What is Form A fire certificate in Maharashtra?

It is the one-time certificate a Licensed Agency signs after installing a building's fire prevention and life safety measures, stating that it executed the works as the Act, the National Building Code and the Indian Standard Code require. Rule 4(1) of the 2009 Rules prescribes it, one per building.

Is Form A required for a fire NOC?

In practice, yes, at the final stage. The MFS E-Approval list for a Final NOC, the Mumbai Fire Brigade's occupation list and PMRDA's final checklist all ask for the licensed agency's certificate, and Mumbai and PMRDA name Form A with its list.

What is the difference between Form A and Form B in fire?

Form A is given once, when the works are installed, and certifies that they were executed. Form B is given every January and July for as long as the building is occupied, and certifies that the installations were maintained over the past 6 months.

What is Form A-1 in fire?

Form A-1 is the Licensed Agency's certificate that the automated continuous monitoring system has been fitted in a section 45 building, such as a residential tower above 70 m. It was added by the Amendment Rules of 12 June 2025 under rule 4(3).

Who can issue Form A?

Only a Licensed Agency licensed by the Director of Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, through a signatory holding the rule 12 qualification, with the digital signature on its licence. The Director may authorise another person under section 10 when no Licensed Agency can do the work.

Form A has no period and is not renewed: it speaks for the installation as executed. Upkeep after occupation is certified on Form B every January and July, and any new installation, such as a wireless detection system, gets its own Form A.

What is the punishment for a false Form A?

Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 under section 36(1)(f)(ii) of the 2006 Act, plus up to Rs 3,000 a day for a continuing offence. The agency's licence can also be suspended or cancelled under section 9(4).

Is there a Form A for fire in Uttar Pradesh?

Uttar Pradesh's equivalent is Form A-4, the licensed qualified agency's certificate under rule 54 of the 2024 Rules, filed with the Form A-11 application with makers' certificates and GST bills. The agency's own licence application is Form A-5, with Rs 10,000.

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Form A (fire) in Maharashtra: the licensed agency's installation certificate, and Form A-1

Updated October 2026By Flamekite Editorial DeskFacts checked against official sources on 25 October 2026

Quick answer

Form A is the certificate a Maharashtra Licensed Agency signs once, when it has installed a building's fire prevention and life safety measures, stating that it executed the works the Act requires. It is prescribed by rule 4(1) of the 2009 Rules under section 3(3) of the 2006 Act, one certificate per building, with a list of the works appended, and it goes into the file for the Final Fire Safety Approval.

Form A-1, added on 12 June 2025, is the same kind of certificate for the automated continuous monitoring system that section 45 buildings, such as homes above 70 m, must fit. Since 2025 both are signed by a person holding the rule 12 qualification, digitally, with the signature on the agency's licence. A false Form A carries 6 months to 3 years of rigorous imprisonment.

Form A per building: 1; A separate certificate for each building (2009 Form A); The printed form
Signals a Form A-1 system reports: 20; Section 45 buildings, Appendix of 12 June 2025; Form A-1
Grace after the agency's licence expires: 3 months; Form A or B may still be accepted (07.07.2026); Common problems
False Form A: 6 months to 3 years; Rigorous imprisonment and Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000; Penalties

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Form A (fire) at a glance: Maharashtra's installation certificate in 10 facts

