What is the last date for Form B submission?

The Act says only "in the months of January and July", so no day is fixed. Flamekite reads the last dates as 31 January and 31 July. On MIDC plots the online service stays open for 3 months from 1 January and 1 July.

How do I submit Form B online?

On an MIDC plot, register on the MIDC SWC portal and use Bi-Annual Submission of Form-B, with 8 uploads. Elsewhere, rule 4(5) allows online filing, but no other office has published a Form B service; Pune has taken it by e-mail, as reported.

Where do I submit Form B in Mumbai?

To the Mumbai Fire Brigade, but its current route is not published. Its only public notice is an undated draft appeal that asked high-risk buildings to upload Form B on the MCGM site by January 2016. Send it by registered post or courier and keep the receipt.

Where is Form B submitted in Pune?

To the Chief Fire Officer of the Pune Fire Brigade, at the fire office or by e-mail, as PMC's September 2025 appeal was reported. Two reports name different offices on New Timber Market, so confirm with the brigade.

Who submits Form B, the agency or the society?

The owner or occupier, such as the society's chairman or secretary. The licensed agency signs the Form B; the owner files it with a covering letter and declaration.

Can I submit Form B if my agency's licence has expired?

Only within 3 months of the expiry, and only if the fire service agrees: MFS says Form A or B "may be accepted" in that time. After it, use an agency with a current licence.

What happens if Form B is submitted late?

The Act sets no late fee. A missing Form B can be prosecuted under section 36; Flamekite reads it as section 36(2)(c), with rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine. Pune's brigade warned that a non-filer bears sole responsibility for any mishap.

Is there a fee to submit Form B?

Flamekite found none in rule 4 or the MFS and MIDC circulars. The owner pays the agency's maintenance contract, which is a private price.

Fire compliance 23 min read

Form B (fire) submission in Maharashtra: where to file, how, and the last date

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

Quick answer

Form B fire submission in Maharashtra: file in January or July with your Chief Fire Officer or the Director; MIDC plots online only, in a 3-month window. The Act names the months, not a day, so Flamekite reads 31 January and 31 July as the last dates; rule 4(5) lets you hand it in, post it, courier it or file it online.

Mumbai's current route is not published, Pune has taken it at the fire office or by e-mail, and a Form B signed by an agency whose licence lapsed is accepted only within 3 months of the expiry. A missed filing can be prosecuted under section 36 of the 2006 Act.

Last day to file, January cycle: 31 January; Flamekite's reading of "in the months of January and July"; Filing calendar
MIDC online window: 3 months; From 1 January and 1 July, SWC portal only; MIDC screens
Lapsed agency licence: 3 months; Longest gap after expiry in which Form B may still be accepted; The grace rule
Pune Form B filings, June 2026: 489; Against about 25,000 housing societies (as reported); Filing numbers

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Form B submission at a glance: 10 facts on filing

Who receives Form B, when, by which route and what a late or missing one risks, each with its instrument. Last verified 25 October 2026.
What	The rule	Source
Who files	The owner or occupier, not the agency: section 3(3) puts the duty to "furnish" the certificate on them	MFS Act 2006 copy
Who receives it	The Chief Fire Officer or the nominated officer; the 2026 covering letter is addressed to the Director where there is no Chief Fire Officer	MFS Form B guidelines
When	In the months of January and July; no day of the month is fixed in the Act, rule 4(2) or any MFS circular Flamekite read	MFS Act 2006 copy
Ways to send it	In person, by registered post, through a courier or online (rule 4(5), from 12 June 2025)	Amendment Rules 2025
MIDC plots	Online on the SWC portal only, since 1 January 2025; the service opens on 1 January and 1 July for 3 months	MIDC circular
Mumbai	The current route is not published; the only Mumbai Fire Brigade notice is an undated draft that set a January 2016 upload deadline	Mumbai Fire Brigade
Pune	At the fire office or by e-mail, as reported from PMC's appeal of 29 September 2025	Pune Pulsenews report
Lapsed agency licence	Form A or B may be accepted if not more than 3 months have passed since the licence expired	MFS Form B guidelines
Changing agency	1 month's notice before work stops, and the incoming agency obtains the outgoing one's no-objection	MFS Form B guidelines
Not filed at all	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine; Flamekite reads this as section 36(2)(c), since no specific penalty is set	MFS Act 2006 copy

