Fire & Life Safety Inspections in Austin, TX
Redbird is based in Austin and works across the full city, from downtown high-rise and East Austin mixed-use to the office and industrial corridors along the north and northwest. This is our home market, which means short drive times and no travel surcharge for being on the far side of town.
Local authority
Austin Fire Department, Fire Marshal's Office
Commercial fire code enforcement inside the Austin city limits runs through the Austin Fire Department's Fire Marshal's Office, coordinated with Development Services for permitting and plan review on new work and remodels.
Austin is large enough that requirements for a downtown high-rise, a suburban strip center, and a warehouse look very different in practice even under the same code.
Austin building stock
- Downtown and Domain-area office towers with standpipes, fire pumps, and full alarm systems
- Dense multifamily across East Austin, Riverside, and the northern corridors
- Restaurants and mixed-use retail needing hood suppression on a semiannual cycle
- Warehouse and light industrial along the eastern and northern edges of the city
- Medical office and clinical space with clean agent protection in imaging and records areas
Every system, one vendor
- NFPA 10Fire Extinguisher Inspection & Recharge
- NFPA 72Fire Alarm Inspection & Testing
- NFPA 25Fire Sprinkler System Inspection (Wet & Dry)
- NFPA 101Emergency & Exit Lighting Inspection
- NFPA 96 / NFPA 17AKitchen Hood Suppression Inspection
- NFPA 25Backflow & Fire Pump Testing
- NFPA 2001 / NFPA 12Special-Hazard & Clean-Agent Suppression
Our office is at 6300 Bridge Point Pkwy in northwest Austin, off Loop 360. Most of the city is inside a reasonable drive, and same-day response on service requests applies here the same as anywhere else we work.
Straight answers
- Who enforces fire code for commercial buildings in Austin?
- Inside the city limits, the Austin Fire Department's Fire Marshal's Office handles commercial fire code enforcement, working with Development Services on permitting and plan review. Your building may also answer to a property insurer with its own inspection requirements.
- Do you cover all of Austin or just certain areas?
- All of it. We are based in northwest Austin off Loop 360 and work the entire city, including downtown, East Austin, South Austin, and the northern corridors. There is no zone we treat as out of range.
We'll take it from here.
Same-day response to every service request. Tell us what you need and a Redbird team member gets back to you the same business day.