What Form A and Form A-1 are, who signs them and where they go, with the instrument behind each fact. Last verified 25 October 2026.
What	The rule	Source
What it is	A Licensed Agency's certificate that it executed the fire prevention and life safety works in a building or part of it, as the Act requires	Rules 2009
The law	Section 3(3) of the 2006 Act asks for a certificate "in the prescribed form"; rule 4(1) of the 2009 Rules prescribes Form A	MFS Act 2006 copy
Standard since 2025	The Act, the National Building Code and the Indian Standard Code (rule 4(1) as amended on 12 June 2025)	Amendment Rules 2025
How often	Once, at installation; one certificate for each building	Rules 2009
Who signs	A Licensed Agency, through a person holding the rule 12 qualification (rule 14(4), added in 2025)	Amendment Rules 2025
Signature	Digital, with its annexure, matching the signature on the licence the Directorate issued (circular of 15 February 2022)	MFS circular 236
Who files it	The owner or occupier, with the Chief Fire Officer or the Director, in person, by post, by courier or online (rule 4(5))	Amendment Rules 2025
Form A-1	The same certificate for the automated continuous monitoring system of a section 45 building (rule 4(3), 2025)	Amendment Rules 2025
Where it is asked for	The Final approval file: MFS E-Approval item 6, Mumbai occupation item G, PMRDA final checklist item 5	Mumbai Fire Brigade
If it is false	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 (section 36(1)(f)(ii))	MFS Act 2006 copy

Form A and its counterparts in other states: installation certificates compared

The certificate an agency gives when fire systems are installed, in Maharashtra and in the states whose rules Flamekite has read, as of 25 October 2026.
Option	Certificate	Who signs it	Where it is set	When it is used	Source
Maharashtra	Form A	A Licensed Agency licensed by the Director	Rule 4(1), Rules of 23 June 2009	At installation, before the Final Fire Safety Approval	Rules 2009
Maharashtra, section 45 buildings	Form A-1	The same Licensed Agency	Rule 4(3), Amendment Rules of 12 June 2025	When the automated continuous monitoring system is fitted	Amendment Rules 2025
Uttar Pradesh	Form A-4	A qualified agency licensed on Form A-6	Rule 54, Rules of 18 January 2024	With the Form A-11 application; rule 42 exempts small buildings	UP Rules 2024
Odisha	Form IV(A)	The installing Licensed Agency	Rule 9(14)(a), Second Amendment Rules of 4 November 2025	Uploaded with the Fire Safety Certificate application	Odisha Home Dept
Sikkim	Form A2	A Qualified Third Party Agency licensed on Form A4	Rule 39, Rules of 17 December 2025	With the certificate application, unless rule 28 exempts the building	Sikkim F&ES Rules 2025
Nagaland	Form C1	A licensed agency	Section 24(5), Act 5 of 2023	One per building, with the application	Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Nagaland
Tripura	Form A	An empanelled agency	Rule 9, Rules of 2 June 2026	For the first certificate; Form B at each yearly renewal	Directorate of Fire and Emergency Services, Tripura
Manipur	No form prescribed for the agency's certificate	A qualified agency	Section 24(5), Act 9 of 2026	At installation; the January and July paper is Form C, the owner's declaration countersigned by the Fire Safety Officer, and Form A is a pandal declaration	Government of Manipur
Gujarat	No agency installation form	The owner	Regulation 5.3, Regulations of 2023	Form B-14 with 3 self-certifications before occupancy	Gujarat Fire Safety Compliance Portal
Model Bill, MHA	Qualified-agency compliance certificate	A qualified agency	Section 24, Revised Model Bill 2019	Template for states; maintenance certificates follow in January and July	DGFS, MHA

Getting a Form A and Form A-1, from installation to the Final approval

Hire a Licensed Agency for each system
Check the agency on the MFS list valid to 03.07.2028 in the column for the work: fire fighting, detection or passive. A class held in one system does not cover another.
Install to the Provisional approval and the codes
Since 12 June 2025 Form A certifies compliance with the Act, the National Building Code and the Indian Standard Code, so the works follow the recommendations of the Provisional Fire Safety Approval and those codes.
Witness the tests and keep the reports
Pump and pressure tests come before the certificate. PMRDA, for one, asks for a pump test certificate, a pressure certificate with the Form A and at least 10 photographs of the installation.
Collect Form A with its list of works
One certificate per building, with the appended list, digitally signed by the agency's rule 12-qualified signatory with the signature on its licence, and its licence number.
Add Form A-1 in a section 45 building
Homes above 70 m, hotels, hospitals and offices above 30 m and the large industrial and oil and gas sites need the monitoring system fitted and certified on a separate Form A-1.
File it with the Final approval application
Submit to the Chief Fire Officer or the Director with the other final papers, in person, by registered post, by courier or online. Keep a copy: Form B takes over every January and July after occupation.

