Fire Marshal's Office FAQ

Please visit any of our fire prevention education pages, listed below:

• Fire Education
• Are you safe at home?
• Fire Prevention Safety Tips

Household hazardous waste can adversely affect everyone's quality of life. That's why it is important to properly dispose of these items. Wake County operates permanent collection centers on a year-round basis for all Wake County residents to drop off hazardous materials. Please view Household Hazardous Waste Disposal

Fire reports are available for $5.00. To request one, please contact the Deputy Fire Marshall

Complete our online request form

Please call 919-857-4412 after 7:45 am and have your permit number ready.

Please use our online request form and someone will contact you to confirm a date.

Please use our online request form

Please contact the Deputy Fire Marshall

Generally speaking all commercial buildings in the City of Raleigh (including multi-family apartments) are required to have a minimum 2A10BC fire extinguisher(s) within 75 ft. of all points of the building. Also one 2A10BC extinguisher can only serve a maximum 3000sq foot area. There are also other operations and buildings that will have different requirements. If you would like assistance please complete our online request form.

North Carolina State Fire Code
Frequency-Required emergency evacuation drills shall be held at intervals specified in the table below or more frequently where necessary to familiarize all occupants with the drill procedure.

*The frequency shall be allowed to be modified in accordance with Section 408.3.2

**Fire and evacuation drills in residential care assisted living facilities shall include complete evacuation of the premises in accordance with Section 408.10.5. Where occupants received habilitation or rehabilitation training, fire prevention and fire safety practices shall be included as part of the training program.

Yes. However, Class 1.4G consumer fireworks are limited to what is described in General Statute 14-414. For the full text of the General Statute, please visit the North Carolina General Assembly

Permits are issued by the Wake County Fire Marshal's Office with site inspections conducted by the Raleigh Fire Marshal's Office. To access the permit application, please visit Wake County's website

The City of Raleigh enforces the International Fire Code with amendments through the NC Building Code Council, please visit their website to obtain a copy of the fire code.