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Fire Sprinkler Permit Fee Schedule

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  • $1/ fire sprinkler head in new systems/ additions to existing systems. (This includes all new heads.)
  • $.50/ relocated fire sprinkler head. (This applies only to existing heads being reused.)
  • $100 for each fire pump installation, where the fire pump is listed for fire service. This does not apply to Hydro-Pro, Maine Life Safety, and NFPA 13D systems. It also does not apply to NFPA 13R standards when the pump is less than 7.5 horsepower, since to my knowledge at this time there are no pumps of that size that are listed for fire service use.
  • $25/ dwelling unit of each NFPA 13D system.
  • $50 extra for preliminary permission to begin installation before the full submittal can be received. Typically the full submittal is received in 1 to 3 weeks. Should the full submittal not come for 6 months, and there is no communication for an extension request or reasonable explanation for the delay, then the job will be cancelled. The money will not be returned. Court action with fines may be applicable if installation work was started, and in particular if it was completed.
  • $100 minimum. This $100 minimum is not added to the cost of heads when the cost of heads adds up to at least $100. The cost of the heads is conversely not added to the $100 minimum when the total cost of the heads is less than $100. The $100 minimum does not apply to NFPA 13D systems, which are $25 per dwelling unit regardless of the number of heads used.
  • $50 archive/storage fee for each non-electronic submittal after the 4th submittal/ fire sprinkler contractor/ license year. Even though licenses are good for up to a 2-year term, "license year" here refers to the 12 month period from July 1st through to and including June 30th.
  • Fire sprinkler permit submittals are stored for reference, but storage space is increasingly difficult to find when the submittals are not in electronic format. This fee covers the cost of scanning the submittal into electronic format and adding it to our server. It also covers the cost of data entry and processing money. To avoid this $50 fee, then submit for permits by going back out of this page and then clicking on "Online Permit Submittal" for permit submittals.
  • The archive fee will be waived when the plans and calcs are mailed as hardcopies only if the permit submittal and fee payment are done online before I receive the plans/calcs in the mail, and there is a comment online that the plans are coming in the mail, and when the plans come they are labeled as the same job name as the online submittal, or with the identifying log number. The justification for this waiver is that the online submittal saves me the time of data entry and of processing money. Ideally however, the whole submittal will be done online.
  • $50 resubmittal fee for every submittal that is required to follow-up with information that was incomplete and/or inaccurate in the original submittal, either of which stalls the permitting process. (This may be due to critical information that is lacking or in error on the blueprints/CAD drawings, hydraulic calculations, or application form. This is not to be charged for missing "non-essential information" or when there is a note explaining why the critical information is missing, and when it will be supplied.) It is also to be paid when "as-built" drawings are required upon job completion, or when a permit has to be amended. This is because both of these require additional processing. If a full resubmittal is required because the original submittal is rejected, then another full permit fee will be required instead of the $50 resubmittal fee.

(Permits are not required for maintenance replacement of heads, including recall programs, where there is no change to the pipe length or pipe type or system type or occupancy/hazard. If a job involves more than this, then the fee applies only to the other work. Plan reviews won't begin until the appropriate fee is received in the correct amount.)

Any commercial or industrial installation over $1,000,000.00 shall require review by a fire protection Engineer at additional expense to the fire sprinkler contractor.

Please call 207-626-3889 or email at eric.j.ellis@maine.gov if there are any questions.

[Last updated 1-1-08]