The words of Form A, read off the 23 June 2009 gazette

Form A is a one-page certificate in the Rules of 23 June 2009. The agency certifies works it executed; it has no period, no owner's signature and no fee.

Word for word

Certified that I/We have executed the works towards compliance in relation to Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures to be provided and performed other related activities required to be carried out, in the following building or premises, as required under the provisions of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006 (Mah. III of 2007).

Form A, "[See section 3(3) and rule 4(1)]", Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Rules, 2009, gazette of 23 June 2009 Rules 2009

Below the statement come the description and location of the building, the line "The details of the work and related activities which I or we have executed or performed are mentioned in the list appended herewith", the place and date, the signature and address of the Licensed Agency and its licence number. A footnote reads: "For each building a separate certificate in Form 'A' should be necessary." Rule 4(1) ties it to "a building or a part thereof", and the 2025 amendment added the National Building Code and the Indian Standard Code to what it certifies. The Act itself never names Form A: section 3(3) asks only for a certificate "in the prescribed form".

What Form A-1 certifies: the 20 signals of the monitoring system

Form A-1 certifies that the agency "executed the works as mentioned in Appendix". The Appendix of 12 June 2025 lists 20 parameters across 8 systems that an IoT gateway must report to the owner and the agency.

1. Hydrant pumps and power
Run status of the main hydrant, standby diesel or electric, jockey and booster pumps; power to the main hydrant pump; diesel tank level; hydrant riser low pressure. Amendment Rules 2025
2. Fire water tanks
Low level in the underground or above-ground fire tank and in the overhead tank, by ultrasonic level devices. Amendment Rules 2025
3. Sprinklers
Main sprinkler pump run status, power to it, and sprinkler riser pressure below 5 bar. Amendment Rules 2025
4. Detection
Detection on or off, the control or repeater panel working, and the panel battery, through contacts taken from the fire panel. Amendment Rules 2025
5. Manual call points
Operation status of the manual call points. Amendment Rules 2025
6. Public address
Working or not, from the PA panel's fault status. Amendment Rules 2025
7. Pressurisation
Staircase and lift lobby or hoistway pressurisation fans running, by air differential pressure switches. Amendment Rules 2025
8. Basement fans
Supply and exhaust fans for basement ventilation running. Amendment Rules 2025

Papers that go with a Form A into the Final Fire Safety Approval file

The Rules do not list the papers for a Final approval; the authorities' own lists do, and MFS, the Mumbai Fire Brigade and PMRDA all ask for the agency's certificate.

MFS, for approvals from the Director: item 6 of 6, a certificate issued by a Licence Agency approved by the Director or the Chief Fire Officer; the fire service may also inspect and check the Provisional NOC's recommendations. MFS e-fire
Mumbai Fire Brigade, occupation NOC: "Form A with its annexure" from a licensed agency for all the fire installations it stipulated, with a site inspection, structural stability and, at 24 m or more, PWD lift certificates. Mumbai Fire Brigade
PMRDA, Final Fire NOC: item 5, Form A with its list, stamped and signed; item 6, the agency's licence copy with digital signature. PMRDA fire
PMRDA: item 8, the licensed agency's site inspection report, which records the Form-A certificate number and the agency's RF, RD and RP licence numbers. PMRDA fire
PMRDA: items 13 and 14, a pump test certificate and a pressure certificate with the Form A; item 12, a CBRI or ISI fire door certificate. PMRDA fire
PMRDA: item 16, photographs of the fire installation, at least 10. PMRDA fire
In a section 45 building, Form A-1 for the monitoring system as well. Amendment Rules 2025

Who may sign a Form A since 12 June 2025

Rule 14(4) says Forms A, B, A-1 and B-1 are issued "under signatory of the person having requisite qualification as mentioned in rule 12". There are 2 qualification routes and 2 ways a firm meets them.

