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DIAL Fire Prevention & Inspection Inquiries

Use this form to contact DIAL fire inspectors or office staff with questions or concerns. Complete with your contact information so the department can get back to you.

State fire prevention inspectors inspect facilities that are governed and regulated by the State. Schools, jails, prisons, day care centers, residential care facilities, assisted living programs, and group homes are just some of the state-regulated facilities inspected by the Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL).

State inspectors also conduct inspections for other building and occupancy types based on complaints. State inspectors do not inspect single- or two-family dwellings (e.g., duplexes) for fire code compliance.

Additionally, fire prevention inspectors conduct inspections for retailers of consumer fireworks. 

State of Iowa map with service areas for fire inspectors

If you need to report an alarm or sprinkler outage or have specific questions regarding inspection paperwork or inspection fees, please call: 

Melissa Nelsen, 515.725.6168

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

If you have specific questions regarding flammable or combustible liquids code, standards, or plan reviews and inspections, please call: 

Rob Van Pelt, 515.205.1420

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

If you have specific questions regarding plan review or registrations in ImageTrend, please call: 

Jeannie Guttenfelder, 515.725.6178

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

1) Northwest counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention in the following counties located in the northwest corner of the state (area number "1" on the map above), please call: 

Mary Miller, 515.402.7606

  • Buena Vista
  • Cherokee
  • Clay
  • Dickinson
  • Emmet
  • Ida
  • Lyon
  • O'Brien
  • Osceola
  • Palo Alto
  • Plymouth
  • Pocahontas
  • Sioux 

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

2) Northern counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties located in the northern part of the state (area number "2" on the map above), please call:

Bryan Shupe, 641.425.8813

  • Cerro Gordo
  • Floyd
  • Hancock
  • Kossuth
  • Mitchell
  • Winnebago
  • Worth

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

3) Northeast counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties located in the northeast corner of the state (area number "3" on the map above), please contact:

Mike Euans, 563.379.1240

  • Allamakee
  • Black Hawk
  • Buchanan
  • Chickasaw
  • Clayton
  • Delaware
  • Dubuque
  • Fayette
  • Howard
  • Winneshiek

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

4) West central counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties locate in the west central part of the state (area number "4" on the map above), please contact:

Mary Miller, 515.402.7606 

  • Calhoun
  • Crawford
  • Monona
  • Sac
  • Woodbury

or 

Marty McCreedy, 712.250.1633

  • Audubon
  • Carroll
  • Greene
  • Guthrie
  • Harrison
  • Shelby

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

5) North central counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the northeast counties of the state (area number "5" on the map above), please contact:

Mark Sand, 515.304.0098

  • Bremer
  • Butler
  • Franklin
  • Grundy
  • Hamilton
  • Hardin
  • Humboldt
  • Marshall
  • Tama
  • Webster
  • Wright

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

6) East central counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties in the east central part of the state (area number "6" on the map above), please contact:

Trevor Kabala, 319.252.2850

  • Benton
  • Cedar
  • Clinton
  • Jackson
  • Johnson
  • Jones
  • Linn

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

7) Central counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties located in the central part of the state (area number "7" on the map above), please contact:

Andy McCall, 515.689.5240

  • Boone
  • Jasper
  • Polk
  • Story

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

8) Southwest counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties located in the southwest corner of the state (area number "8" on the map above), please contact:

Marty McCreedy, 712.250.1633

  • Adams
  • Adair
  • Cass
  • Fremont
  • Mills
  • Montgomery
  • Page
  • Pottawattamie
  • Ringgold
  • Taylor
  • Union

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

9) South central counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties in the south central part of the state (area number "9" on the map above), please contact:

Seth Jones, 515.971.0030

  • Appanoose
  • Clarke
  • Dallas
  • Davis
  • Decatur
  • Lucas
  • Madison
  • Mahaska
  • Marion
  • Monroe
  • Poweshiek
  • Wapello
  • Warren
  • Wayne

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.

10) Southeast counties

If you have specific questions regarding fire prevention inspections in the following counties in the southeast corner of the state (area number "10" on the map above), please contact:

Amy Fratzke, 712.260.9260

  • Des Moines
  • Henry
  • Iowa
  • Jefferson
  • Keokuk
  • Lee
  • Louisa
  • Muscatine
  • Scott
  • Van Buren
  • Washington

OR, complete this online form by clicking the "next" button below.