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Fire Alarm System Permit in Richfield, Utah

Richfield City does not publish its own fire-alarm-specific permit application, checklist, or fee: no mention of 'fire alarm,' 'fire suppression,' or 'fire marshal' appears on richfieldut.gov's Forms & Applications or Frequently Asked Questions pages, and the city's 2021 Plan Review and Building Inspection Services RFP does not mention fire alarm systems or the State Fire Marshal anywhere in its scope of work (checked live 2026-07-22). As with fire sprinkler systems, installation or modification of a fire alarm system in Richfield requires (1) a Building Permit from Richfield City's Building Department under the general trigger for electrical/mechanical work documented in the residential-building-permit entry of this file, and (2) direct plan-review submittal to the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO), which publishes its own statewide 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form.' Under Utah Code § 15A-5-102(2), the AHJ for the State Fire Code is the State Fire Marshal, an authorized deputy, or the local fire enforcement authority; Richfield does not publish evidence of its own fire-marshal-level alarm plan-review function, so the SFMO's direct-submittal process is the governing, verifiable path documented here.

Reviewed 2026-07-22 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Installation, modification, or extension of a fire alarm and detection system at a residential or commercial property within Richfield City
  • Submittal of the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form' to planreviews@utah.gov / the SFMO office in Sandy, Utah, including a floor plan showing room size/use, occupancy type, project code analysis, locations of alarm-initiating and notification appliances, alarm control/trouble signaling equipment, annunciation, power connection, battery calculations, conductor sizing and voltage-drop calculations, and manufacturer cut sheets
  • A separate Building Permit from Richfield City's Building Department for the associated electrical/construction work, per the general Building Permit trigger language in Richfield's official FAQ
  • Fees must be paid to the State Fire Marshal's Office before plan review is released, per the SFMO's own submittal form

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Fee schedule

Utah State Fire Marshal's Office Fire Alarm Plan Review FeeQuoted directly from the SFMO's official 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form' (firemarshal.utah.gov, PDF, 2023D revision): 'SQUARE FT x .022$ = $ Note: Minimum fee is $75.' The form states 'Fees must be paid before plan review will be released.' Identical fee structure to the SFMO's fire-sprinkler submittal form. This is a statewide SFMO fee, not a Richfield-specific line item, because Richfield does not publish its own separate fire-alarm fee. A separate Richfield Building Permit fee would also apply to the associated construction, and that fee is unpublished per the residential-building-permit entry in this file.
Scope-of-work square footage x $0.022 per square foot, with a stated minimum fee of $75.00

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

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    Fire Alarm System Final Acceptance Test

    Post-installation testing/acceptance of the fire alarm and detection system, coordinated with the plan reviewer identified on the approved submittal (the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office, per this entry's sourcing). Richfield's own Building Inspector (435-896-6439) would separately inspect the associated electrical/construction work under the city's general Building Permit process.

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Tips

  • Richfield does not have its own published fire-alarm permit, fee, or plan-review process — the governing, independently-verifiable fee and submittal process is the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office's statewide 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form,' addressed to the SFMO in Sandy, Utah, not to Richfield City.
  • The fee formula is identical to the SFMO's fire-sprinkler submittal form: $0.022 per square foot of scope-of-work area, with a $75.00 minimum.
  • A separate Richfield Building Permit is still required for the underlying electrical/construction work per the city's general FAQ trigger language; that permit's own fee could not be independently verified, per the same DocHub-extraction gap documented for the residential-building-permit entry in this file.
  • As with the fire-sprinkler-permit entry in this file, Utah Code § 15A-5-102(2) allows the local fire enforcement authority to be the AHJ instead of the State Fire Marshal — Richfield's own materials show no evidence that Richfield's Fire Department has assumed this function locally, so the SFMO's direct-submittal process is treated as the governing path here rather than an assumption.

