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 ClassificationAssembly 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
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