Fire inspection program

Business inspections are not currently part of the annual inspection program. If a business would like to request an inspection, the fire department will be happy to conduct a fire and life safety inspection at the fee rate listed in the master fee schedule.

Please contact Fire Prevention Secretary. For questions or inquiries please contact or email us at annualfireinspection carlsbadca. Please enable JavaScript in your browser for a better user experience.

Work in Carlsbad Industry Clusters. Jump to subpage Why are annual fire inspections required? Watch Fire Prevention Specialist Jarrod Robinson explain how he approaches a fire inspection: New Requirements effective As the mandate to perform annual fire inspections was unfunded by the state, we have been performing these inspections for the past three years at no cost to property managers or owners.

You are then given at least ten days to find and correct these common problems. A fee is charged for these two types of fire safety inspections.

Note that State licensed institutions require an annual inspection. This type of visit is not a fire safety inspection, but is a chance for the local responding fire companies to visit a given location prior to an emergency. The Pre-Fire visit is handled at a different time than your Fire Safety Inspection and does not generate a fee. The local fire companies take the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the fire and life safety challenges that a location may present during an emergency response and conduct appropriate pre-fire planning.

The firefighters will observe the layout of your property and its current condition. Then, based upon data that has been compiled nationally and internationally about cause and effect, reasonable expectancy and fire risk, they will prepare a pre-fire plan. Pre-fire plans are used during an emergency to help us be both safer and more effective.

Again, there is no charge for this type of visit. All Phoenix Fire Prevention Division Fire Prevention Inspectors conduct inspections of commercial occupancies for code compliance and operational permits as required by code.

They also respond to complaints of fire and life safety issues. The scope of these inspections is identifying obvious fire hazards i. Areas of non compliance are documented by the Fire Inspector and require a re-inspection to ensure compliance with the code requirements.

Fire Inspectors maintain International Fire Code Certifications and take continuing education code related classes to maintain their certification and skill level. Skip to main content Turn on more accessible mode.