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Fire Marshal’s Office

North Carolina General Statutes state that Fire Code Inspections are required as follows:

Fire Inspections Schedule

  • Once Every Year
    Institutional
    (hospitals, jails etc.)

    High-rise (buildings > 4 stories)

    Assembly (except those listed in the three year inspection cycle). (restaurants, churches, banquet halls, night clubs, theaters etc.)

    Residential (except one and two family dwellings) and only interior common areas of dwelling units of Multi-family occupancies. New and existing lodging establishments, including hotels, motels and tourist homes that provide accommodations for 7 or more continuous days (extended-stay establishments), bed and breakfast inns and bed and breakfast homes as defined in General Statute 130A-247 for the installation and maintenance of carbon monoxide alarms and detectors in accordance with General Statute 143-138(b2).

  • Once Every 2 Years

    Industrial

    Educational (except public schools which are inspected by General Statutes every six months).

  • Once Every 3 Years
    Occupancy Classification Classification

    Assembly occupancies with an occupant load less than 100

    Business (offices, barber shops, banks, post office, etc.)

    Mercantile (drug stores, markets, gas station, dollar type stores)

    Storage

    Churches

    Synagogues

    Miscellaneous Group U occupancies.

  • DON’T FORGET TO CHECK THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE ALARMS!

Tim Chesson
Fire Marshall

252-338-1144

Location

206 E Main St
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

The Fire Marshall’s office is located on the ground floor of the Pasquotank County Courthouse