Where Form B is submitted in Maharashtra, authority by authority

Each receiving office, the route it has published and how settled that route was on 25 October 2026. Rule 4(5) allows hand delivery, registered post, courier or online filing everywhere.
Option	Who receives it	Published route	Online	How settled on 25 October 2026	Source
Areas with no Chief Fire Officer	Director, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, Kalina, Mumbai 400 098	Covering letter in the clause 7 format of the 7 July 2026 guidelines, sent by any rule 4(5) mode	No Form B service published; E-Approval handles Provisional and Final approvals	Official format; online channel not published	MFS Form B guidelines
MIDC industrial areas	MIDC fire service, through the SWC portal	Bi-Annual Submission of Form-B, with 8 uploads	Yes, and online only since 1 January 2025	Official circular P-379286 of 1 January 2025	MIDC circular
Mumbai (MCGM)	Chief Fire Officer, Mumbai Fire Brigade	A ward-wise "Fire Act Form B" upload, in a draft appeal that set January 2016	Not confirmed for 2026	Not published	Mumbai Fire Brigade
Pune (PMC)	Chief Fire Officer, Pune Fire Brigade	At the fire office or by e-mail	By e-mail, as reported	News reports of the 29 September 2025 appeal; PMC's own text not found	Pune Pulsenews report
Nagpur (NMC)	NMC Fire and Emergency Services	No Form B route on the department page; it lists e-mail dfo.nmcngr@gov.in	Not published	Contact details only	NMC
Thane (TMC)	Chief Fire Officer, Thane Municipal Corporation	Not published	Not published	Nothing found online	MFS Act 2006 copy
Other municipal corporations and councils	Their Chief Fire Officer or nominated officer	Section 3(3), any rule 4(5) mode	Only if the office publishes one	Ask the office in writing	Amendment Rules 2025

How to submit a Form B, from the agency's certificate to the acknowledgement

Find the office that receives your Form B
Use the table above: the MIDC SWC portal for an MIDC plot, your municipal Chief Fire Officer where there is one, and the Director, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, where there is none.
Check the agency's licence dates against the filing date
Read the licence validity on the agency's licence copy. If it expired more than 3 months before you file, the fire service need not accept the Form B: get a renewed licence or another agency first.
Get a Form B dated in January or July with the right period
January filings state 1 July to 31 December of the previous year; July filings state 1 January to 30 June of the same year.
Address the covering letter to the right office
Date it "Jan" or "July", address it to the Director at Kalina, Mumbai 400 098, or to your Chief Fire Officer by name and address, and quote the Final and Provisional approval numbers.
Send it by a rule 4(5) mode inside the month
Hand it in, use registered post or a courier, or file online where your office runs a channel. MIDC plot holders upload it on SWC within 3 months of 1 January or 1 July.
Keep proof of the date you filed
Keep the stamped copy, the postal or courier receipt, the sent e-mail or the SWC application record with the whole file you sent.
Diary the next window and the agency's expiry
The next Form B falls due in the following July or January; agency licences run 2 years, so note the expiry date alongside.

Form B submission calendar, January 2027 to January 2028

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

The Act fixes the months, not a day. Flamekite's reading is that a Form B is on time if it is filed by the last day of January or July; MIDC's online window runs longer. Dates marked "about" are Flamekite's count.

1 January 2027
The January 2027 Form B falls due, covering 1 July to 31 December 2026; MIDC's SWC service opens for it. MIDC circular
31 January 2027
Last day of the month the Act names: Flamekite's reading of the last date outside MIDC. MFS Act 2006 copy
About 31 March 2027
MIDC's service closes, 3 months after opening by Flamekite's count; the circular prints no end date. MIDC circular
1 July 2027
The July 2027 Form B falls due, covering 1 January to 30 June 2027; MIDC's service opens again. MFS circular 1600
31 July 2027
Last day of July: Flamekite's reading of the last date for the July cycle. MFS Act 2006 copy
About 30 September 2027
MIDC's July window closes, by Flamekite's count. MIDC circular
1 to 31 January 2028
The next January Form B, for 1 July to 31 December 2027. MFS Form B guidelines

5 ways a Form B submission reaches the fire service

Rule 4(5), added on 12 June 2025, names 4 modes; Pune's fire brigade has added e-mail. Which one an office accepts online is its own choice.

