Plans for many new development projects must be approved by the Fire Marshal during the review process. The processes in each fire district are different. It can be confusing to determine the right person to talk to about a project and to find the right place to submit plans. This document is intended to assist applicants in finding the right fire official to talk to about their project and where to submit fire suppression plans.
Stanislaus County Fire Prevention Bureau accepts fire suppression plan submittals for the following areas:
- Burbank-Paradise
- Crows Landing
- Del Rio
- Denair
- Diablo Grande
- Grayson
- *Hughson
- Residential fire suppression plans located within the City limits of Hughson must be submitted directly to the City of Hughson City Hall/Fire Prevention
- Commercial projects within the City and outside the City limits, fire suppression plans must be submitted to: Stanislaus County Fire Prevention Bureau
- Residential projects outside the City limit, fire suppression plans must be submitted to: Stanislaus County Fire Prevention Bureau
- Industrial Ceres
- Industrial Modesto
- Keyes
- Monterey Park Tract
- Mountain View
- Newman (non-incorporated areas)
- Oakdale Rural
- Salida
- Turlock Rural
- West Stanislaus
- Westley
- Westport
- Woodland
- Division 1 North
Stanislaus County Fire Prevention Fire Code questions contact (209) 552-3700.
As of January 2015; In the interest of being green we started electronic plan submittals. Only PDF attachments are accepted. Please send these pdf submittals to: fireprevention@stanoes.com
Fire Suppression Plans:
- Automatic fire sprinklers
- Commercial kitchen hood fire protections systems
- Fire alarms
- Fuel tanks
- Private water lines
- Special fire suppression systems
- Underground fire lines
- Water tanks
- All other fire suppression plans not listed above
All suppression plan submittals will require supporting documentations and will depend on the type of plans you are submitting. Please go to the Fire Prevention Bureau Forms webpage for the list of requirements and guidelines on how to name the pdf attachments.
Send a check written out to Stanislaus County Fire Prevention for $110.00 for the non-refundable plan check review fee/deposit (deposit – will be applied to the final invoice). We accept cash, personal check (must be accompanied by ID) and company checks. Once the plan review has been finalized, we will send you the final invoice with the submittal packet for plan check and inspection fee, minus the deposit.
The initial review and re-submittal process take 10 to 14 business days to complete (weekends and observed U.S. holidays excluded). You will be contacted directly via e-mail within 24 - 48 hours upon receiving your e-mail submittal to inform you of your plan status. If you do not get a reply from our office within 24-48 hours, that means your e-mail submittal is not received.
Once the plans are approved, we will e-mail you a copy of the approved plan, calculations (if noted), material data sheets (if noted), any other pertinent information you sent with the submittal (if noted), plan check letter and final invoice. Instructions will be in the plan review/plan check letter.
The contractor or designer will need to print & provide 2 sets of hard copies of the approved plan/s and calculations (if noted). Bring these hard copies to our office for the wet County Fire stamp and signature. Only print the plans and calcs from the approved email packet attachments you receive from our office, any other version/s will not be accepted. If the hard copies you bring for stamping have been tampered with or is not the exact plan that was reviewed/approved and e-mailed to you originating from our office, it will not be stamped.
Call our office at (209) 552-3700 to make an appointment to remit payment or stamp plans.
1 (one) set of stamped approved plan/s & calculations will be kept on-site. These approved stamped copy/copies of the plan/s shall be provided to our inspectors once they are on-site for the inspection. Only digital copies of the approved plan/s will be kept for our files.
If the pdf fire suppression submittal plan check needs to be revised and resubmitted, we will contact you via e-mail with further instructions.
Hard copy fire suppression plan submissions: Are only accepted if the plans are hand-drawn. The contractor or designer will need to provide 1 (one) application form, 3 sets (hard copy) of the plan/s and supporting documentations to be reviewed.
Once the plans are reviewed whether approved or not, you will receive 1 (one) set for your files back along with a plan check letter and invoice.
The following cities each operate their own fire prevention. Directly contact the cities fire prevention department for suppression plan submittals and fire code questions.
- Ceres (209) 538-5701
- Hughson (Residential only, within the City limits) (209) 883-2863
- Oakdale (209) 845-3571
- Patterson (209) 895-8130
- Turlock (209) 668-5580
Stanislaus Consolidated Fire district located at 3324 Topeka St, Riverbank should be contacted at (209) 869-7470 for assistance with all fire code questions and fire suppression plan submittals for the following areas:
- City of Riverbank
- Empire
- Hickman
- Knights Ferry
- La Grange