Fire Sprinkler and Fire Alarm System Permit in Ault, Colorado

Ault requires a fire sprinkler and fire alarm system permit for: Fire and EMS services for the Town of Ault are provided by the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District, a distinct special district headquartered at 16680 CO Highway 14, Ault, CO 80610 (PO Box 1069) — confirmed directly on the Town's own live aultcolorado.gov/fire page, which states: 'Fire and EMS Services are provided to the Town of Ault by: Ault-Pierce Fire Department,' phone 970-834-2848; The Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District's own live website (aultpiercefire.org/reviewsandinspection, fetched directly 2026-08-13) states in its own words: 'Ault Fire Protection District uses the 2018 International Fire Code' for all plan reviews and inspections; 'This process is typically completed within 1 week,' though 'there are some circumstances in which more time would be required to complete the plan review'; The same District page states 'There may be fees associated with any plan reviews or fire inspections' and that 'the processing fee is non-refundable' — no flat dollar figure is published; fees appear to be assessed case-by-case through the District's own online payment system; Ault Municipal Code Title 8, Chapter 12 ('Fire Prevention,' Sections 010–150, read directly via Wayback Machine archive of the Town's now-defunct myaultgov.org portal, captured 2022-12-05) establishes that 'the Code adopted in this chapter shall be enforced by the Chief of Police with the assistance of the Fire Chief and personnel of the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District' (Section 100, Ord. 424, 2005), and that the Chief of the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District has authority to modify provisions of the adopted Code (Section 130) and hears appeals before the Board of Trustees (Section 140) — but the recovered chapter text never names the specific fire-code title or edition being enforced; the District's own live 2018 IFC statement is treated as the current, authoritative answer; Building-permit-side fire protection plans (stamped by a Colorado-licensed engineer) are required as part of the applicable SAFEbuilt submittal packet whenever a sprinkler system is part of a project's design — already documented in this file's residential-building-permit entry; for restaurants/commercial kitchens specifically, a fire sprinkler system is required if the establishment serves liquor and exceeds 5,000 sq ft — already documented in this file's commercial-tenant-improvement entry; No standalone fire-sprinkler or fire-alarm permit application, checklist, or fee schedule was found published by either the Town of Ault or the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District as of this research pass (2026-08-13) — confirmed by walking the Town's Forms & Permits directory (Building, ROW, Fence, Special Event, Sign, Business & Sales Tax, Contractor, Home-Based Business, Marijuana, Mobile Vendor — no fire-system-specific entry) and the District's own site navigation (About, Board, Contact Us, Plan Reviews & Fire Inspection, Burning Instructions, Address Signs, Car Seat Checks — no sprinkler/alarm-specific page); Contact the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District directly (970-834-2848, info@aultpiercefire.org) to begin any fire sprinkler or fire alarm system plan review; contact SAFEbuilt/Town Hall (970-834-2844) separately for the accompanying Building Permit if the sprinkler/alarm work is part of new construction or a remodel. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 before starting work.

Ault does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Building Permit Application (fire protection plans as applicable). Depending on your project, Ault may also ask for: None published specifically for fire sprinkler/alarm systems by the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Ault requires 2 inspection(s) for a fire sprinkler and fire alarm system permit, in order: Fire District Plan Review, Fire Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) (970-834-2844).

Apply through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 201 1st Street, PO Box 1098, Ault, CO 80610. Phone: 970-834-2844, email: info@aultcolorado.gov. Office hours: Town Hall does not publish specific daily office hours on its Contact Us or Building Permits pages as of this review; the Town's public-works page separately states Public Works operates 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (except holidays), and the site-wide holiday-closure banner implies a standard 9:00 a.m. reopening time, but neither is confirmed as the Building Department's specific window. Call 970-834-2844 to confirm hours before visiting in person.. Official information: https://www.aultcolorado.gov/buildingpermits.

Ault, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — per the '2026 SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List' (Town of Ault Building Permits page, Helpful/Residential resource): 'All submittal information must comply with the 2024 I-codes and the 2023 NEC.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — per the SAFEbuilt 'New Commercial Plan Submittal Procedure' and 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' documents on the Town of Ault Building Permits page, both headed '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES.'; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — required compliance documentation (ResCheck or energy rating report) explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List; commercial submittal procedures likewise require 'Documentation showing compliance with the 2024 IECC.'; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List ('...and the 2023 NEC').; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) / International Plumbing Code (IPC) — inferred from the SAFEbuilt submittal procedures' consistent requirement of 'Mechanical/Plumbing Plans' stamped by a Colorado-licensed engineer, cross-referenced against the same '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES' heading used for the IBC/IECC citation on the same documents; not independently named by edition number in the source text, so carried at 'partial' confidence for the specific IMC/IPC edition number. 2026-07-23 re-chase: the Town's own codified Municipal Code (Title 15 Ch.04, Sections 030/060), recovered via Wayback Machine archive of the now-defunct myaultgov.org portal (Sec. 030 Mechanical captured 2022-12-05: 'International Mechanical Code, 2018 Edition'; Sec. 060 Plumbing captured 2022-12-05: 'International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition'), shows both trade codes were LAST codified at pre-2024 editions — older than, and in unresolved tension with, SAFEbuilt's current 2024-I-code submittal language; no live, currently-hosted Municipal Code exists to confirm whether these sections have since been amended to 2024 editions, so the specific currently-governing IMC/IPC edition numbers remain genuinely unconfirmed and are NOT asserted as '2024' anywhere in this file.; 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC), Table 1-A — still the operative VALUATION-BASED FEE TABLE per the Town's 'Building Permit Fee Schedule' (Exhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services, a SAFEbuilt consultant-services fee exhibit posted on the Town's Building Permits resource list, last modified 5/19/24). This is a fee-calculation table, not a life-safety code edition, and is retained purely because it is the Town's actual current, published fee mechanism — it does not indicate the Town is still enforcing 1997 UBC life-safety provisions, which are superseded by the 2024 I-codes cited above.; No separate Ault-specific building-code-adoption ordinance was found published online: the Town of Ault Municipal Code page (aultcolorado.gov/MuniCode) states 'A Copy of the Ault Municipal Code is Available Upon Request' and is not hosted on Municode/eCode360 or any other public code-hosting platform; the Town's online Document Archive 'Ordinances' folder contains only a 'Non-Certified Copy of 2024 Model Traffic Code' (unrelated to building codes). The SAFEbuilt submittal-requirement documents (which explicitly compel 2024 I-code / 2023 NEC compliance and are hosted directly on the Town's own Building Permits page) are therefore treated as the governing, currently-operative code-adoption source for this file, consistent with SAFEbuilt Colorado being Ault's contracted building official/plan-review/inspection provider (per Exhibit B of the Town-SAFEbuilt consultant services agreement).. Local amendments apply — see the Ault overview page for the full list.

No standalone Town-issued fire sprinkler/alarm permit was found. Fire and EMS service in Ault is provided by the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District, a separate special district, which independently reviews fire protection plans under the 2018 International Fire Code. Building-permit-side fire protection plans are submitted through the ordinary SAFEbuilt-administered Town Building Permit when a sprinkler system is part of a project's design.

The 2018 International Fire Code, per the Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District's own live website, which states plan reviews are typically completed within about one week (not a guaranteed timeline — more time may be required).