Waco
Waco Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office
In short
Waco Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office issues 2 permits we publish for Waco, last verified 2026-08-24. 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 Marshal Operational Permit | Waco Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office | No fee | not stated in the published material | 2026-08-24 |
| Controlled Burn Permitonly if it applies to you | Waco Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office | No fee | written permit issued for the specific burn | 2026-08-24 |
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 Marshal Operational Permit
The Fire Prevention Section reviews and approves construction plans, inspects fire protection systems, carries out acceptance testing and runs compliance inspections on existing commercial businesses. The operational permit application is published, and the city states that all forms and permits requiring payment must be paid to Fiscal Management Services at City Hall — but no amount is published for it, so none is shown here. A fire final inspection is required and is separate from the building final.
Controlled Burn Permit
No fee is published for the permit, but the cost that matters is stated plainly: if the fire department has to respond to your controlled burn, the charge is $250 per hour per fire department unit. The Fire Marshal's Office requires a site plan showing the burn location and distances to structures and rights of way, proof of liability insurance of at least $1 million covering the activity, and a written fire control plan naming water sources. The burn must be in daylight, attended throughout and fully extinguished before the site is left. The written permit must be on site during the burn.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Waco
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
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.
- Fire Prevention — permits, forms and controlled burn requirementsWaco Fire Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-24
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