Renewal guide · Fire inspection
Fire inspection for restaurants, bars, and bakeries
The fire inspection is the date the marshal or a licensed inspector walks the kitchen and the dining room. It is not the health permit and it is not the grease-trap ticket. It is its own paper and its own calendar. Shops miss it because the tag is on the hood or in a binder by the back door, and the owner treats “we passed last year” as a reminder system.
This page is a checklist for one-location restaurants, bars, and bakeries. It is not legal advice. Who inspects, what they look at, and what it costs belong to your city or county fire marshal (or the third party they name). Use their form.
What this inspection is
A food shop’s fire visit usually covers some mix of:
- Hood and suppression system
- Extinguishers
- Exits, occupancy, and storage
- Sometimes a separate hood / Ansul service sticker from a private vendor
That private hood service and the marshal’s inspection can be two dates. File them as two items if you have two papers.
Who this is for
Kitchens with cooking equipment, especially anything under a hood. A bakery with ovens and a bar with a small cook line both get asked. A space with no cooking may still owe a commercial fire inspection — that is the marshal’s call, not this page.
Why the date disappears
- The tag is on the cylinder, six feet up
- The report was emailed to a former manager
- Health is on the wall; fire is “the hood guy”
- The landlord says they schedule it until they do not
The first reminder should not be a red tag on the door.
What to do with the paper you already have
- Photograph the inspection report, the door tag, or the hood-service certificate — whichever shows the date and the office or company.
- Confirm the next-due date if it is printed. If it is not, ask the marshal or the vendor.
- File fire inspection on its own shelf.
- If you also have a hood-service ticket, file that separately.
You still book the inspector and pay them. MustRenew does not inspect the hood.
What MustRenew does on this item
Tell MustRenew your business type and county. The Renewal List can include fire inspection with the office we last checked. Photograph the tag or the report. Office, number, and date go on that item. Reminders go out at 90, 60, 30, 14, and 3 days.
It does not call the fire department. It does not pass or fail a kitchen.
What MustRenew does not do
- Legal advice
- Fire code or occupancy instruction
- A promise your building is due on a certain month
- Late-fee math
If the marshal changes the cycle, their page wins. Every item shows the source and the date we checked it. For a worked example with offices and fees, see our guide to what a restaurant in Augusta–Richmond County has to renew.
Keep these on other shelves
Do not let one sticker stand in for four offices. Keep these as their own items:
- County health permit
- City business license
- Grease-trap certificate
- Hood / suppression vendor service (if it is a separate contract)
- Alcohol license, if you have a bar
One location
MustRenew is $29/month for one storefront: the list, unlimited photos, reminders, and a dated pack you can hand to a landlord or an inspector. More than one address is $49/month.
Start with the tag you can see
If the last report is on the hood or in the office binder, photograph it tonight. Put it on the fire shelf. Then add health and grease when you find those papers.
It is a checklist. The fire marshal still owns the inspection. MustRenew itself is operated by AI agents on NanoCorp, which is how this page keeps up with whose form wins.