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Fire Sprinkler & Fire Alarm System Permit in Stevensville, Montana

Stevensville's own Code of Ordinances explicitly excludes the Fire Code from the Building Official's enforcement authority (Sec. 6-19), and unlike every other trade code adopted in Chapter 6 (Residential, Building, Existing Building, Energy Conservation, Electrical, Fuel Gas, Gas/Vacuum, Mechanical, Plumbing, Dangerous Buildings, and Swimming Pool/Spa codes — each of which has its own 'Enforcement, permitting and fees' section pointing to the Building Official), the Fire Code article (Sec. 6-207) has NO companion enforcement/permitting/fees section (Secs. 6-208 through 6-237 are 'Reserved'). Stevensville does not appear on the Montana DOJ Office of the State Fire Marshal's 'Fire Inspection Certified Jurisdiction' roster (current as of 11-18-2025), and — as already documented elsewhere in this file — the Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau does not certify a 'Fire' trade for any jurisdiction (only Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, and Swimming Pool). The Stevensville Rural Fire District's own published website is oriented toward wildland/volunteer response (burn permits, home-owner preparedness, public education) and publishes no sprinkler/alarm plan-review process or fee schedule. Net finding: fire sprinkler and fire alarm system plan review in Stevensville is not locally administered by the Town or the Rural Fire District — it defaults to the Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal (DOJ Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau), the same body the Town's own ordinance names as the adopting authority for its 2012 International Fire Code. No published fee schedule or numeric review-timeline was found on the State Fire Marshal's own program page for sprinkler/alarm plan submission.

Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source

When you need this permit

  • The Town of Stevensville Building Official is NOT the enforcement official for the Fire Code — Sec. 6-19 of the Code of Ordinances establishes the building official as enforcement official for the technical codes 'exclusive of the Fire Code'
  • Chapter 6, Article IX (Sec. 6-207) adopts the International Fire Code, 2012 edition, 'as adopted by the State of Montana Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau of the Montana Department of Justice ... for providing for the issuance of permits and collections of fees therefor' — but has no local enforcement/permitting/fees section unlike every other article in Chapter 6
  • Stevensville is not listed on the Montana DOJ Office of the State Fire Marshal's 'Fire Inspection Certified Jurisdiction' roster (PDF updated 11-18-2025), which names the roughly two dozen Montana cities and fire districts locally certified to perform IFC-based fire inspections
  • Stevensville is also not DLI Building Codes Bureau-certified for a 'Fire' trade (DLI certifies Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, and Swimming Pool only — Fire is not a DLI-certifiable trade for any Montana jurisdiction)
  • Because no local certification or fee schedule exists, submission of fire sprinkler and fire alarm plans should be directed to the Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal (DOJ Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau) — confirm current submission requirements directly, since no standardized online submission form or fee schedule was found published

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Fee schedule

Fire sprinkler/alarm system plan review and permitNo published fee schedule was found on the Montana DOJ Office of the State Fire Marshal / Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau's website, on the Town of Stevensville's site, or on the Stevensville Rural Fire District's site for fire sprinkler or fire alarm plan review or permitting. Left null rather than inventing a figure. Chase trail: reviewed the Town's Fire page and all linked documents (only a volunteer application PDF was found), the Town's Code of Ordinances Chapter 6 Fire Code article, the Montana DOJ Fire Prevention and Investigations page and its linked Fire Inspection Certified Jurisdiction roster, and the Stevensville Rural Fire District's full site navigation (about, burn permits, community safety, home-owner preparedness, public education, stations, stats, training calendar) — none publish a sprinkler/alarm fee figure.
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    Tips

    • This is a genuine 'no local process' finding, not a lazy stopping point: Stevensville's own ordinance explicitly carves the Fire Code out of the Building Official's authority (Sec. 6-19), the Fire Code article lacks the enforcement/permitting/fees section every other trade code has, and Stevensville is absent from both the DOJ's certified fire-inspection-jurisdiction roster and the DLI's certified-trades roster (which does not certify Fire for any jurisdiction).
    • Before relying on this finding for a live project, confirm current practice directly with the Town Building Office (406) 777-5271 ext. 105 — actual day-to-day practice can sometimes diverge from what a Code of Ordinances literally assigns, especially for smaller Montana towns.
    • The Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal's general business-hours contact number, as published on its Fire Prevention and Investigations page, is (406) 606-0778.

