Fire Regulations in Franklin, TN (2026)
4 verified fire regulations for Franklin, Tennessee, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fireworks
Franklin bans the manufacture, sale and storage of fireworks across the entire city, and discharging them anywhere in city limits is unlawful unless the fire marshal has approved it under the fire code and the applicable NFPA fireworks standards.
Franklin Fireworks Manufacture and Discharge Ban
Heavy RestrictionsFranklin Municipal Code, title 7, ch. 2, § 7-218
Sec. 7-218. - Manufacture, sale, storage and discharge of fireworks, prohibited. (1)The limits referred to in this Code in which the manufacture, sale and storage of fireworks is prohibited, is hereby established as the entire city limits of Franklin.(2)It is unlawful for any person to store and discharge fireworks within the entire city limits of Franklin, except in accordance with the fire co...
Outdoor Burning
Franklin bans open burning across the entire city limits by default, carving out only a short list of named exceptions, and two of the most common ones (ceremonial bonfires and wood-waste disposal) require a fire department permit before you strike a match.
Franklin Open Burning Ban and Exceptions
Significant RestrictionsFranklin Municipal Code, title 7, ch. 2, § 7-224
No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit open burning within the entire city limits of Franklin except as set out in subsection (2). Exceptions: (a) Non-commercial fires used for cooking of food including barbecues and outdoor fireplaces; (b) Commercial incinerator; (c) Commercial barbecue fireplace; (d) Non-commercial fires used for ceremonial or recreation purposes including bonfires a...
Smoke Detectors
Every Franklin short-term vacation rental must have UL 217-listed smoke alarms in each sleeping area, in every room along the egress path from a sleeping area to the exit door, and on each story of the unit including basements, under Sec. 13-208. It's one of several safety conditions, alongside the certificate of use and occupancy and $1,000,000 liability insurance, tied to keeping the STVR permit.
Franklin STVR Smoke Alarm Placement Rule
Some RestrictionsFranklin Municipal Code, title 13, ch. 2, § 13-208
The STVR shall have approved smoke alarms meeting underwriters laboratory (UL) 217 standards installed as follows:(1)In all sleeping areas.(2)In every room in the path of the means of egress from the sleeping area to the door leading from the sleeping unit.(3)In each story within the sleeping unit, including basements.
Propane Storage
Franklin will not let anyone establish, build or enlarge a plant or place of business that manufactures, distributes or handles bulk liquefied petroleum gas unless it sits in a commercial or industrial area, and any such site must still meet the fire code and NFPA 58/59 tank standards.
Franklin Restricts Bulk LP-Gas Storage Sites
Some RestrictionsFranklin Municipal Code, title 7, ch. 2, § 7-213
Sec. 7-213. - Bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases restricted; building, businesses restricted. (1)It is unlawful for any person to establish, erect, construct, or enlarge a plant or place of business where liquiefied petroleum gas or gases are to be manufactured or physically distributed or handled, except in the commercial and industrial areas of the city.(2)Bulk storage of liquefied pet...
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