Code Enforcement

Welcome to the City of Raleigh Fire Department and the Fire Code Enforcement Division. A comprehensive program of fire code compliance is managed through the International Fire Code, along with North Carolina Building Code Council Amendments.

Fire Code Inspections are required for all places of business. Periodic inspections will be conducted based on your type of business. An example below illustrates the minimum frequency rate of inspections:

• 1 Year Inspections - Assembly - (Restaurants, clubs and places of entertainment); Hazardous - (Hazardous-materials, flammable liquids facilities); Institutional - (Hospital, nursing homes, licensed care facilities, jails); High-Rise Buildings and residential except one and two family dwellings.
• 2 Year Inspections - Industrial facilities; Educational facilities (Except public schools).
• 3 Year Inspections - Business; Mercantile, Storage facilities; Churches and synagogues.