Fire Regulations in Redlands, CA (2026)
6 verified fire regulations for Redlands, California, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Redlands allows backyard fires only in a permanent barbeque, portable barbeque, outdoor fireplace or grill kept at least 30 feet from combustible material, with a spark arrestor, an attendant 21 or older, and a fire extinguisher on hand, and bans them outright during red flag warnings.
Redlands Outdoor Fire Pit & Barbeque Rules
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 15.20.182
Section 324: Outdoor Fires - Where Prohibited. The outdoor fires shall not be conducted where conditions could cause the spread of fire, unless all of the following safety requirements and conditions are met: 1. Location: Outdoor fires shall only be conducted at inhabited premises, contained within a permanent barbeque, portable barbeque, outdoor fireplace, or grill, and located a minimum of 30...
Fireworks
Redlands bans possessing, storing, selling, transporting, or discharging any fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, anywhere in the city, absent a permit from the State Fire Marshal or the Fire Chief. Property owners who knowingly allow fireworks on their land are equally liable, and the Fire Chief can seize fireworks outright.
Redlands Fireworks Prohibition
Heavy RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 15.20.560
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, no person shall have in his or her possession, or keep, store, use, shoot, discharge, set off, ignite, explode, manufacture, sell, offer to sell, give, transport, or improperly dispose of any fireworks or dangerous or safe and sane fireworks. A. Except where otherwise expressly provided in this Code or under a permit issued by the California State Fire...
Brush Clearance
Redlands requires owners of buildings in hazardous fire areas, and adjoining landowners, to maintain a fuel modification zone by clearing combustible vegetation within 100 feet of structures, remove tree limbs within 10 feet of chimneys, and keep roofs free of dead vegetation, or face fire department-ordered removal billed as a property lien.
Redlands Wildfire Brush Clearance Rule
Significant RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 15.30.140
603.5.1 Vegetation Maintenance. Persons owning, leasing, controlling, operating or maintaining buildings or structures in, upon or adjoining hazardous fire areas, and persons owning, leasing or controlling land adjacent to such buildings or structures, shall at all times: Maintain an effective fuel modification zone by removing, clearing, or modifying away combustible vegetation and other flamm...
Wildfire Zones
Redlands has formally designated its Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone under a city map adopted by Ordinance 2986, triggering the Wildland-Urban Interface Code's building, vegetation and defensible-space requirements for properties within the mapped High and Very High zones.
Redlands Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 15.30.120
Section 302.3 of the California wildland urban-interface code is hereby added to read as follows: The local responsibility fire hazard severity zone for City of Redlands is designated with geographical boundaries found in the map adopted with ordinance number 2986.
Smoke Detectors
Redlands, California requires every dwelling unit in a condominium conversion project to have a State Fire Marshal-approved smoke detector meeting NFPA pamphlet No. 74 before the planning commission signs off on the conversion. Redlands City Code Section 17.25.060(E) also ties sprinkler and fire alarm installation to the fire code in effect when the conversion application is filed.
Redlands Condo Conversion Smoke Detectors
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 17.25.060(E)
E. Fire Protection: 1. Smoke Detectors: Every dwelling unit shall be provided with a smoke detector. Installations shall comply with National Fire Protection Association pamphlet no. 74. The detector shall be approved by the state fire marshal. AC primary power source shall be utilized. The detector shall be mounted on the ceiling at a point centrally located in the corridor or areas ...
Propane Storage
Redlands caps bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 water gallons per installation in commercial, residential and other areas wherever the fire code official finds the storage would threaten life or property, enforced under the city's adopted Fire Code.
Redlands Propane / LP-Gas Storage Limit
Some RestrictionsRedlands City Code § 15.20.030(D)
Storage Of Liquefied Petroleum Gases: Pursuant to section 6104.2 of the California fire code, the aggregate capacity of any one installation for the bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gases shall not exceed two thousand (2,000) water gallons (7571 liters) in commercial, residential and other areas where, in the opinion of the fire code official, the location of bulk storage of liquefied petrol...
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