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The named service needs both checks
The city guidance calls for a business licence and each service person’s licence for the named fire-prevention equipment service. Individual applications also need the Indianapolis Fire Department’s certification stamp. The linked forms concern fire-extinguisher servicing, not automatic permission for alarms, sprinklers, sales, installation or every maintenance task.
The company and individual applications identify the actual local business and associated person. Brand training or the overseas parent’s licence does not establish those permissions. The published forms remain marked October 2023, but the city’s January 2026 schedule now independently lists the fire-prevention/service-person fee at $207; both linked applications show $207. This verifies the stated category fee, not the actual applicant’s entitlement or licence duration.
The city’s general application instructions allow mailing the application with a check payable to the City of Indianapolis. After the application and fees are received, an inspection is completed if required, followed by an operating licence or denial letter. Submitting or paying is not permission to dispatch the technician.
If the workshop also has construction work
The signed 2026 city/county letter says it does not currently issue a Certificate of Occupancy. For covered construction it describes the permit holder’s Certificate of Completion and Compliance within 14 days after completion AND before occupancy or use. Those are both conditions, not 14 days in which opening is allowed.
A stated structural-permit exception depends on a registered architect or engineer properly filing the specified certificate. The separate fee trigger 30 days after permit expiry is not an opening grace period. Check whether the actual parcel is in the consolidated jurisdiction or an excluded municipality.
Scope
- Published administrative instructions, the currently linked October 2023 applications and the January 2026 fee schedule are reviewed. Current ordinance scope, licence duration/renewal conditions, insurance/storage/environmental requirements and work outside Indianapolis remain unchecked.
- The premises letter concerns 2026; the actual permit exception and excluded-municipality boundary remain unresolved.
Next step
Confirm the correct company permission and each proposed technician’s certification/licence before offering the named extinguisher service.
Sources & review notes
City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Fire prevention businesses and service people
The business and each service person must hold a license.
Official page https://www.indy.gov/activity/business-licenses is rendered from this public CMS master endpoint, identified in its own linked application bundle. Retrieved published content without authentication, draft mode or authoring access. Relevant general instructions and fire-prevention section read. Independent company/person applications linked from that section were read; do not extend this to all maintenance or fire-alarm work.
City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Company application pages 1–2
FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE COMPANY LICENSE
Current official Business Licenses page links this PDF, marked Last Modified 10/2023. Fields identify the applicant, business legal status, officers/partners, registered agent and authorized signer. Current fee/term must be reconfirmed; a printed 2023 amount is not a 2026 price quote.
City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Individual application
FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE PERSON LICENSE
Current official Business Licenses page links this PDF, marked Last Modified 10/2023. Separate individual application ties the person to the business. The live page requires Indianapolis Fire Department stamping for certification; the downloaded form alone does not establish that certification or an issued license. No current fee/term inferred.
City of Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · 2026 letter; permit-holder Certificate of Completion and Compliance
does not currently issue a Certificate of Occupancy
Full signed official letter read. Header covers January 1–December 31, 2026; source page https://www.indy.gov/activity/certificate-of-occupancy links this version. Describes permit-holder completion/compliance filing within 14 days after covered construction and before occupancy/use, and architect/engineer structural-permit exception. A separate 30 days-after-expiry administrative-fee statement is not an opening grace period. Excluded municipality jurisdiction not resolved; header range is applicability, not an identified publication date.
City of Indianapolis, Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Passage, dates and research notes
official-fee-schedule · XLSX Licenses worksheet, E22/F22; worksheet date header
Fire Prevention and Service Persons License Fee
Downloaded actual official XLSX (HTTP200, 33,629 bytes), not PDF. Decoded all worksheet cells with standard ZIP/XML; Licenses sheet E22 names category and F22 is207. Retained cell-level audit indy-fees-2026-decoded.json. Header says As of 1.5.2026. Current city fee page says effectiveJanuary5,2026 and business-licence fees unchanged. No duration, universal complete charge, pro-rating or eligibility inferred from this row.
City of Indianapolis, published public CMS
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Published activity license-and-permit-fees: full description and fee-document link
Business license fees, zoning permits, and wrecking permits also remained the same.
Actual published public-city CMS response read for license-and-permit-fees. Complete fee-page narrative identifies January 5,2026 effective date, approval history and current document link. Other returned activity records not used to derive a term. Public corresponding route https://www.indy.gov/activity/license-and-permit-fees .
Detailed rule records (2)
The official business-license page says the business and each service person must hold a license and identifies Fire Department certification stamping for service persons. Linked forms separately identify the company/legal entity and the individual linked business. Confirm current category, certification and issued records before dispatch.
Business Licenses: fire prevention businesses and service people Fire Extinguisher Service Company License application Fire Extinguisher Service Person License application Indianapolis DBNS fee schedule as of 5 January 2026: licenses Indianapolis current fee page: January 2026 schedule and unchanged business-license feesThe official 2026 letter says the city/county does not currently issue a Certificate of Occupancy and describes the permit holder’s Certificate of Completion and Compliance within 14 days after covered construction and before occupancy/use. It states a structural-permit exception when a registered architect/engineer properly files the specified certificate.
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