Frequently asked questions

Richfield requires a fire alarm system permit for: Installation, modification, or extension of a fire alarm and detection system at a residential or commercial property within Richfield City; Submittal of the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form' to planreviews@utah.gov / the SFMO office in Sandy, Utah, including a floor plan showing room size/use, occupancy type, project code analysis, locations of alarm-initiating and notification appliances, alarm control/trouble signaling equipment, annunciation, power connection, battery calculations, conductor sizing and voltage-drop calculations, and manufacturer cut sheets; A separate Building Permit from Richfield City's Building Department for the associated electrical/construction work, per the general Building Permit trigger language in Richfield's official FAQ; Fees must be paid to the State Fire Marshal's Office before plan review is released, per the SFMO's own submittal form. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at (435) 896-6439 before starting work.

Per the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office's own Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form, the fee is the scope-of-work square footage multiplied by $0.022 per square foot, with a stated minimum fee of $75.00. Fees must be paid before the plan review is released.

Richfield does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at (435) 896-6439 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form (Utah State Fire Marshal's Office); Large/Small Building Permit Application (CityInspect / DocHub). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Richfield requires 1 inspection(s) for a fire alarm system permit, in order: Fire Alarm System Final Acceptance Test. Schedule each through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department ((435) 896-6439).

Apply through Richfield City Building and Zoning Department at 75 East Center Street (basement level), Richfield, UT 84701. Phone: (435) 896-6439. Office hours: Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Official information: https://richfieldut.gov/forms-applications/.

Richfield, Utah has adopted: 2024 International Building Code (IBC), including Appendices C and J — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026 under the Utah Uniform Building Standard Act (Utah Code Title 15A); Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(a). Richfield, as a Utah municipality, is bound to the statewide State Construction Code per Utah Code § 15A-2-103 and does not separately codify its own edition (its own FAQ/Forms pages, live-checked 2026-07-16, do not state any code edition at all); 2021 International Residential Code (IRC) — REMAINS CURRENT statewide code; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(b) did not change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment (consistent with the same statewide code confirmed on Murray City's official Building Division page, though Murray's own page has separately been found to contradict itself elsewhere — not relied on here beyond the general statewide-cycle confirmation); Appendix AQ of the 2021 IRC — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(c); Richfield does not separately itemize this, added here per statute; 2024 International Plumbing Code (IPC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(d); 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(e); 2024 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(f); not itemized in Richfield's own materials (which cite only the statewide statute generally), added here per statute since this file had previously omitted it entirely; 2024 International Existing Building Code (IEBC) — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(i); 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Utah amendments, single unsplit statewide edition — CURRENT statewide code as of 7/1/2026; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(h); Residential provisions of the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) — statewide per Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(n); not itemized in Richfield's own materials, added here per statute since this file had previously omitted it entirely; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — current statewide electrical code; Utah Code § 15A-2-103(1)(g) did NOT change this edition in the 7/1/2026 amendment; NOTE (2026-07-16 re-verification): The Utah Code § 15A-2-103 version effective 7/1/2026 (superseded 1/1/2027) took effect 15 days before this re-verification. This entry previously described the 2024-cycle codes in future tense ('takes effect July 1, 2026'); that date has now passed, so IBC/IPC/IMC/IFGC/IECC/IEBC/residential ISPSC are now stated as CURRENT (2024/2024/2024/2024/2024/2024/2024), while IRC (2021) and NEC (2023) remain unchanged and were already correctly stated. Richfield publishes no city-specific code-edition page (its FAQ and Forms & Applications pages, live-checked 2026-07-16, do not mention code editions at all), so this file continues to rely solely on the statewide statute rather than a lagging city page — there is no city-page conflict to record for Richfield.. Local amendments apply — see the Richfield overview page for the full list.

Richfield City does not publish its own fire-alarm plan-review process or fee. The Utah State Fire Marshal's Office (SFMO) publishes a statewide 'Fire Alarm Plan Review Submittal Form' for direct submittal to its Sandy, Utah office, and Richfield's own public records (FAQ, Forms & Applications, Contacts page, and its 2021 Plan Review RFP) show no separate local fire-marshal-level alarm review function. A separate Richfield Building Permit is also required for the underlying electrical work.

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