Cherokee County
Fire & Emergency Services
Fire & Emergency Services
This is not an all-inclusive list but this should be used as a guide for plan submittal.
The following is required by the Cherokee County Fire Marshal’s Office for plan submittal for commercial projects in Cherokee County:
This is for construction and possible change in use.
Please provide compliance and notes for the following on the plans according to the International Building Code (IBC code) and the Life Safety Code (LSC)
Provide the following:
o Firewall
o Fire barriers
o Fire partitions
o ETC...
A door schedule shall include the following:
o Rating of doors
o Fire hardware
o Panic devices
A Knox Box will be provided.
The FDC is not to be placed on the building.
A site plan indicating the location of the building.
What are the plans for?
Please indicate this on the plans.
For an addition or a remodel provide the following:
Provide Complete:
o Mechanical plans
o Plumbing plans
o Electrical plans
Include the following as needed:
Please verify all currents Georgia State Amendments
*These amendments to the State Minimum Standard Codes can be found at the GeorgiaDepartment of Community Affairs website. All listed amendments for each corresponding code are applicable.
Please complete and submit an Owner Information Certificate as required.
o The following plans have been reviewed by the Cherokee County Fire Marshal’s Office.
o The drawings were reviewed under the applicable laws adopted at the time.
o Every effort was made to ensure code compliance.
o Any code violations that were missed during the plan review are the owner's responsibility and must be corrected in order to receive final approval or a certificate of occupancy.
o The following are required, a pre-construction meeting, a 50%, 80%, and 100% inspection.
o Sprinkler pipes require a pipe check prior to the hanging of the sprinkler pipe, for welded pipe only.
o Site work needs a pre-construction meeting as well as underground inspections.
o Please call the Cherokee County Fire Marshal’s office at 678-493-6290or email [email protected] for pre-construction meetings and all inspections.
o This will be determined at the 80% inspection. If there is not proper radio coverage from the inside of the building, you will be required to comply with this section.
o The code is available on our website under 2018 IFC SECTION 510 EMERGENCY RESPONDER RADIO COVERAGE.
o The way the plans have been submitted the Cherokee County Fire Marshal’s Office has changed and the plans will now be submitted online through the https://cityview.cherokeega.com/cvprodportal/ under “apply for a building permit”.
The following are submitted to the DSC:
The way the plans have been submitted the Cherokee County Fire Marshal’s Office has changed and the plans will now be submitted online through the https://cityview.cherokeega.com/cvprodportal/ under “apply for a building permit”.