The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District has increased its permit fees effective July 18, 2021. Please click on “Engineering Fees” on the button to the left for the new fee schedule.

Engineering plan review services include the review and approval of new construction buildings, access, and water supply systems for subdivisions and new buildings, tenant improvement in existing commercial buildings, new fire suppression and life safety systems installations and modifications to existing systems, high-piled combustible rack storage systems, hazardous materials storage, and process piping systems for compliance with applicable Building Code and/or Fire Code and NFPA Standards.

Construction document plans and supporting data shall be submitted to the fire district for all land development, or for the construction, alteration, or renovation of a building where a building permit is required, in the form of two sets of plans/documents with each construction permit application. Construction documents shall be drawn to scale and be of such clarity to indicate the location, nature and extent of the work (scope) proposed and show in detail that it will conform to the provisions of the fire code and relevant laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.

Fire protection system shop drawings shall be submitted to indicate compliance with the fire code and construction documents and shall be approved prior to the start of installation. Shop drawings shall contain all information as required by the applicable installation standard.