Fire Regulations in Greensboro, NC (2026)
2 verified fire regulations for Greensboro, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fireworks
Greensboro requires a Fireworks/Pyro/Special Effects Event permit from the fire prevention bureau before any organized display, priced at $300 for the first event and $150 for each later one. The city's noise ordinance only excuses a licensed display from its decibel and curfew limits between noon and 10 p.m. daily, midnight on July 4th, and only with written authority from the Guilford County Board of Commissioners.
Greensboro Fireworks Display Permit & Noise Rule
Some RestrictionsGreensboro City Code § 18-54(h); § 10-10
Organized fireworks displays carried on under the supervision of licensed experts with written authority from the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Such displays shall be exempt only between the hours of 12:00 noon and 10:00 p.m., every day except the Fourth of July on which day they are exempt from 12:00 noon until 12:00 midnight.
Outdoor Burning
Burning leaves, brush, trash, or any other refuse anywhere inside Greensboro's corporate limits is outright prohibited under City Code § 10-23. The only way around it is a fire-prevention-bureau permit for commercial land-clearing brush burns, which costs $150 per fire under § 10-10.
Greensboro Ban on Burning Leaves and Brush
Heavy RestrictionsGreensboro City Code §§ 10-23, 10-10
Sec. 10-23. - Burning of leaves. The burning of leaves, brush, trash or any other refuse is prohibited within the corporate limits. EXCEPTION: The burning of brush by commercial contractors clearing large open areas properly permitted by the fire prevention bureau and in accordance with local air quality burning regulations. [Sec. 10-10, Additional permit fees:] Bonfire/Open Burning Permit — Pe...
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