Houston
Houston Fire Department
In short
Houston Fire Department issues 4 permits we publish for Houston, last verified 2026-08-22. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Permit — Places of Assemblyonly if it applies to you | Houston Fire Department | $268.56–$537.12 by occupant load | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-22 |
| Fire Marshall Approvalonly if it applies to you | Houston Fire Department | $268.56–$1,074.24 one-time, by floor area | one-time | 2026-08-22 |
| Fire Permit — LP Gas on a Mobile Food Unitonly if it applies to you | Houston Fire Department | $201.41 per permit | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-22 |
| Fire Alarm Permitonly if it applies to you | Houston Fire Department | $67.13–$100.71 new, or renewal | not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-08-22 |
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
Fire Permit — Places of Assembly
$268.56 for 50-100 occupants, $402.84 for 101-299, $537.12 for 300 or more. Each includes part of the cost of the life safety inspection. A dining room seating 50 or more crosses this threshold, so most sit-down restaurants need it and most takeaway counters do not.
Fire Marshall Approval
$268.56 up to 50,000 sq ft; $402.84 from 50,000 to 100,000; $805.68 from 100,001 to 500,000; $1,074.24 above 500,001. A re-inspection for anything other than fire protection systems and underground fuel storage tanks is $402.84 — as much as the approval itself on a mid-size space, so failing once is expensive.
Fire Permit — LP Gas on a Mobile Food Unit
$201.41 where liquefied petroleum gas is used on a mobile food unit. The same code section charges $402.84 for LP gas used for anything else, so the mobile food unit rate is a concession — check the permit is issued under the right one.
Fire Alarm Permit
$100.71 for a new permit, $67.13 to renew. A false alarm response is charged at $483.40 where the site is not permitted or the permit's allowance of calls has been used up, plus a $145.01 collection fee (Sec. 11-19) — holding a current permit is what keeps that from applying.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Houston
- Phone
- (832) 394-6700
- Website
- www.houstontx.gov/fire/
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-Wide Fee ScheduleCity of Houston, Finance Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
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