Fire Department

Madison General Ordinance (MGO) – 34 & the International Fire Code (IFC) requires the following licenses (permits).

• Aerosol Products - Permit to manufacture, store or handle

• Amusement Buildings - operation
• Assembly, Places of - operation
• Aviation Buildings
• Burning Permits:
  • General Burning Permit Application
  • Natural Lawn and Prairie Restoration Burn Permit Application
  • Natural Lawn and Prairie Restoration Burn Permit Application ONLINE APPLICATION
  • INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN: Outdoor and Open Burning Ordinance
  • INFORMACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL: Quema Abierta y Al Aire Libre
• Calculating Capacity for Outdoor Places Of Assembly Application
  • Handout: Calculating Capacity & Exiting for Outdoor Places of Assembly
• Cellulose Nitrate Film - Permit to store, handle or use
• Combustible Dust Producing Operation
• Combustible Fibers - Permit to store or handle
• Compressed Gases - Permit to store, use or handle
  • If other hazardous materials are on site: Hazardous Materials
• Covered Malls
• Cryogenic Fluids - Permit to produce, store, transport on site, use, handle or dispense
  • If other hazardous materials are on site: Hazardous Materials
• Cutting or Welding - Permit to conduct operations
• Dry Cleaning & Dry Dyeing
• Explosives - manufacture, storage, handling, sale or use of
• Fire Extinguisher Maintenance - an exam is also necessary
• Private Fire Hydrant Maintenance
• Fire Access and Hydrant Worksheet
  • Equivalency Guide for Code Deficient Fire Apparatus Access
• Fireworks, Retail Sales of
• Fireworks, Event Permit
• Fireworks Shooter Permit
• Flammable and Combustible Liquids - Permit to store, handle, or use
  • Hazardous Materials Storage Tanks
  • If other hazardous materials are on site: Hazardous Materials
• Garages, Repair or Service - operation
• HazMat 704 Signage
• Hazardous Materials
  • Hazardous Materials Worksheet
• Hazardous Production Materials (HPM) Facilities - Permit to store, handle or use hazardous production materials
• High-Piled Storage - Combustible
• High-Piled Storage - Plan Review
  • Supplemental Information
• Kitchen Hood Cleaning License (English
  • Solicitud de licencia para limpiar campanas de cocina (Kitchen Hood Cleaning License - Spanish)
• LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) - install
  • LPG Supplemental Information
• Lumberyards, Woodworking Plants, and Building Material Dealers - storage or processing of lumber
• Magnesium - Permit to melt, cast, heat treat, or grind
  • If other hazardous materials are on site: Hazardous Materials
• MFD Work Permit Application
  • MFD Work Permit Application ONLINE APPLICATION
  • Plan Submittal Checklist
• Organic Coating
  • If other hazardous materials are on site: Hazardous Materials
• Pyroxylin Plastics - Permit to store, handle, assemble or manufacture articles involving Pyroxylin plastics
• Spraying or Dipping - Permit to conduct a spraying or dipping operation utilizing flammable or combustible liquids or the application of combustible powders
• Storage of Scrap Tires, Tire Byproducts
• Storage Tank, containing flammable/combustible/hazardous liquid - removal or closure
  • Hazardous Materials Storage Tanks
• Temporary Membrane Structures (Tents, Canopies)
  • License Application
  • Notification of Operations
  • Compliance Guidelines
  • Fire Safety for Canopies and Cooking
• Waste Handling - operation of wrecking yards, junkyards and waste material-handling facilities
• Wood Products - store chips, hogged material, lumber or plywood