Rule 4(5)
By hand at the fire office
The owner or occupier hands the file to the Chief Fire Officer's office. MIDC plot holders did this until 1 January 2025, when MIDC moved the filing online. Amendment Rules 2025
Rule 4(5)
By registered post
Sent to the Director or the Chief Fire Officer; the postal receipt dates the filing. Amendment Rules 2025
Rule 4(5)
Through a courier agency
Named in the rule beside registered post, for the same offices. Amendment Rules 2025
Rule 4(5)
Online
Allowed since 12 June 2025, but only MIDC has published a dedicated Form B service: the SWC portal's Bi-Annual Submission of Form-B. MIDC SWC
Pune, as reported
By e-mail
PMC's appeal of 29 September 2025 was reported to accept the compliance certificate at the office or by e-mail; a 2024 report quoted the Chief Fire Officer: "mail it to us". Pune Pulsenews report

MIDC SWC Form B submission, screen by screen

MIDC's public form view shows every field of its Form B service; submitting needs a registered login, which Flamekite did not use. The service runs for 3 months from 1 January and 1 July.

1. Register the plot on SWC
Name, role (owner, company employee or consultant) and a Letter of Authority on company letterhead, as PDF, JPG or JPEG up to 3 MB, then the plot's area, industrial area and number. MIDC SWC
2. Prove an online Final Fire NOC
Only plot holders whose Final Fire NOC, or its renewal, was approved through SWC may file. A paper NOC means applying online for renewal of the Final Fire NOC first (paragraph 4 of circular P-379286). MIDC circular
3. Choose the licensed agency
Pick it from the drop-down and enter its licence number and the date its licence is valid up to. If the agency is missing or wrong, MIDC says to contact its headquarters fire department. MIDC SWC
4. State the building
The approved built-up area as per the Final Fire NOC, in m², and whether an occupancy certificate was obtained. MIDC SWC
5. Upload the 8 documents
7 mandatory and 1 optional, listed in the next section. MIDC SWC
6. Sign the declaration
The applicant declares the information true and accepts punishment as per law, and withdrawal of benefits, if it proves false. MIDC SWC
7. Clear MIDC dues first
The form carries alerts that SWC services stay closed until the plot's consumer number is updated or an outstanding balance is paid. MIDC SWC

The 8 uploads on MIDC's Form B submission screen

MIDC's circular lists 6 mandatory documents; the SWC screen splits them into 8 rows, 7 of them mandatory.

1. Form B of the licence agency with its Annexure, as the 2006 Act provides (mandatory). MIDC SWC
2. Annexure detailing the active and passive fire protection installed, with seal and digital signature (not mandatory). MIDC SWC
3. The agency's valid licence copy issued by the Directorate of Maharashtra Fire Services, with a valid digital signature (mandatory). MIDC circular
4. Covering letter on the owner's or occupier's letterhead (mandatory). MIDC SWC
5. Appendix or Annexure with Form B for each active and passive system on the premises (mandatory). MIDC SWC
6. Order copy of the AMC or CAMC awarded to the licensed agency (mandatory). MIDC SWC
7. Testing report for the last month, quarter or half year, signed by the owner or occupier and the agency (mandatory). MIDC SWC
8. Last site inspection report signed and sealed by the agency (mandatory). MIDC SWC

Form B submission offices: the Director, Pune, Nagpur and MIDC

Only these offices publish an address or channel for Form B; the Pune entries come from news reports of the brigade's appeal, which disagree on the office.

Director, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services MFS Form B guidelines
Form B where there is no Chief Fire Officer; address as printed in the 2026 covering-letter format
Address
Hans Bhugra Marg, Kalina, Mumbai 400 098
Website
mahafireservice.gov.in
Chief Fire Officer, Pune Fire Brigade (as reported by Pune Pulse) Pune Pulsenews report
Form B in January and July; also by e-mail to pmcfireoffice@gmail.com, as reported on 29 September 2025
Address
Central Fire Station, Mahatma Phule Peth, New Timber Market, Pune 411042
Fire Prevention Center, Pune (as reported by Punekar News) Punekar Newsnews report
The same appeal as reported elsewhere: certificate in duplicate, 10 am to 5 pm
Address
Modern Fire Station, New Timber Market, Pune 411040
NMC Fire and Emergency Services, Nagpur NMC
No Form B route published; department e-mail dfo.nmcngr@gov.in
Phone
0712 2567777
Website
www.nmcnagpur.gov.in/fire-department
MIDC fire service MIDC circular
No paper counter for Form B since 1 January 2025: SWC portal only
Website
services.midcindia.org/services/FillFormAnon.aspx?AMId=542

The 3-month licence grace for Form B submission, in MFS's words

A Form B is only as good as the agency's licence on the day it is given. MFS allows one margin, in a note to clause 2 of its July 2026 guidelines.