Route (a)
A fire qualification
A degree, advanced diploma or diploma in fire engineering from the National Fire Service College, a UK fire institution membership or graduateship named in rule 12, or since 2025 a degree from a UGC or AICTE-recognised body. Amendment Rules 2025
Route (b)
Engineering and 3 years
A degree or diploma in mechanical, electrical, electronics, chemical or civil engineering or computer application, plus at least 3 years executing fire systems to the NBC or NFPA, with an officer holding a route (a) qualification employed. Amendment Rules 2025
Proforma C
A named qualified employee
Where the proprietor, partner or director lacks the qualification, the Form M file names the qualified person who will sign Form A and Form B. MFS Form M
Section 10
A person the Director authorises
If an owner cannot get the work done through a Licensed Agency, the Director may authorise another person in writing, and that work is deemed done by a Licensed Agency. Maharashtra Act 2006

Does your job need a Form A, a Form A-1 or neither? 6 cases

Rule 4(1) speaks of a building "or a part thereof", and MFS and Mumbai also ask for Form A for single installations.

If A new building finishing its fire installation, heading for the Final Fire Safety Approval
Form A from each agency that installed, one per building, filed with the Final approval papers. Fire NOC Maharashtra MFS e-fire
If A residential tower above 70 m, or a hotel, hospital, office or shop building above 30 m
Form A and also Form A-1 for the monitoring system, because section 3(3A) covers section 45 buildings. Amendment Act 2023
If A wireless fire detection system fitted in a heritage building or a retrofit
The licensed agency issues Form A for the installation and Form B for its maintenance, under MFS circular MFS-2026/1420 of 16 October 2026. MFS circular 1420
If A Mumbai eating house renewing its health licence with a new fire door
MCGM's list asks for a Form-A certificate for the fire resistance door, marked not mandatory, beside a mandatory indemnity bond. Mumbai Fire Brigade
If An occupied building with its approval already granted
No new Form A for routine upkeep: Form B every January and July carries the building. Form B Fire NOC Maharashtra Rules 2009
If A building outside Maharashtra
Your state's own form, such as Form A-4 in Uttar Pradesh or Form IV(A) in Odisha. Fire License Agency UP Rules 2024

Form A against Form B as printed: 7 field-by-field differences

The 2 forms sit on facing pages of the 2009 gazette and use different words, and Forms A-1 and B-1 of 2025 copy each pattern.

	Form A (and A-1)	Form B (and B-1)
Rule Amendment Rules 2025	Rule 4(1); Form A-1 rule 4(3)	Rule 4(2); Form B-1 rule 4(4)
Printed title Rules 2009	Certificate by the Licensed Agency regarding the compliance	Six monthly certificate to be given in every January and July by the owner or the occupier
The agency's statement Rules 2009	I/We have executed the works towards compliance	I/We have carried out inspection; the installations are maintained in good repair
Period field Rules 2009	None	"during the period ......"
What is appended Rules 2009	A list of the work and related activities executed	A report of the inspection carried out
How often MFS Act 2006 copy	Once, at installation	Twice a year, January and July
Footnote Amendment Rules 2025	A separate certificate for each building	Detailed location and postal address to be given; Form B-1 also one per building

The 2025 gazette prints Form B-1 under "[See rule 4(5)]", although rule 4(4) is the one that prescribes it. What a Form B file needs is on the Form B page.

A false Form A: section 36(1)(f)(ii) and the agency's licence

Section 10(2) forbids any Licensed Agency, or anyone claiming to be one, to give a section 3(3) certificate "without there being actual such compliance". The amounts below were read off the gazette page.

