire Permit and Inspection
Bismarck's fire schedule is organised around systems and activities rather than around a flat annual operational permit of the kind Fargo charges at $70.00 — the closest equivalent here is the $75.00 catch-all for permits not otherwise listed. A restaurant's most likely charge is the hood fire suppression system permit, which is priced from project cost rather than per hood alone above the first bracket. The twenty-head waiver on sprinkler modifications is worth noting for small fit-outs: 'The fee will be waived if the system modification is 20 heads or less.' Day care centre and group home inspections are priced separately at $50.00 each and are recorded on the Bismarck day care centre fire inspection record.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Bismarck
- Phone
- (701) 355-1400
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 Bismarck Fees and Charges, 2026 — the consolidated schedule carrying the Environmental Health food, mobile food, temporary food, body art and tanning fees, the fire permit and inspection fees, the mechanical contractor license fees and the alcoholic beverage license classesCity of Bismarck · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
- Day Care Inspections — the Bismarck Fire Department's own current page for day care centre and group home fire inspectionsBismarck Fire Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-14
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