Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm System Permit in Morrison, Colorado

Morrison requires a fire sprinkler / fire alarm system permit for: CONFIRMED via Town Ordinance No. 477: the Fire Chief of West Metro Fire Protection District (or the District's Fire Marshal / designated member) serves as the fire code official for Morrison; Plans must comply with the currently adopted Fire Code as amended and the appropriate NFPA Standards (IFC Chapter 1; NFPA 72 Chapter 7 for fire alarm systems; NFPA 13 Chapter 23 for fire sprinkler systems); Plans must be drawn to scale, minimum 18" by 24", and include equipment data sheets; Fire Suppression and Fire Detection Systems plans require at minimum a NICET III certification or a Professional Engineer stamp from an engineer trained in the design of the particular system being installed; All system and related components must be FULLY TESTED and ready before Acceptance Testing is scheduled; A $300.00 re-inspection fee applies if the system fails acceptance testing; West Metro Fire Rescue supports municipalities that have adopted the IRC requiring residential fire sprinklers in all new residential construction — confirm with West Metro or the Town whether this applies to Morrison specifically. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Morrison Building Department at 303-697-8749 before starting work.

In Morrison, the published Re-inspection Fee (failed acceptance test) is: $300.00. Additional published fees: Fire Sprinkler/Alarm Plan Review & Permit Fee — Not itemized on the page retrieved during this review. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Morrison does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Morrison Building Department at 303-697-8749 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Fire Sprinkler/Fire Alarm Plan Submittal. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Morrison requires 1 inspection(s) for a fire sprinkler / fire alarm system permit, in order: Acceptance Testing. Schedule each through Town of Morrison Building Department (303-697-8749).

Apply through Town of Morrison Building Department at 321 Highway 8, Morrison, CO 80465 (Town Hall); Building Department contract administration address listed as 4704 Harlan St, Suite 684, Lakeside, CO 80212. Phone: 303-697-8749, email: building@morrisonco.us. Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Town of Morrison general hours, per website footer). Inspection requests must be submitted by 4:00 PM on the business day prior to the requested inspection date via the Town's online scheduling form.. Official information: https://www.morrisonco.us/140/Building-Department.

Morrison, Colorado has adopted: 2015 International Building Code (IBC), chapters 1-35 inclusive and appendix chapter I — Morrison Municipal Code Section 9-1-2 (Codes Adopted By Reference), current through 2026 S-15 supplement; 2015 International Residential Code (IRC), chapters 1-44 inclusive and appendix chapter H — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Mechanical Code (IMC), chapters 1-15 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), chapters 1-8 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC), chapters 1-15 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Fire Code (IFC), chapters 1-80 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), Residential and Commercial chapters 1-6 — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), chapters 1-16 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, chapters 1-11 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, chapters 1-8 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; National Electrical Code (NEC), 'the most current edition adopted by the Colorado State Electrical Board, Department of Regulatory Agencies' — Morrison's own code text ties its NEC edition to whichever edition the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA) currently has in force, rather than fixing a specific year itself; as of this review the Colorado State Electrical Board's currently adopted edition is the 2023 NEC (per DORA Division of Professions and Occupations rules), so 2023 NEC is the effective edition in Morrison, subject to change automatically if DORA updates its adopted edition; Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, 2025 edition, adopted and published by the Wildfire Resiliency Code Board within the Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Colorado Department of Public Safety — adopted by reference as the Town of Morrison wildfire resiliency code (Section 9-1-2, subsection M); HB22-1362 (Colorado statewide building greenhouse-gas-emissions / energy code law) note: HB22-1362 only obligates a municipality or county to adopt an equivalent-or-better energy code WHEN it next updates one or more of its building codes — it does not retroactively force an update on jurisdictions that haven't touched their codes. Morrison's adopted energy code is still the 2015 IECC (per Section 9-1-2, unchanged since original codification), so the HB22-1362 floor (2021 IECC-equivalent performance from 7/1/2023-6/30/2026; Model Low Energy and Carbon Code-equivalent performance from 7/1/2026 onward) has NOT yet been triggered for Morrison because the Town has not updated its building code since adopting the 2015 cycle. This is a genuine, current compliance gap/lag relative to HB22-1362's intent, not an omission by this file — confirmed against the Colorado Energy Office's published HB22-1362 timeline.. Local amendments apply — see the Morrison overview page for the full list.

West Metro Fire Protection District, whose Fire Chief (or Fire Marshal/designee) is formally designated as Morrison's fire code official per Town Ordinance No. 477. Plans require a NICET III or PE stamp and must follow NFPA 72 (alarms) / NFPA 13 (sprinklers); a $300.00 re-inspection fee applies on a failed acceptance test.