Fire Regulations in Fauquier County, VA (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Fauquier County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Fireworks
The only fireworks rule in Fauquier County's code bars using, discharging or possessing fireworks, firecrackers, explosives or rockets anywhere in a county park, except during a supervised parks and recreation department event in designated areas at designated times. It sits at § 16-7(b), alongside the chapter's weapons and knife rules.
Fauquier County Bans Fireworks in County Parks
Heavy RestrictionsFauquier County Code § 16-7(b)
It shall be unlawful for any person to use, discharge, or have in his possession any fireworks, firecrackers, explosives or rockets of any kind, except for properly supervised, parks and recreation department-sponsored activity in designated areas at designated times. ... Any violation of section 16-5 (permits for solicitors and vendors); section 16-6 (prohibited conduct); section 16-7 (firearm...
Outdoor Burning
In unincorporated Fauquier County, the system chief can declare an open burning emergency and ban all outdoor burning when dry conditions create a serious fire hazard, and County Code separately bars burning refuse or other prohibited materials except as specifically allowed under the county's open burning article.
Fauquier County Open Burning Rules
Significant RestrictionsFauquier County Code §§ 9-51(d), 9-52(a)
The system chief may, upon recommendation of the fire marshal or local forest warden appointed pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 10.1-1135, if the forestlands, brushlands and fields within the county have become so dry as to create a serious fire hazard endangering lives and property within the county, declare an open burning emergency and prohibit any person from engaging in any open burning unt...
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