Our inspectors are city or county employees. We have to deal with local fire marshals on commercial jobs and state fire marshals on assembly halls and larger jobs. I am fortunate to have good inspectors to deal with in our immediate jurisdiction. I speak with them often even if to just say hello. They have given me their cell numbers so I can get right through. They are also good about scheduling for things like shut downs and reconnects. Some of the surrounding areas are not as good to work with and all of them look for different things. I guess I am fortunate here!