Offence	Penalty	Law
A Form A or Form A-1 given without actual compliance	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000; up to Rs 3,000 a day if it continues after conviction	Section 36(1)(f)(ii), printed under section 10(1); the bar itself is section 10(2) MFS Act 2006 copy
Installation by a person who is not a Licensed Agency	The same: 6 months to 3 years and Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000	Section 36(1)(f)(i), with section 10(1) MFS Act 2006 copy
Breach of licence conditions, incompetence or misconduct	Suspension or cancellation of the agency's licence after a show-cause notice on Form O	Section 9(4); rule 17 Maharashtra Act 2006
Work late or below standard	The Director may refuse to renew the licence for the next term	Section 9(3), as the 2026 guidelines apply it MFS Form B guidelines
Licence refused, suspended or cancelled	Appeal on Form U within 30 days, with a Rs 1,000 fee and a Rs 20 court-fee stamp	Sections 32(1)(bb) and 33 as amended in 2023; rule 30 as amended in 2025 Amendment Rules 2025
In Uttar Pradesh, an anomaly in an installation or its Form A-4	Licence suspended for up to 1 year or the agency permanently debarred, after a Form A-7 show-cause notice	Rule 53, UP Rules 2024; section 39 of the Act UP Rules 2024

Without special and adequate reasons recorded in the judgement, section 36(1) punishment cannot fall below 3 months and Rs 10,000, or Rs 1,000 a day. Section 36(3) punishes abetment as the offence itself, and section 38 reaches every person in charge of a company. The 2023 Amendment Act did not change section 36. On 25 October 2026 the MFS blacklist held 1 agency.

8 Form A problems that hold up a Final Fire Safety Approval

If A Form A on letterhead with a rubber stamp and a scanned signature
Since 15 February 2022 MFS requires Form A and its annexure to carry the agency's valid digital signature, the same as on its licence. The rule followed complaints of fake certificates. MFS circular 236
If No list of works attached
The form says the details are "in the list appended herewith", Mumbai asks for "Form A with its annexure" and PMRDA for "Form-A with list". Ask the agency for the list. Mumbai Fire Brigade
If One Form A for a campus of several buildings
The form's footnote asks for a separate certificate for each building, and the same note is printed on Form A-1. Rules 2009
If The agency's licence lapsed before it signed
The fire service may still accept its Form A or Form B if not more than 3 months have passed since expiry. Beyond that, the agency renews or you use another. MFS Form B guidelines
If The agency holds detection but signed for the hydrants
Licences are granted per system and class. Find the licence number in the fire fighting column of the MFS list before accepting the certificate. MFS agency list
If The signatory has no fire or engineering qualification
Since 12 June 2025 a person holding the rule 12 qualification must sign; ask for the name given in the agency's Proforma C. Amendment Rules 2025
If A tower above 70 m files a plain Form A
Section 45 buildings also need the monitoring system and its Form A-1. Amendment Rules 2025
If The agency is on the blacklist
Check the separate MFS suspended or blacklisted list; it held 1 agency, in all 3 systems, from 18 November 2021. MFS blacklist

Five Form A myths, checked against the Rules

You may have read
Form A is the fire NOC.
Myth
What the sources say
The Final Fire Safety Approval is issued by the Chief Fire Officer or the Director after checking the works against the Provisional approval. Form A is the agency's certificate that goes into that file. Amendment Act 2023
You may have read
Form A is renewed every year.
Myth
What the sources say
Form A is given once, per building. The certificates that recur are Form B and Form B-1, every January and July. Rules 2009
You may have read
Any fire contractor can sign a Form A.
Myth
What the sources say
Section 10 reserves the work to Licensed Agencies, and rule 14(4) since 2025 requires a signatory with the rule 12 qualification. Amendment Rules 2025
You may have read
Every new building needs Form A-1.
Myth
What the sources say
Form A-1 follows section 3(3A), which covers section 45 buildings only: listed uses above 30 m, homes above 70 m, big oil and gas sites and large industry. Amendment Act 2023
You may have read
"Form A" means the same paper in every state.
Myth
What the sources say
In Nagaland and Manipur Form A is a pandal erector's declaration, and Tripura's 2023 Form-A was the application for a Provisional Fire NOC. Tripura Fire Service

Form A worked cases: 6 Maharashtra jobs

Flamekite’s working from the official rules; no government publishes this figure.