Word for word

(Note: Form A or B may be accepted by local fire and emergency service, if not more than 3 months has passed after the expiry of the license)

Guidelines for Form B, Annexure A, clause 2, circular MFS-2026/888 of 7 July 2026, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services MFS Form B guidelines

The note says "may": acceptance inside the 3 months is the fire service's choice, not a right. An agency whose licence expired on 30 September 2026 is inside the margin until 30 December 2026, so its January 2027 Form B falls outside it. Clause 4 governs a change of agency: either side gives 1 month's notice before work stops, the new agency obtains the old one's no-objection, and if that fails the Director may authorise another agency under section 10 without it.

Form B submission problems with the agency or the portal, and the fix

These are 6 reasons a Form B cannot be filed on time that the circulars and the MIDC screen anticipate.

If The agency's licence expired more than 3 months before filing
The 3-month note no longer helps. File with an agency holding a current licence; check its validity on the MFS licence pages first. MFS Form B guidelines
If The agency stops work weeks before January or July
The contract should give 1 month's notice. If the new agency cannot get a no-objection, ask the Director to authorise it under section 10. MFS Form B guidelines
If The MIDC drop-down does not list your agency
MIDC's note on the screen: contact the MIDC headquarters fire department to have the agency added or corrected. MIDC SWC
If An MIDC plot's Final Fire NOC was issued on paper
Apply online for renewal of the Final Fire NOC to register on SWC; only then does the Form B service open to you. MIDC circular
If SWC refuses the login over MIDC dues
The screen withholds SWC services until the consumer number is updated or the outstanding balance is paid; clear it before the window closes. MIDC SWC
If A report says Form B is due in January and June
A June 2024 news report said so; section 3(3) says January and July. Pune Pulsenews report

Which office takes your Form B submission? 7 cases

Start from where the building stands and who granted its Final approval.

If A plot in an MIDC industrial area with an online Final Fire NOC
The SWC portal only, within 3 months of 1 January or 1 July. MIDC circular
If An MIDC plot whose Final Fire NOC is on paper
First an online renewal of the Final Fire NOC to register, then SWC. MIDC circular
If A building in Mumbai (MCGM)
The Mumbai Fire Brigade; its current route is not published, so ask the regional fire office in writing and keep its reply. Fire NOC Maharashtra Mumbai Fire Brigade
If A building in Pune Municipal Corporation limits
The Chief Fire Officer, at the fire office or by e-mail, as reported from the September 2025 appeal. Pune Pulsenews report
If A building in a municipal area with its own Chief Fire Officer, such as Thane or Nagpur
That Chief Fire Officer or the nominated officer, by any rule 4(5) mode. MFS Act 2006 copy
If A building where no Chief Fire Officer is appointed
The Director, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, Kalina, Mumbai 400 098. MFS Form B guidelines
If A section 45 building on the monitoring system
Form B-1 to the same office in the same months; the 2-yearly audit is filed separately. Fire Audit Amendment Rules 2025

Late or missed Form B submission: what the Act and the offices can do

The Act sets no late fee and no grace for the owner. A missing Form B is an offence; the amounts below were proof-read against the gazette page.

Offence	Penalty	Law
No Form B furnished in January or July (Flamekite's reading)	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine; not below 1 month and Rs 2,000 without special reasons in the judgement	Section 36(2)(c) and (iii), as the Act sets no specific penalty for section 3(3) MFS Act 2006 copy
The systems the Form B speaks for were not kept working	Rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of Rs 20,000 to Rs 50,000	Section 36(1)(a)(i), with section 3(1) MFS Act 2006 copy
A fire officer's notice after inspection is not complied with	The same section 36(1) range	Section 36(1)(d), with sections 5 and 6 MFS Act 2006 copy
The covering-letter declaration was untrue	Criminal action under section 36, accepted by the signatory in the declaration	Clause 7 declaration, MFS guidelines of 7 July 2026 MFS Form B guidelines
Pune: Form B not submitted within the prescribed time	The owner or occupant held solely responsible for any mishap, the brigade warned (as reported)	PMC Fire Brigade appeal, 29 September 2025 Pune Pulsenews report
Mumbai trade: Form A or B missing when a health licence is renewed	MCGM may suspend or revoke the licence after inspection, under the undertaking on Rs 500 stamp paper	Undertaking cum indemnity bond, clauses 6 and 11 MCGM

