Brown County
Brownwood and Brown County Fire Marshal
In short
Brownwood and Brown County Fire Marshal issues 2 permits we publish for Brown County, last verified 2026-08-25. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building Fire Inspection | Brownwood and Brown County Fire Marshal | $75–$300 by sprinkler system and floor area | not stated in the published schedule | 2026-08-25 |
| False Alarm Feeonly if it applies to you | Brownwood and Brown County Fire Marshal | $75–$575 escalating, by alarm type and count | per occurrence | 2026-08-25 |
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
Commercial Building Fire Inspection
Graded by sprinkler system rather than by use: $75 for a commercial building with no sprinkler system, $150 with one under 10,000 square feet, and $300 with one over 10,000. Installing sprinklers therefore doubles or quadruples the inspection fee, which is a counterintuitive result worth knowing at design stage even though the safety case is obvious. A nursing home is $150 and a hospital $500. Sprinkler plan review is $100 and alarm review $50.
False Alarm Fee
Two separate ladders, and the fire one is severe. Burglar alarms: first five free, then $75 each for the sixth to eighth, $100 for the ninth to eleventh, $125 thereafter. Fire alarms: first five free, then $275 each for the sixth to eighth, $375 for the ninth to eleventh, $475 for the twelfth to fourteenth and $575 from the fifteenth. A premises with a faulty fire panel can therefore run up thousands in a year. Failing to provide certification is $125 on either ladder.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Brown County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.brownwoodtexas.gov/
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.
- Brownwood/Brown County amended fee ordinance 25-09 (filed with Texas DSHS 3 November 2025)City of Brownwood and Brown County, filed with Texas Department of State Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-25
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