Municipal

Fire department inspection of your truck

Most Island municipalities want a fire inspection before they licence a food truck — Victoria, Saanich, Nanaimo, Langford and Duncan among them. Victoria’s is yearly and comes with a decal. Nanaimo’s applies to enclosed units with propane or wood-fired appliances or grease-laden cooking, and an enclosed unit that makes grease-laden vapour needs an NFPA 96 hood and suppression system.

Who issues it
Your municipality’s fire department
Cost
Victoria: $100 a year.

Who needs it

The rules behind this page

Last checked 26 September 2026. We check this guide regularly against Island Health, provincial and municipal sources, but regulations and laws change often and we can’t guarantee it is complete or current. Confirm with Island Health and your municipality before you apply, build or sell.

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