No court decision on a missed Form B was found. Reading non-filing as section 36(2)(c) is Flamekite's, not a court's or MFS's. Disconnection of water or power is a section 8 power for imminent danger, not a penalty for filing late.

What happens after a Form B is submitted

Nothing is issued back: the Rules prescribe no acknowledgement or approval of a Form B. It stands until the next maintenance or the next Form B, and the fire service may test it by inspection.

MFS's 2026 guidelines say a Form B holds "till the next schedule maintenance of equipment as per relevant Indian Standard and / or till the next Form B is issued". The next one is due in the following January or July, whatever the date this one was filed.

Filing does not shield the building from inspection. MFS's circular of 31 January 2025 tells a fire officer who doubts a building to inspect it under section 5 and serve a notice under section 6, rather than ask for a renewal. Where another authority demands a renewal, MIDC's 2015 circular, repeated on 1 January 2025, has the fire officer inspect and send the report with a copy of the Form B to the owner for that authority.

The filed Form B is evidence for other papers. MIDC's fire NOC procedure asks an existing factory for its Form B with Annexure, and Mumbai's undertaking for renewing a health licence has the trader state that Form A or Form B was obtained from a licensed agency.

What the MIDC screen shows after submission, and whether a Divisional Fire Officer reviews each Form B, is behind the login and not published.

After filing: what each paper says
What	The rule	Source
How long a Form B holds	Until the next scheduled maintenance or the next Form B	MFS Form B guidelines
Fire officer in doubt	Inspection under section 5, notice under section 6	MFS circular 64
Existing MIDC factory applying for a fire NOC	Form B with Annexure is a listed document	MIDC EoDB
Mumbai health licence renewal	Undertaking that Form A or Form B was obtained, where applicable	MCGM

Form B submission compared with online periodic certificates in 4 other states

Maharashtra lets the office choose the channel. Telangana and Uttar Pradesh write an online upload into the rule, Chhattisgarh runs a Fire Audit service, and Odisha's rule says upload without a service to upload to.

	What is filed	When	Where online	What follows
Maharashtra Amendment Rules 2025	Form B from a licensed agency, with the owner's covering letter	January and July	MIDC SWC only; elsewhere any rule 4(5) mode	Inspection under section 5 if in doubt
Telangana TG fire circular 2020	A third-party auditor's certificate on 13 fire measures	Every January, or January and July for residential from 45 m, malls, hospitals above 15 m, and hotels, business and mercantile above 30 m	Fire Audit module on fire.telangana.gov.in; plans in PDF under 3 MB; fee through the cyber treasury, amount not stated	Not stated in the circular or manual
Uttar Pradesh UP Rules 2024	Form A-8 declaration, certified by a Qualified Agency	January and July (rule 56(1))	The UPF&ES online portal	Inspection; shortcomings notice on Form A-15 with up to 30 days to fix, then the building may be declared unfit
Odisha Odisha Home Dept	Audit certificate on Forms IV and IV(B)	January and July	None yet: the 11 services on odishafire.odisha.gov.in include no audit upload (25 October 2026)	Audited premises renew without a fresh application
Chhattisgarh CG Home Dept	A licensed Third Party Auditor's certificate on upkeep	January and July (rule 37A(2)(c))	Fire Audit service on firenoc.cg.gov.in; the auditor choice is final once made	Not set for audits

Telangana's 2020 circular sets the cycle; the Fire Audit module and its manual are its online route. Odisha's portal was re-checked on 25 October 2026. The other states' own rules and pages are on their fire NOC pages.

Portals for Form B submission and checking the agency

One Maharashtra portal takes Form B; the others check the agency or serve other states. Logins were not used.

