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Check by the fire department after works

Upon completion of building permit works, a fire department visit is required before use.

  1. Audience: Residents and businesses in Brussels
  2. Cost: Administrative cost: € 75 per file, Research costs: € 125 per hour, Extra m²: + € 1,50 per m²
  3. Duration: 20 minutes
  4. Documents: Stamped building plans, conformity certificates for electrical and gas installations, firefighting equipment, and structural components
  5. Mode: Digital
  6. Language: FR/NL

What are the different regulatory texts?

There are a significant number of texts enacted in the field of fire prevention, applicable in the Brussels-Capital Region. Most are listed below on the page Fire regulation.

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Article 193 of the the External linkCode Bruxellois de l'Aménagement du Territoire" (CoBAT).

As soon as the actions and works subject to a building permit are completed and prior to any use, the fire department will make a verification visit, which may or may not be concluded with a certificate of uniformity, unless it concerns actions and works that are exempted from it by the government.

To schedule a visit

The form can be sent to the fire department by mail, by e-mail or online. 

During the visit, the following documents must be kept at the disposal of the fire department:

  • the plans of the building permit application on the basis whereof the fire prevention application was submitted (stamped plans);
  • if applicable, the conformity certificates for electrical installations, for gas and for extinguishing agents and fire-fighting;
  • the conformity certificates and CE mark of the structural components: on the one hand for the reaction to fire of external walls, roofs, wall cladding materials, floors and ceilings, and on the other the fire resistance of fireproof doors, walls, suspended ceilings, floors, columns, beams. These conformity certificates must be delivered by the architect, contractor or building supervisor. These supporting documents must be included in the as-built file of the building and be made available on paper or in digital form. 

The request can be made by email or by post using the form for download below.

Submit an online request

Control check after works

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