Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm Permit — Unincorporated Rich County, Utah · Requirements sheet
Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source: https://firemarshal.utah.gov/applications-and-forms/
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Fire Sprinkler / Fire Alarm Permit in Unincorporated Rich County, Utah
Rich County does not publish its own fire-sprinkler or fire-alarm plan-review process, fee, or dedicated fire-code plan reviewer. The county's Fire Warden (Travis Hobbs) is a wildland-fire role tied to the Fire Hazard Severity Form used on building permit applications, not a structural fire-code Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). Randolph, Woodruff, and Laketown each maintain their own local volunteer fire department/district, but none was found to publish a fire-sprinkler or fire-alarm plan-review process or fee. Under Utah Code Title 15A Chapter 5 (State Fire Code Act, adopting the 2021 International Fire Code) and Utah Admin. Code R710-9-8, the 'authority having jurisdiction' for fire and life-safety plan review is the State Fire Marshal (SFM), an authorized deputy, or the local fire enforcement authority — but R710-9-8's SFM-review provisions are written primarily around state-owned buildings, schools, and (as a backstop) publicly-owned/institutional buildings, not an explicit blanket mandate over all private commercial construction in every county. Absent any documented Rich County or town-level fire-code plan-review authority, the SFM's statewide submittal process (Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form; Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form) is the most concrete, verifiable path located, but its applicability to a specific private Rich County project is not independently confirmed and should be verified directly with the SFM's Plan Review section before relying on it. Installation of the physical system also still requires the standard Rich County Building Permit, per the county's Ordinance for Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy (adopted 2025), Section 2.A, which requires a building permit for installation of any system 'regulated by this building codes.'
Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source
When you need this permit
- Automatic fire sprinkler system and/or fire alarm system installation, alteration, or replacement in a building within Rich County Building Department jurisdiction (unincorporated county land, or Randolph/Woodruff/Laketown after the town's zoning clearance)
- Underlying Rich County Building Permit from the Building Inspector for the work, per the county's Ordinance for Building Permits and Certificates of Occupancy (adopted 2025), Section 2.A
- Fire sprinkler plans submitted to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office for plan review (Automatic Fire Sprinkler Plan Submittal Form) — the practical fallback given no documented local fire-code AHJ with plan-review capacity in Rich County
- Fire alarm plans submitted to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office for plan review (Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form) — same fallback
- Water supply analysis (static pressure, residual pressure, flow in gpm) required for sprinkler submittals per Utah Admin. Code R710-4-5
- Compliance with the 2021 International Fire Code as adopted statewide (Utah Code Title 15A, Chapter 5, State Fire Code Act) and the NFPA standards incorporated with it
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Fee schedule
Review timeline
Inspection process
- 1
Water Supply / Flow Test Verification
Static pressure, residual pressure, and flow (gpm) data confirmed per Utah Admin. Code R710-4-5, required as part of the sprinkler plan submittal to the State Fire Marshal's Office.
- 2
Final Building Inspection (Rich County)
The sprinkler/alarm installation must pass the Rich County Building Inspector's standard final inspection under the underlying building permit before a certificate of occupancy is issued.
See the full Unincorporated Rich County inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →
Tips
- No dedicated Rich County fire-code Authority Having Jurisdiction was located. The county's Fire Warden position (Travis Hobbs) is a wildland-fire role tied to the Fire Hazard Severity Form on building permit applications, not a structural fire-suppression/alarm plan reviewer.
- Randolph, Woodruff, and Laketown each maintain their own local volunteer fire department, but none publishes a fire-sprinkler or fire-alarm plan-review process or fee — contact the relevant town fire department directly to confirm whether it performs any local review before relying solely on the state process.
- Given the absence of a documented local fire enforcement authority with plan-review capacity, the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office statewide submittal process ($0.022/sq ft, $75 minimum, planreviews@utah.gov, (801) 256-2390) is the most concrete path found — but confirm applicability to your specific project with the SFM's Plan Review section, since its own rules focus primarily on state-owned, school, and public/institutional buildings.
- The underlying Rich County Building Permit is still required for the physical installation, separate from any state fire plan review, per Ordinance Section 2.A.
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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 Unincorporated Rich County building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.
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