The problem was that the operational staff of the Eureka Fire Protection District (EFPD) has limited knowledge of commercial and high life hazard occupancies. This lack of familiarity was caused by the cessation of company commercial fire prevention inspections several years ago. The purpose of this research was to describe various types of activities that occur during company fire prevention visits to commercial and high life hazard occupancies. It described benefits and disadvantages to both firefighting personnel and occupants and owners of commercial and high life hazard occupancies when company personnel accomplished fire prevention visits to these buildings.This descriptive research project included the following research questions: 1) What type of activities occur during company fire prevention visits to commercial and high life hazard occupancies? 2) What are the benefits to firefighting personnel in doing fire prevention visits to commercial and high life hazard occupancies? 3) What are the disadvantages to firefighting personnel in doing fire prevention visits to commercial and high life hazard occupancies? 4) What are the benefits to occupants and owners in company personnel doing fire prevention visits to commercial and high hazard occupancies? 5) What are the disadvantages to occupants and owners in company personnel doing fire prevention visits to commercial and high life hazard occupancies? A literature review conducted at the Learning Resource Center of the National Fire Academy started the procedural process for the research.Other procedures included a business survey of the businesses in the EFPD and a fire department survey of fire departments in the Greater St Louis Region Fire Chief's Association. The results showed that in-service inspections were a vital component of the fire prevention program both for reducing hazards and for firefighter familiarization. The researcher recommended that a modified inspection and familiarization program be implemented at the EFPD.