5 rules for unincorporated Coweta County, Georgia.
Verified from official government sources
Small backyard recreational fires are allowed in unincorporated Coweta County under the fire code enforced by Coweta County Fire Rescue. A recreational fire must stay small, sit well back from structures, and be attended with water or an extinguisher ready.
Consumer fireworks are legal in Coweta County under Georgia's 2015 law (O.C.G.A. §25-10-1). Residents may use them daily from 10 A.M. to 11:59 P.M., with extended hours on New Year's and Independence Day, subject to the county noise ordinance.
O.C.G.A. § 25-10-2 (Use of consumer fireworks; permitted times)
On any day beginning at the time of 10:00 A.M. and up to and including the ending time of 11:59 P.M.
Georgia has no statewide defensible-space mandate, and Coweta County sets no residential brush-clearance requirement. Clearing woods or land by burning requires a Georgia Forestry Commission permit and is banned outright during the metro-Atlanta summer season.
O.C.G.A. § 12-6-90 (Burning woods, lands, or vegetation; permits)
shall prior to such burning obtain a permit therefor from the forest ranger
Open burning is tightly restricted in Coweta County. As a metro-Atlanta county, it falls under the EPD summer ban that prohibits most outdoor burning from May 1 through September 30, and year-round burning needs Georgia Forestry Commission approval.
Georgia EPD, Summer Open Burning Ban (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 391-3-1-.02(5))
The Summer Open Burn Ban runs from May 1 - September 30 and includes 54 counties in Georgia.
Georgia designates no regulatory wildfire hazard zones, and Coweta County imposes no defensible-space or ignition-resistant construction mandates. As a wooded Atlanta exurb, Coweta carries far lower wildfire risk than the fire-adapted North Georgia mountains.
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