Flamekite's own reading of the Act, the Rules and the authorities' lists, applied to typical jobs.

Case 1
A 68 m residential tower in Thane
New, fire works complete, Final approval not yet applied for.
What applies Form A from each installing agency, one per building. At 68 m it is under the 70 m line, so no Form A-1. Amendment Act 2023
Case 2
A 74 m residential tower in Mumbai
Above 70 m, so a section 45 building.
What applies Form A and Form A-1, filed with the occupation papers, which in Mumbai include "Form A with its annexure" and a site inspection. Section 45 also asks for a fire officer or fire supervisor. Mumbai Fire Brigade
Case 3
A 32 m hospital near Pune in PMRDA limits
A hospital above 30 m, so a section 45 building.
What applies Form A with its list and Form A-1, the agency's licence copy with digital signature, its site report with the Form-A number, pump and pressure certificates and at least 10 photographs. PMRDA fire
Case 4
A heritage college building in Nashik retrofitting detection
Cabling is restricted, so wireless detectors are chosen.
What applies Allowed under clause 4.9 of IS 2189 by the circular of 16 October 2026, fitted by a licensed agency that issues Form A for the installation and Form B for its upkeep. MFS circular 1420
Case 5
A mall whose agency's licence expired on 10 March 2026
Form A signed on 2 May 2026, 1 month and 22 days later.
What applies Within the 3-month grace in the MFS guidelines, so the fire service may accept it. A Form A signed after 10 June 2026 would not be. MFS Form B guidelines
Case 6
A Mumbai restaurant renewing its health licence
It fitted a fire resistance door in 2026.
What applies A Rs 500 stamp-paper indemnity bond is mandatory; a Form-A for the fire door and Form A or B for the fire systems are listed, marked not mandatory. Mumbai Fire Brigade

Form A and Form A-1 from 2007 to 2026: the dated record

Nine dated instruments made the installation certificate what it is today.

5 February 2007
The 2006 Act is published; section 3(3) asks for a Licensed Agency's compliance certificate "in the prescribed form". MFS Act 2006 copy
23 June 2009
The Rules prescribe Form A under rule 4(1), one certificate per building. Rules 2009
15 February 2022
MFS circular MFS/51/2022/236: Form A and its annexure must carry the digital signature on the agency's licence. MFS circular 236
11 May 2023
The Amendment Act adds section 3(3A): monitoring for section 45 buildings, certified by the Licensed Agency. Amendment Act 2023
19 May 2023
The Urban Development Department sets up a committee under the MFES Director to draft the rule changes, due by 15 June 2023. UDD GR 2023
18 January 2024
Uttar Pradesh prescribes its qualified agency's certificate, Form A-4. UP Rules 2024
12 June 2025
Amendment Rules: Form A-1, NBC and Indian Standard compliance in Form A, online submission and the rule 12 signatory. Amendment Rules 2025
7 July 2026
MFS guidelines: a Form A or B may be accepted up to 3 months after the agency's licence expires. MFS Form B guidelines
16 October 2026
Circular MFS-2026/1420: wireless detection systems get Form A at installation and Form B for maintenance. MFS circular 1420

Form A and Form A-1 in numbers

1
Form A for each building, by the form's own footnote Rules 2009
20
Parameters the Form A-1 monitoring system must report Amendment Rules 2025
1 minute
Interval at which the gateway sends data to the cloud Amendment Rules 2025
15 minutes
Without data before the cloud must raise an SMS alarm Amendment Rules 2025
7 hours
UPS backup the gateway must have Amendment Rules 2025
10,000
Event logs the gateway must store, at least Amendment Rules 2025
861
Rows on the MFS agency list valid to 03.07.2028, whose agencies may sign (serials run to 847) MFS agency list
Rs 50,000
Highest fine for a false Form A, beside 6 months to 3 years in prison MFS Act 2006 copy

