Purpose
Being proactive in the community to prevent fires from occurring in the first place is a continuing mission for the City of Waukesha Fire Department. In order to administer various proactive programs, the fire department has created an inspection and prevention bureau.

Activities & Responsibilities
The Fire Prevention Bureau has many different responsibilities within the community. The Bureau's activities include:

• Administering a Juvenile Fire Setters Education (JFE) Program
• Conducting plan reviews for:
  • Automatic and manual fire alarm systems
  • Automatic non-water-based fire suppression systems
  • Building permits (handles the issuance of these as well)
  • Planning commission items
  • Sprinkler systems
  • Tank installations/removals
• Conducting follow-up inspections for previous routine inspections that yielded multiple violations, or violations that are of grave concern
• Conducting routine fire prevention inspections of all the industries, businesses, schools, parks, rooming houses, and community-based residential facilities that call the City of Waukesha their home
• Conducting occupancy inspections with the Building Department
• Giving fire safety speeches and presentations to community groups and individuals that request them.
• Investigating fires in conjunction with the Waukesha Police Department
• Overseeing the inspection of multi-family dwellings (anything more than 2 families)
• Researching, designing, implementing, administering, and reviewing various fire prevention education programs

More Information
Our Fire Prevention Bureau can be reached Monday through Friday, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 262-524-3648.