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Harris County Fire Marshal
2318 Atascocita Rd.
Humble, TX 77396
phone: 281-436-8000
fax: 281-436-8005
email:
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Public Schools
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New Construction
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Existing Facilities
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Reports
Public School Checklist (abridged)
Public School Inspection Checklist
Definition
Public Schools provide education up to 12th grade.
The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office performs annual inspections of all public schools
in the unincorporated areas of Harris County (outside the city limits) and do not need to apply for an inspection. If your public school has not been inspected within the last year, please
notify us
. The following applies to hospitals and nursing homes in Harris County but outside city limits. To find out if you are in unincorporated Harris County (our jurisdiction) use our
online jurisdiction lookup
.
Results
Public School inspection results can now be obtained through the Fire Marshal's
Records Search
feature. For summary information on the HCFMO Safe Schools Inspection Program please visit our
reports and statistics
page.
To view all public school inspections in a specific district, please select one of the links below:
Aldine ISD
Alief ISD
Channelview ISD
Clear Creek ISD
Crosby ISD
Cy-Fair ISD
Galena Park ISD
Goose Creek ISD
Harris County Department of Education
Huffman ISD
Humble ISD
Katy ISD
Klein ISD
Sheldon ISD
Spring ISD
Tomball ISD
Waller ISD
New Construction
All new construction of public schools in the unincorporated areas of Harris County requires a building permit. Click here to
obtain a building permit
.
Existing Facilities
To qualify as an existing facility, you must meet ALL of the following criteria:
Your facility must have been built before 1/1/2005.
Your facility must have been in continuing operation
as a public school
since 1/1/2005.
You must have been inspected by the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office within the last year. Inspections by a different department or jurisdiction will not be substituted.
If you do NOT meet all of the above criteria, you must
obtain a building permit
.
If you DO meet all of the above criteria, please do the following to receive your inspection:
Download the
public school checklist
and the
abridged public school checklist
to make sure you are compliant.
View the
fee schedule
.
Fill out a
fire inspection application
.
Send the completed inspection application to the address on the application along with one of the following forms of payment payable to the Harris County Fire Marshal's Office:
Cash
Money Order
Cashier's Check
Wait for a fire inspector to contact you (usually 2-4 weeks).
Reports
At the end of each school year, the Fire Marshal creates
analytical reports
analyzing the public school inspection program. To download one of these reports, please visit our
reports and statistics
page.
.