Fire Regulations in Coconino County, AZ (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Coconino County, Arizona.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Coconino County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Fireworks

Only ground-based "permissible consumer fireworks" are legal anywhere in Arizona (ARS §36-1606); aerial fireworks are illegal statewide. In forested Coconino County, Flagstaff bans fireworks citywide, county fire restrictions prohibit them, and national forest land is off-limits year-round.

Coconino County Fireworks Regulations

Heavy Restrictions

ARS §36-1601 (Definition of permissible consumer fireworks)

Anything that is designed or intended to rise into the air and explode or to detonate in the air or to fly above the ground

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Brush Clearance

Coconino County requires every subdivision and development with a landscape plan inside the Wildland/Urban Interface to clear brush in three zones around structures. Zone 1, the ten feet closest to buildings, decks and other structures, must have native brush removed from under trees and stripped entirely within that band. Zoning Ordinance Section 4.4.E requires the work be redone at least once a year.

Coconino County Brush Clearance Fire Rules

Some Restrictions

Coconino County Zoning Ordinance § 4.4.E.1.A

4.4.E. Fire Protection and Weed Mitigation 1. Fire safety Standards and Defensible Space All subdivisions and developments requiring a landscape plan located within the Wildland/Urban Interface shall incorporate Fire safety management practices into the design and maintenance of Landscaping. Fire safety standards identify three zones at different distances from buildings and structures, and de...

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Wildfire Zones

Coconino County requires any subdivision or development needing a landscape plan inside the Wildland-Urban Interface to build in defensible space across three zones reaching 150 feet from structures, maintained at least annually, plus pre-construction weed mitigation before ground is disturbed.

Coconino County Wildfire Defensible Space Zones

Some Restrictions

Coconino County Zoning Ordinance § 4.4.E.1 (Fire safety Standards and Defensible Space)

All subdivisions and developments requiring a landscape plan located within the Wildland/Urban Interface shall incorporate Fire safety management practices into the design and maintenance of Landscaping. Fire safety standards identify three zones at different distances from buildings and structures, and describe the landscape design and maintenance that should occur in these zones. All Defensib...

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