MIDC
MIDC SWC: Bi-Annual Submission of Form-B
Form B for MIDC plots, 8 uploads, open for 3 months from 1 January and 1 July; registered login needed MIDC SWC
services.midcindia.org/services/FillFormAnon.aspx?AMId=542
Agency check
MFS license services
The agency list valid to 03.07.2028 and the suspended or blacklisted list, to check the agency before you file MFS
mahafireservice.gov.in/license-services.php
MFS
MFS E-Approval
Online Provisional and Final fire approvals for the Director's areas; no Form B service published, and the login has a security code MFS E-Approval
mahafireservice.com/Login
Telangana
TGFD Fire Audit module
Telangana's yearly or 6-monthly third-party certificate upload TGFD Fire Audit
fire.telangana.gov.in/FireAudit/FireAuditLogin.aspx
Uttar Pradesh
UP Fire Service portal
Uttar Pradesh's Form A-8 declarations each January and July, under rule 56 Uttar Pradesh Fire and Emergency Services
upfireservice.gov.in/upfire
Chhattisgarh
CG Fire NOC portal
Chhattisgarh's Fire Audit service and Third Party Auditor selection Fire and Emergency Services and SDRF, Chhattisgarh
firenoc.cg.gov.in
Odisha
Odisha Fire Service portal
11 services, none of them an audit upload on 25 October 2026 OFES portal
odishafire.odisha.gov.in

What a Form B submission costs the owner

Flamekite found no government fee for filing a Form B in Maharashtra. The cost is the agency's maintenance contract, which is private.

As published

Filing fee to the fire service, MaharashtraNone foundRule 4 and the 2015, 2022, 2025 and 2026 circulars set none Rules 2009
MIDC SWC Form B serviceNo fee field on the public form viewMIDC dues must be clear before SWC opens MIDC SWC
Agency's AMC or CAMCNot publishedAgreed privately; the order copy goes in without the amount MFS Form B guidelines
Mumbai health licence undertaking that cites Form BRs 500 stamp paperFor the licence, not for Form B itself MCGM
Telangana Fire Audit uploadNot statedPaid by net banking through the cyber treasury TG Fire Audit manual

A consultant's or agency's charge for preparing and filing the Form B is a private price, not a government fee.

Form B submission in numbers

Compliance is low where it has been counted: a few hundred filings in Pune, about 1 in 5 complexes statewide in 2023.

489
Establishments that had filed Form B with the Pune fire department by June 2026 (as reported) Navbharat Livenews report
20 %
Share of about 2 lakh residential complexes that filed the July 2023 maintenance report (as reported) Propnewstimenews report
3 months
MIDC's online Form B window, from 1 January and 1 July MIDC circular
3 months
Longest time after an agency licence expires that its Form B may still be accepted MFS Form B guidelines
1 month
Notice either side gives before an agency stops work MFS Form B guidelines
4
Modes rule 4(5) allows: in person, registered post, courier, online Amendment Rules 2025
7
Mandatory uploads of the 8 on MIDC's Form B screen MIDC SWC

Form B submission worked cases: 5 buildings, 5 routes

Flamekite's reading of the rules for 5 example buildings; the buildings are illustrations.

Case 1
A housing society in Kothrud, Pune
Occupied tower with a Final approval; its agency signs the January 2027 Form B on 12 January.
What applies File it with the Pune Chief Fire Officer by 31 January 2027, at the fire office or by e-mail as the brigade's 2025 appeal was reported. Keep the sent e-mail with the whole file. Pune Pulsenews report
Case 2
A plastics unit on an MIDC plot in Taloja
Final Fire NOC on paper from 2016; never registered on SWC.
What applies It cannot use the Form B service yet. It applies online for renewal of the Final Fire NOC, then files the January Form B on SWC before the window closes, about 31 March. MIDC circular
Case 3
A hospital in Nashik whose agency's licence expired on 30 September 2026
The agency has applied to renew but holds no new licence in January 2027.
What applies A Form B filed in January 2027 is more than 3 months after expiry, so the fire service need not accept it. Use an agency with a current licence. MFS Form B guidelines
Case 4
A shopping centre in a town with no Chief Fire Officer
Final approval from the Director.
What applies The covering letter goes to the Director, Maharashtra Fire and Emergency Services, Kalina, Mumbai 400 098, by registered post or courier in January and July. MFS Form B guidelines
Case 5
A 50 m residential tower in Andheri, Mumbai
Occupied, Final approval from the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
What applies The brigade publishes no current Form B route, so send it in January by registered post or courier to the regional fire office and keep the receipt; the 2016 ward upload cannot be assumed. Mumbai Fire Brigade

Form B submission drives and filing counts, 2023 to 2026

From news reports, not yet an official source.

