Fire safety, notification or permit

What is it?

For certain buildings, you must file a notification of fire-safe use. Additional fire safety requirements are then imposed on a building if necessary. These requirements prevent fires, fire hazards and accidents in the event of a fire. 

Report via Environment Counter

You can find out if you need to file a notification on the Environment Counter. Enter your address/location and search under activities on fire safety. This will take you to the activity 'Receiving or accommodating groups of people in a building or on a site'. If you need to file a notification, you can submit the notification through the Omgevingsloket. You must submit a notification at least 4 weeks before starting the activity.

What to do.

What should you provide with the notification?

In addition to the application form, you will need a floor plan and drawings. The floor plans and drawings must include the following information:

  • Scale indication;
  • Per floor:
    • The height of the floor above the measurement level (contiguous terrain);
    • Use area;
    • The maximum number of people;
  • By space:
    • Floor area;
    • The use case;
    • For rooms for more than 25 people, the highest occupancy of those rooms;
    • The arrangement of inventory and furnishing elements;
  • Indications of the location of (if any):
    • Fire and/or smoke resistant partition structures;
    • Escape routes;
    • Direction of rotation of doors referred to in Article 3.121 BBL; 
    • Self-closing doors as referred to in Article 3.123 BBL  
    • Door locks referred to in Articles 3.122 and 6.21 BBL  
    • Escape route signs;
    • Emergency lighting;
    • Orientation lighting as referred to in Article 3.03 BBL 
    • Fire alarm control panel and fire alarm panel;
    • Fire hose reels;
    • Mobile fire extinguishers;
    • Dry fire lines;
    • Firemen's entrance;
    • Key safe or tube;
    • Fireman's elevator. 

These designations conform to NEN 1413 to the extent provided in this standard.

Other floor plan and drawing requirements:

  • The site drawing features a north arrow;
  • The situation drawing shall have a scale of 1:1000 or larger; 
  • Floor plans of buildings with a gross floor area of less than 10,000 m2 shall have a scale of 1: 100 or greater. Floor plans of buildings with a gross floor area of 10,000 m2 or more shall have a scale of 1: 200 or more.

What do I need?

  • As a business owner, you need eHerkenning and your Chamber of Commerce establishment number.
  • As an individual, you will need your DigiD.