Miami inspection checklist
Miami restaurant fire inspection checklist
Miami, FL restaurant fire inspection checklist: hood reports, extinguisher records, egress checks, and the proof to stage before the next visit.
Hood Cleaning
Fire Inspection
Authority Guidance
Local fire office
Rule holder: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fire Prevention
Miami operators often search by city name, but Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fire Prevention is the office that sets the local inspection preparation rules on this page.
Open reminder plan
Review hood requirements
Next inspection window
Prep the next inspection window
Local inspectors can confirm preferred staging order before an access check.
Authority
Current Miami-Dade fire permit or fire municipal number and the related inspection-ready permit records.
Proof on site
Current Miami-Dade fire permit or fire municipal number and the related inspection-ready permit records.
Likely fail trigger
The site cannot produce permit, inspection, or occupancy records for hood-related work during inspection.
Next action
Stage every required record in one binder or digital packet that staff can reach quickly.
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Stage every required record in one binder or digital packet that staff can reach quickly.
Start with the next move below, then use the checklist and binder sections to close gaps before the inspection window opens.
First move
Stage every required record in one binder or digital packet that staff can reach quickly.
Stage this proof
Current Miami-Dade fire permit or fire municipal number and the related inspection-ready permit records.
Potential fines & closures
Potential fines & closures
- The site cannot produce permit, inspection, or occupancy records for hood-related work during inspection.
- Required final approvals have not been obtained before the operator tries to open or occupy the space.
- Reinspection fees or prior inspection issues block the next inspection request.
- The grease trap or interceptor log and receipts are missing even though the facility holds a FOG permit.
Authority reminder
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fire Prevention (Fire AHJ)
The service CTA appears after the checklist because the product resolves the compliance state before it offers routing.
Primary source
Fire Inspections
Miami-Dade says fire inspections must be requested with the county permit or fire municipal number, inspections should be scheduled the day prior before 4 p.m., and requests may be cancelled if reinspection fees are due.
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Records Binder
Required final approvals have not been obtained before the operator tries to open or occupy the space.
Resolve this before the inspection day to avoid follow-up notices.
Reinspection fees or prior inspection issues block the next inspection request.
Resolve this before the inspection day to avoid follow-up notices.
The grease trap or interceptor log and receipts are missing even though the facility holds a FOG permit.
Resolve this before the inspection day to avoid follow-up notices.
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Electrical Safety
Current Miami-Dade fire permit or fire municipal number and the related inspection-ready permit records.
Stage this with the rest of the binder before inspection day.
Mechanical permit paperwork and passed hood-related building inspection records for the kitchen project.
Stage this with the rest of the binder before inspection day.
Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Use support records showing all required final inspections have been approved before opening.
Stage this with the rest of the binder before inspection day.
FOG operating permit records, the grease trap maintenance log, and three years of pump-out or maintenance receipts if the kitchen generates grease-laden wastewater.
Stage this with the rest of the binder before inspection day.
The site cannot produce permit, inspection, or occupancy records for hood-related work during inspection.
Resolve this before the inspection day to avoid follow-up notices.
Records to stage
Records binder
- Current Miami-Dade fire permit or fire municipal number and the related inspection-ready permit records.
- Mechanical permit paperwork and passed hood-related building inspection records for the kitchen project.
- Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Use support records showing all required final inspections have been approved before opening.
- FOG operating permit records, the grease trap maintenance log, and three years of pump-out or maintenance receipts if the kitchen generates grease-laden wastewater.
Centralized digital & physical archive
Need to close a paperwork gap before inspection?
Start from the hood route if the missing item is a report, tag, or system service record.
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Official sources for this page
Last verified: 2026-04-07
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Miami-Dade says fire inspections must be requested with the county permit or fire municipal number, inspections should be scheduled the day prior before 4 p.m., and requests may be cancelled if reinspection fees are due.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue provides a Fire Prevention request form for inspections and complaints and tells applicants to call 786-331-4800 for additional fire prevention information.
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Miami-Dade says construction must be completed and all final inspections obtained prior to application for a Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Use, and the structure cannot fully open until those approvals are in place.
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Miami-Dade says the Building Official must be notified of the final inspection, and inspection requests can be scheduled one business day in advance through the county inspection system.
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Miami-Dade requires any non-residential facility that handles or processes food and can discharge FOG to the sanitary sewer to obtain and maintain a FOG Discharge Control operating permit, and the permit is renewed annually and is non-transferable.