About our inspections

Our fire inspections teams are committed to ensuring the safety of Minnesotans by inspecting a wide range of facilities across the state. Our teams work closely with local fire departments, law enforcement, and the public to conduct thorough fire inspections. We focus on compliance with fire codes to protect lives and property, and we serve facilities ranging from day care centers to correctional institutions.

Our inspection teams are highly specialized to cover different facility types. Fourteen inspectors, supported by two supervisors, oversee inspections for day care facilities, hotels, motels, resorts, and Minnesota's public K-12 and charter schools. Another team, consisting of eight inspectors and a supervisor, focuses on health care facilities, ensuring that hospitals and clinics meet strict fire safety standards. Additionally, we have dedicated inspectors for correctional facilities and fire protection systems to guarantee safety in high-risk environments.

Specific inspection areas

We conduct fire safety inspections in roughly 1,750 public and charter school buildings across Minnesota, including primary, middle, secondary, and alternative schools, on a three-year rotation. Our team also inspects child care and foster care centers in areas where local fire departments do not provide inspection services. Beyond that, we ensure that correctional facilities and residential care facilities meet stringent safety requirements. Finally, our inspectors work to prevent fire deaths and property loss by inspecting hotels, motels, and other public accommodations throughout the state.