6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Cumberland County, Maine.
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Cumberland County has no county-level fire pit ordinance — fire pits in Cumberland County's 28 municipalities are governed by Maine state law (12 MRS §§ 9322, 9325) plus each municipality's local fire department permit rules. State law limits recreational campfires to 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet in height and bans open burning during Red Flag conditions.
Consumer fireworks are lawful for adults 21+ statewide under 8 MRS §§ 221-A and 223-A but several Cumberland County municipalities (Portland, South Portland, Brunswick, Scarborough, Cape Elizabeth) have used home-rule authority under 8 MRS § 223-A(2) to ban or restrict them. Sky rockets, bottle rockets, missile-type rockets, and aerial spinners are illegal statewide.
Maine has no statewide WUI (wildland-urban interface) defensible-space mandate comparable to California PRC 4291, and Cumberland County does not impose a brush-clearance ordinance. Vegetation management is voluntary except where Shoreland Zoning (38 MRS § 435) applies — within 250 feet of great ponds, rivers, freshwater wetlands, and tidal waters, vegetation removal is strictly limited.
All outdoor burning in Cumberland County requires a permit from the town forest fire warden or Maine Forest Service ranger under 12 MRS § 9324 — except small (≤ 3 ft) recreational fires on snow-covered ground and residential cooking fires. The Maine Forest Service runs a statewide online permit system; permits are denied during Red Flag conditions.
Maine does not designate statutory wildfire zones the way California (Cal Fire FHSZ) or Colorado do. The Maine Forest Service publishes a daily Fire Danger Class (Low through Extreme) and issues Red Flag Warnings under 12 MRS § 9324 that suspend burn permits and restrict outdoor burning across all 28 Cumberland County municipalities.
Propane storage in Cumberland County is governed by the Maine State Fire Marshal's adopted NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code (2020 edition) under 25 MRS § 2452, applied statewide. Residential cylinder limits, container-distance setbacks, and installation requirements come from NFPA 58 — there is no separate Cumberland County propane ordinance.
1 cities in Cumberland County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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