Form A terms, from annexure to IoT gateway

Form A: The Licensed Agency's compliance certificate for installed fire prevention and life safety measures (rule 4(1), 2009). Rules 2009
Annexure: The list of works and related activities appended to Form A; the 2022 circular requires it to be digitally signed too. MFS circular 236
Form A-1: The compliance certificate for the automated continuous monitoring system of a section 45 building (rule 4(3), 2025). Amendment Rules 2025
ACMS: Automated continuous monitoring system: an IoT system that reports the fire systems' status to the owner and the agency, and later to the fire service. Amendment Rules 2025
Phase I and Phase II: Phase I sends alerts to the owner and the agency from the rules' start; Phase II adds critical alarms to the fire service "at later stage". Amendment Rules 2025
MQTTS: The secure machine-to-machine protocol the Appendix names for sending data from the gateway to the cloud portal. Amendment Rules 2025
Rule 12 qualification: The fire or engineering qualification the signatory of Forms A, A-1, B and B-1 must hold since 2025. Amendment Rules 2025
Qualified Agency (UP): Uttar Pradesh's licensed installer, which certifies on Form A-4 and applies on Form A-5 with Rs 10,000. UP Rules 2024

What a Form A costs: no state fee, and the costs around it

Rule 4 and Form A set no government fee for the certificate. The costs that are published sit around it.

As published

Government fee to file a Form A or Form A-1None prescribedNot in rule 4, the forms or rule 4(5) Amendment Rules 2025
The agency's charge for the certificateNot publishedSet in your contract with the agency Rules 2009
Agency licence that lets a firm sign, Class D to Class ARs 2,500 to Rs 25,000Per class, paid by the agency on Form M MFS Form M
MCGM indemnity bond for a health-licence renewalRs 500 stamp paperMandatory; Form-A itself marked not mandatory there Mumbai Fire Brigade
UP qualified agency licence application, Form A-5Rs 10,000Rule 51(1), paid online UP Rules 2024

The fee for the Final Fire Safety Approval itself follows Schedule-II of the Act and is covered on the Maharashtra fire NOC page.

Checking a Form A before the owner files it

The owner files Form A with the fire officer, so 5 checks come first.

Do

Find the agency's licence number on the MFS list valid to 03.07.2028, in the column for the system it certifies. MFS agency list
Open the digital signature on Form A and its annexure and compare it with the agency's licence. MFS circular 236
Check that the building's description and location are filled in, one certificate per building. Rules 2009
Keep the pump and pressure test certificates the authority asks for with the Form A. PMRDA fire
Confirm the licence was valid when Form A was signed, or expired less than 3 months before. MFS Form B guidelines

Don’t

Don't accept a Form A for a section 45 building without Form A-1 for the monitoring system. Amendment Rules 2025
Don't accept a certificate signed by someone the agency has not named as its rule 12-qualified signatory. MFS Form M
Don't let an installer outside the Licensed Agency list do the work: that is itself an offence under section 36(1)(f)(i). MFS Act 2006 copy

Where the Form A rules, lists and checklists are online

Every document behind this page is on 4 official sites. There is no separate online Form A service; rule 4(5) lets you submit online to your fire authority.

Law
MFS Fire Act and Rules
The 2006 Act, the 2009 Rules with Form A and the 2025 Amendment Rules with Form A-1 and the Appendix MFS
mahafireservice.gov.in/fire-act.php
Agency check
MFS license services
The approved agency list valid to 03.07.2028 and the suspended or blacklisted list MFS
mahafireservice.gov.in/license-services.php
Final NOC
MFS E-Approval
The 6 documents for a Final NOC from the Director, item 6 being the licensed agency's certificate MFS e-fire
mahafireservice.gov.in/e-fire.php
Circulars
MFS circulars
The 2022 digital-signature circular and the wireless-detection circular of 16 October 2026 Maharashtra Fire Services
mahafireservice.gov.in/s-circular.php
Pune region
PMRDA Final NOC checklist
19-item list with Form A and the licensed agency's site inspection report PMRDA fire
www.pmrda.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Final-NOC-File-Checklist.pdf

What Flamekite could not confirm about Form A and Form A-1

Seven gaps remained after reading the Act, both sets of Rules, the circulars and the authorities' lists on 25 October 2026.