By 25 October 2026 only MIDC ran a published online Form B service; the statewide online option announced in 2024 had not appeared on the MFS site, and Pune reported 489 filings in June 2026.

6 June 2026
Navbharat Live: after a Delhi hotel fire, only 489 establishments had filed Form B with the PMC fire department, against about 25,000 housing societies and hundreds of hospitals and hotels. Navbharat Livenews report
5 June 2026
Free Press Journal: BMC and the Mumbai Fire Brigade began a citywide inspection drive and restated the January and July Form B rule. Free Press Journalnews report
29 September 2025
Pune Pulse: the PMC Fire Brigade appealed for Form B in January and July, at the fire office or by e-mail. Pune Pulsenews report
1 January 2025
MIDC moved Form B for its plots onto the SWC portal, ending visits to its fire offices. MIDC circular
4 June 2024
Pune Pulse: the Director of Fire Services confirmed that societies would "soon" be able to submit the maintenance report online. Pune Pulsenews report
16 August 2023
Propnewstime: about 40,000 of 2 lakh residential complexes, roughly 20%, had filed the July report. Propnewstimenews report

Form B submission myths, checked against the rules

You may have read
The last date for Form B is the 15th of January and July.
Myth
What the sources say
No day is fixed. Section 3(3) says "in the months of January and July"; Flamekite reads the last day as 31 January and 31 July. MFS Act 2006 copy
You may have read
The licensed agency files the Form B for you.
Myth
What the sources say
Section 3(3) puts the duty to furnish it on the owner or occupier; the agency signs it. MFS Act 2006 copy
You may have read
MIDC still takes a paper Form B at its fire stations.
Myth
What the sources say
Since 1 January 2025, MIDC plots file on the SWC portal only. MIDC circular
You may have read
Every fire office in Maharashtra takes Form B online.
Myth
What the sources say
Rule 4(5) allows online filing, but only MIDC publishes a dedicated service; others take it by hand, post, courier or, in Pune, e-mail. Amendment Rules 2025
You may have read
A Form B from an agency whose licence has expired is always rejected.
Myth
What the sources say
MFS lets the fire service accept it within 3 months of the expiry; after that it need not. MFS Form B guidelines

Questions about Form B submission

What is the last date for Form B submission?: The Act says only "in the months of January and July", so no day is fixed. Flamekite reads the last dates as 31 January and 31 July. On MIDC plots the online service stays open for 3 months from 1 January and 1 July.
How do I submit Form B online?: On an MIDC plot, register on the MIDC SWC portal and use Bi-Annual Submission of Form-B, with 8 uploads. Elsewhere, rule 4(5) allows online filing, but no other office has published a Form B service; Pune has taken it by e-mail, as reported.
Where do I submit Form B in Mumbai?: To the Mumbai Fire Brigade, but its current route is not published. Its only public notice is an undated draft appeal that asked high-risk buildings to upload Form B on the MCGM site by January 2016. Send it by registered post or courier and keep the receipt.
Where is Form B submitted in Pune?: To the Chief Fire Officer of the Pune Fire Brigade, at the fire office or by e-mail, as PMC's September 2025 appeal was reported. Two reports name different offices on New Timber Market, so confirm with the brigade.
Who submits Form B, the agency or the society?: The owner or occupier, such as the society's chairman or secretary. The licensed agency signs the Form B; the owner files it with a covering letter and declaration.
Can I submit Form B if my agency's licence has expired?: Only within 3 months of the expiry, and only if the fire service agrees: MFS says Form A or B "may be accepted" in that time. After it, use an agency with a current licence.
What happens if Form B is submitted late?: The Act sets no late fee. A missing Form B can be prosecuted under section 36; Flamekite reads it as section 36(2)(c), with rigorous imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine. Pune's brigade warned that a non-filer bears sole responsibility for any mishap.
Is there a fee to submit Form B?: Flamekite found none in rule 4 or the MFS and MIDC circulars. The owner pays the agency's maintenance contract, which is a private price.

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