TEANECK FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION
1231 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
(201)808-8080 Ext. 5200 - Fax (201)837-4801
FIRE SAFETY PERMIT APPLICATION
The NJ Uniform Fire Code states:
"Permits shall be required, and obtained from the local enforcing agency for the activities specified in this section, except where they are an integral part
of a process or activity by reason of which a use is required to be registered and regulated as a life hazard use. Permits shall at all times be kept in the premises designated therein and
shall at all times be subject to inspection by the Fire Marshal." [N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.7(a)]
DATE OF APPLICATION: _________________________ REGISTRATION #: _____________________________
PROPERTY INFORMATION APPLICANT INFORMATION
NAME OF BUSINESS/PREMISES: NAME:
ADDRESS: ________________________________________ ADDRESS: ______________________________________
TEANECK, NEW JERSEY 07666
PHONE NUMBER: PHONE NUMBER:
Permit requested for the following dates: __________________________________ Permit requested for one year term: ______________
NOTE: Attach additional signed sheets if more space is needed.
The above applicant hereby requests permission to conduct the following activity at the above location:
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And/or for the storage, occupancy, use, sale, handling, or the manufacturing of the following:
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State the quantities and method for each category to be stored or used:
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I hereby acknowledge that I have read this application, that the information given is correct, and that I am the owner, or duly authorized to act
in the owner’s behalf and as such hereby agree to comply with the applicable requirements of the fire code as well as any specific conditions
imposed by the fire official.
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Applicant’s Signature Title Date
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Permit type: _________ Permit Fee: _________ Permit Number: _________
Fire Official Signature: _______________________________________________
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR PERMIT TYPES AND FEES
PERMIT TYPES AND FEES
Type 1 Permit - $ 54.00
1. Bonfires;
2. The use of a torch or flame-producing device to remove paint from, or seal membrane roofs on, any building or structure;
3. The occasional use of any non-residential occupancy other than Use Groups F, H or S for group overnight stays of persons over 2-1/2 years of
age, in accorandance with section F-709.0 of the Fire Prevention Code;
4. Individual portable kiosks or displays when erected in a covered mall for a period of less than 90 days, and when not covered by a Type 2 permit;
5. The use of any open flame or flame producing device, in connection with any public gathering, for purposes of entertainment, amusement, or
recreation;
6. Welding and cutting operations except where the welding and cutting is performed in areas approved for welding and is registered as a type B Life
Hazard use;
7. The possession or use of explosives or blasting agents, other than model rocketry engines regulated under N.J.A.C. 12:194;
8. The use of any open flame or flame-producing device in connection with the training of non-fire service personnel in fire suppression or
extinguishment procedures;
9. The occasional use in any building of a multipurpose room, with a maximum permitted occupancy of 100 or more for amusement, entertainment or
mercantile type purposes.
10. The storage or handling of class I flammable liquids in closed containers of aggregate amounts of more than 10 gallons, but not more than 660
gallons inside a building, or more than 60 gallons, but not more than 660 gallons outside a building.
11. The storage or handling of class II or IIIA combustible liquids in closed containers of aggregate amounts of more than 25 gallons, but not more
than 660 gallons inside a building, or more than 60 gallons, but not more than 660 gallons outside a building.
12. Any permanent cooking operation that requires a suppression system in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:70-4.7(g) and is not defined as a life hazard
use in accordance with N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.4.
13. The use as a place of public assembly, for a total of not more than 15 days in a calendar year, of a building classified as a commercial farm
building under the Uniform Construction Code.
Type 2 Permit - $214.00
1. Bowling lane resurfacing and bowling pin refinishing involving the use and application of flammable liquids or materials;
2. Fumigation or thermal insecticide fogging;
3. Carnivals and circuses employing mobile structure used for human occupancy;
4. The use of a covered mall in any of the following manners:
(a) Placing or constructing temporary kiosks, display booths, concession equipment or the like in more than 25 percent of the common area of the
mall;
(b) Temporarily using the mall as a place of assembly;
(c) Using open flame or flame devices;
(d) Displaying liquid or gas fueled powered equipment; or
(e) Using liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas, and compressed flammable gas in containers exceeding 5 pound capacity.
5. Storage outside of buildings of LP-gas cylinders when a part of a cylinder exchange program.
Type 3 Permit - 427.00
1. Industrial processing ovens or furnaces operating at approximately atmospheric pressure and temperature not exceeding 1400 degrees Fahrenheit
which are heated with oil and gas fuel or which contain flammable vapors from the product being processed;
2. Any wrecking yard or junk yard; or
3. The storage or discharge of fireworks.
Type 4 Permit - $641.00
1. Storage or use at normal temperature and pressure or more than 2000 cubic feet of flammable compressed gas or 6000 cubic feet or non-
flammable compressed gas;
2. The production or sale of cryogenic liquids; the storage or use of more than 10 gallons of liquid oxygen, flammable cryogenic liquids or cryogenic
oxidizers; or the storage of more than 500 gallons of non-flammable, nontoxic, cryogenic liquids;
3. The storage, handling, and processing of flammable, combustible, and unstable liquids in closed containers and portable tanks in aggregate
amounts of more than 660 gallons;
4. To store or handle (except medicines, beverages, foodstuffs, cosmetics, and other common consumer items, when packaged according to
commonly accepted practices):
(a) More than 55 gallons of corrosive liquids;
(b) More than 500 pounds of oxidizing materials;
(c) More than 10 pounds of organic peroxides;
(d) More than 500 pounds of nitromethane;
(e) More than 1000 pounds of ammonium nitrate;
(f) More than one microcurie of radium not contained in a sealed source;
(g) More then one millicurie of radium or other radiation material in a sealed source or sources;
(h) Any amount of radioactive material for which the specific license from the Nuclear Regulator Commission is required; or
(i) More than 10 pounds of flammable solids.
5. The melting, casting, heating, treating, machining or grinding of more than 10 pounds of magnesium per working day; or
Type 5 Permit - $1,380.00
1. Reserved.