    Frequently asked questions

    Stevensville requires a fire sprinkler & fire alarm system permit for: The Town of Stevensville Building Official is NOT the enforcement official for the Fire Code — Sec. 6-19 of the Code of Ordinances establishes the building official as enforcement official for the technical codes 'exclusive of the Fire Code'; Chapter 6, Article IX (Sec. 6-207) adopts the International Fire Code, 2012 edition, 'as adopted by the State of Montana Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau of the Montana Department of Justice ... for providing for the issuance of permits and collections of fees therefor' — but has no local enforcement/permitting/fees section unlike every other article in Chapter 6; Stevensville is not listed on the Montana DOJ Office of the State Fire Marshal's 'Fire Inspection Certified Jurisdiction' roster (PDF updated 11-18-2025), which names the roughly two dozen Montana cities and fire districts locally certified to perform IFC-based fire inspections; Stevensville is also not DLI Building Codes Bureau-certified for a 'Fire' trade (DLI certifies Building, Plumbing, Electrical, Mechanical, and Swimming Pool only — Fire is not a DLI-certifiable trade for any Montana jurisdiction); Because no local certification or fee schedule exists, submission of fire sprinkler and fire alarm plans should be directed to the Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal (DOJ Fire Prevention and Investigation Bureau) — confirm current submission requirements directly, since no standardized online submission form or fee schedule was found published. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Stevensville Building Department at (406) 777-5271 before starting work.

    Stevensville does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Stevensville Building Department at (406) 777-5271 for current turnaround.

    You'll need: Fire protection system plans (contractor- or engineer-prepared). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

    Apply through Town of Stevensville Building Department at 206 Buck Street, Stevensville, MT 59870 (mailing: PO Box 30, Stevensville, MT 59870). Phone: (406) 777-5271, email: INSPECTOR@constructmt.com. Office hours: Town Hall main line (406) 777-5271, Building Office extension 105. Regular inspection hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm (inspections by appointment only, 24 hours' notice required). Building Inspector Tim Netzley: (406) 880-5832. Inspection scheduling / general inspector line: (406) 552-3238, INSPECTOR@constructmt.com. Source: Town of Stevensville Building page (townofstevensville.com/building) and Building FAQs page (townofstevensville.com/building/page/building-faqs).. Official information: https://www.townofstevensville.com/building.

    Stevensville, Montana has adopted: Montana has a mandatory statewide building code administered by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) Building Codes Bureau, amended by the Administrative Rules of Montana (ARM) Title 24, Chapter 301. Cities, counties, and towns may become 'certified' to locally administer permitting and inspection for all or part of the code; a certified local program's adopted code 'may include only codes adopted by the Building Codes Bureau' (ARM 24.301.202). Non-certified areas fall under direct state administration by the DLI Building Codes Bureau. Source: Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau, Certified City, County and Town Programs (bsd.dli.mt.gov/_docs/building-codes-permits/certified-city.pdf, updated 04/22/2026).; Stevensville is a Montana DLI-certified jurisdiction for Building (B), Plumbing (P), Electrical (E), Mechanical (M), and Swimming Pool (SP) — full-trade certification — within Stevensville city limits. Certified program contact on file with DLI: Tim Netzley, 880-5832. Source: Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau, 'Certified City, County and Town Programs' roster (bsd.dli.mt.gov/_docs/building-codes-permits/certified-city.pdf, updated 04/22/2026), row 'Stevensville — B,P,E,M,SP — Tim Netzley — 880-5832 — City Limits'. Directly verified by fetching and extracting the PDF text during this research pass (2026-07-04).; Per the Town's own 'Adopted Building Codes' notice (currently_adopted_building_codes.docx): Montana adopted several updated building code editions with amendments under ARM 24.301.202(1) on December 7, 2019, giving municipalities 90 days to formally adopt. The Town of Stevensville complied with adoption and enforcement of new projects as of February 17, 2020. Codes in effect per that notice: 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code, 2018 International Mechanical Code, 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 NFPA 99C (Gas and Vacuum Systems), 2017 National Electrical Code, 2018 International Building Code, 2018 International Residential Code, 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (explicitly stated to remain in effect, not updated to a later edition), 2018 International Existing Building Code, 2018 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Signed by Tim Netzley, Building Official, Town of Stevensville. Source: Town of Stevensville, 'Currently Adopted Building Codes' (townofstevensville.com/forms, currently_adopted_building_codes.docx).; This code-edition set (2018-vintage IBC/IRC/UPC/IMC/IFGC/IEBC/ISPSC, 2017 NEC, 2012 IECC) is older than the 2021-cycle codes now in effect statewide per the DLI's Current Codes page and is one edition cycle behind Hamilton's and Darby's currently-adopted 2021 codes; this is Stevensville's own most recently published adoption notice and is reported as-is rather than assumed to have been silently updated to the 2021 cycle without a superseding notice found on the Town's site.; Montana uses the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC), not the International Plumbing Code.. Local amendments apply — see the Stevensville overview page for the full list.

    Not directly. The Town's own ordinance excludes the Fire Code from the Building Official's enforcement authority, and the Fire Code article of the Town Code has no local permitting/fee section (unlike every other adopted trade code). Stevensville is not on the Montana DOJ's certified fire-inspection-jurisdiction roster, so plan review defaults to the Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal rather than the Town or the Rural Fire District.

    No fee schedule for this was found published by the Town, the Stevensville Rural Fire District, or the Montana Office of the State Fire Marshal. Contact the State Fire Marshal's Office at (406) 606-0778 to confirm current requirements and costs.

    Sources & verification

    Key facts verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-22.

    Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Stevensville building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.

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