How MFS applied section 3(3A) and Form A-1 to buildings already occupied when Mah. Act XXIV of 2023 came into force on 30 May 2023 (UDD notification FFS-2022/C.R.36/UD-14): no transition order is published.
When Phase II of the monitoring system, alarms to the fire service, starts: the 2025 Appendix says only "at later stage".
A prescribed format for the list of works appended to Form A: neither the 2009 Rules nor the MFS pages publish one.
Any prosecution or court order for a false Form A in Maharashtra: a search on 25 October 2026 found none.
Whether the Mumbai Fire Brigade takes Form A online today, as rule 4(5) has allowed since 12 June 2025.
Uttar Pradesh's "table E1", which Form A-5 cites for agency turnover, and the categories A to E on Form A-6: neither is in the 2024 gazette.
Uttar Pradesh rule 55(2) also names "Form A-4" for a Fire Safety Officer's compliance report; Flamekite reads it as a slip.

Questions about Form A (fire)

What is Form A fire certificate in Maharashtra?: It is the one-time certificate a Licensed Agency signs after installing a building's fire prevention and life safety measures, stating that it executed the works as the Act, the National Building Code and the Indian Standard Code require. Rule 4(1) of the 2009 Rules prescribes it, one per building.
Is Form A required for a fire NOC?: In practice, yes, at the final stage. The MFS E-Approval list for a Final NOC, the Mumbai Fire Brigade's occupation list and PMRDA's final checklist all ask for the licensed agency's certificate, and Mumbai and PMRDA name Form A with its list.
What is the difference between Form A and Form B in fire?: Form A is given once, when the works are installed, and certifies that they were executed. Form B is given every January and July for as long as the building is occupied, and certifies that the installations were maintained over the past 6 months.
What is Form A-1 in fire?: Form A-1 is the Licensed Agency's certificate that the automated continuous monitoring system has been fitted in a section 45 building, such as a residential tower above 70 m. It was added by the Amendment Rules of 12 June 2025 under rule 4(3).
Who can issue Form A?: Only a Licensed Agency licensed by the Director of Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, through a signatory holding the rule 12 qualification, with the digital signature on its licence. The Director may authorise another person under section 10 when no Licensed Agency can do the work.
Does Form A expire?: Form A has no period and is not renewed: it speaks for the installation as executed. Upkeep after occupation is certified on Form B every January and July, and any new installation, such as a wireless detection system, gets its own Form A.
What is the punishment for a false Form A?: Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000 under section 36(1)(f)(ii) of the 2006 Act, plus up to Rs 3,000 a day for a continuing offence. The agency's licence can also be suspended or cancelled under section 9(4).
Is there a Form A for fire in Uttar Pradesh?: Uttar Pradesh's equivalent is Form A-4, the licensed qualified agency's certificate under rule 54 of the 2024 Rules, filed with the Form A-11 application with makers' certificates and GST bills. The agency's own licence application is Form A-5, with Rs 10,000.

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Form B (fire)The January and July maintenance certificate that follows Form A.
Form B formatThe prescribed Form B and B-1 wording, beside which Form A sits in the Rules.
Fire NOC in MaharashtraProvisional and Final Fire Safety Approval, fees and section 45 buildings.
Maharashtra fire license agency listForm M, classes A to D, the 861-row list and the blacklist.
Fire license agencyWhich states license or empanel fire agencies, and how.
Fire fighting contractorsWho may install fire systems, state by state.
Free fire NOC checkCheck whether your building needs a fire NOC at all.
Fire NOC in Uttar PradeshForm A-4, the qualified agency and Form A-8 every January and July.

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