Fire Inspection
A Division of Emergency Services

The position of Fire Marshall/Fire Inspection was created in 1996 with a primary goal of enforcing the North Carolina Fire Prevention Code as mandated by the State. Additional functions include acting as liaison between County Administration and the thirteen volunteer fire departments of the County and providing assistance with fire investigation.

FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND LOCATIONS

OUTDOOR BURNING LAWS

FIRE PREVENTION CODE ENFORCEMENT

As defined by the Administration and Enforcement Requirements of the State Building Code, "the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code shall apply to the repair, equipment, use, occupancy, and maintenance of every existing building or structure, other than one or two family dwellings and townhouses. The provisions of the fire prevention code shall apply to the installation of fire protection systems for all buildings or structures, when required by code."

Code enforcement includes plan review and acceptance inspection of new fire suppression and life safety systems and conducting inspections for compliance of the Fire Prevention Code in existing occupancies as required by the Code.

The minimum inspection schedule required by the Fire Prevention Code is as follows:

Once every year

• Hazardous
• Institutional
• High Rise
• Assembly
• Residential except one and two family dwellings and only interior common areas of dwelling units of multi-family occupancies

Once every two years

• Industrial
• Educational (except public schools)

Once every three years

• Business
• Mercantile
• Storage

Public schools twice each school year

• The inspection schedule for public schools is a statutory requirement. Public school must be inspected for both fire and electrical hazards twice during each school year at least 120 days apart.

Private and commercial facilities are required to pay a user fee for inspections.

INTERESTING LINKS

NC Division of Air Quality: Open Burning
Click on publications then click on brochures.

Office of the State Fire Marshal

911 Addressing
Central Dispatch
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Management


FOR FIRE EMERGENCY
DIAL
911

OFFICE PHONE
(828) 837-0090

Fax
828-837-0091

ADDRESS
59 Hiwassee Street
Suite 103
Murphy, NC 28906

FIRE DEPARTMENT LOCATIONS

FAX
(828) 837-8970

FIRE INSPECTOR/ MARSHALL

W.C. King
wcking@cherokeecounty-nc.gov
 

Fire Inspector

Steve Baumgartner
steve.baumgartner@cherokeecounty-nc.gov