Fire Regulations in Grand Prairie, TX (2026)
5 verified fire regulations for Grand Prairie, Texas, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Grand Prairie allows recreational fires on residential property with conditions: area must be clear of combustibles including buildings and fences, only seasoned untreated wood may be burned, and fires must comply with Tarrant County burn ban restrictions when active.
Grand Prairie Recreational Fire Regulations
Light RestrictionsTex. Local Government Code Sec. 352.081 (Regulation of Outdoor Burning)
Sec. 352.081. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR BURNING. ... (c) The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit or restrict outdoor burning in general or outdoor burning of a particular substance in all or part of the unincorporated area of the county if:(1) drought conditions have been determined to exist as provided by Subsection (b); or(2) the commissioners court makes a finding that cir...
Fireworks
Grand Prairie bans owning, possessing, selling, igniting or otherwise using fireworks anywhere inside the city under Code Sec. 12-6, with no exception for the Fourth of July, New Year's, or private property. The sales ban even reaches unincorporated land within 5,000 feet of the city limits. Only state-exempted display fireworks and wholesaler-to-wholesaler sales escape the prohibition.
Grand Prairie Fireworks Possession Ban
Heavy RestrictionsGrand Prairie Code of Ordinances § 12-6
(a)It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally and knowingly own, possess, sell, offer for sale, ignite, or otherwise use fireworks within the city.(b)It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale any fireworks in any unincorporated area within five thousand (5,000) [feet] of the city limits.(c)The provisions contained in subsections (a) and (b) above shall not apply to...
Outdoor Burning
Grand Prairie requires a fire marshal permit before anyone conducts outdoor burning for commercial land clearing, and bans open burning outright whenever weather or smoke make it hazardous. Sec. 12-7 sets a $1,000 non-refundable permit fee, a 30-day term, strict wind and distance limits, and lets the fire marshal shut down any burn, permitted or not, that turns hazardous.
Grand Prairie Outdoor Burning Permit Rules
Significant RestrictionsGrand Prairie Code of Ordinances § 12-7(a), (b), (c)
No person may conduct any outdoor burning for commercial land clearing purposes within the city unless and until such person has obtained from the fire marshal's office an outdoor burning permit. ... Outdoor burning for commercial land clearing purposes shall require a non-refundable permit fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each application. ... Outdoor burning for commercial land cle...
Wildfire Zones
Grand Prairie has no city-adopted Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) code and no state-mapped wildfire hazard severity zone. Texas relies on the Texas A&M Forest Service Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (TxWRAP) for advisory WUI mapping. The city follows Tarrant and Dallas County burn bans during elevated fire danger.
Grand Prairie Wildfire Zone Designations
Few RestrictionsTex. Local Government Code Sec. 352.081 (Regulation of Outdoor Burning)
Sec. 352.081. REGULATION OF OUTDOOR BURNING. (a) In this section, "drought conditions" means the existence of a long-term deficit of moisture creating atypically severe conditions with increased wildfire occurrence as defined by the Texas Forest Service through the use of the Keetch-Byram Drought Index ... (c) The commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit or restrict outdoor bur...
Smoke Detectors
Grand Prairie adopts the International Fire Code requiring smoke detectors in all residential units. Chapter 12 governs fire prevention. Smoke alarms required in each sleeping room, outside sleeping areas, and on every level. Landlords must maintain working detectors per Chapter 28.
Grand Prairie Smoke Detector Requirements
Some RestrictionsTex. Property Code Sec. 92.252 (Smoke Alarms - Municipal Regulation)
Sec. 92.252. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW; MUNICIPAL REGULATION. (a) The duties of a landlord and the remedies of a tenant under this subchapter are in lieu of common law, other statutory law, and local ordinances regarding a residential landlord's duty to install, inspect, or repair a fire extinguisher or smoke alarm in a dwelling unit. However, this subchapter does not: ... (2) limit or prev...
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