4 rules for unincorporated Loudoun County, Virginia.
Verified from official government sources
Loudoun County permits recreational fire pits up to 3 feet diameter with 15-foot structure setback under Fire Prevention Code. VA 4 PM Burning Law (VA §10.1-1142) applies Feb 15 to Apr 30.
Virginia legalized consumer fireworks in 2021 (HB 2201, VA Code §27-97). Loudoun County may restrict discharge hours and locations.
Va. Code Ann. § 27-97 – Adoption of Statewide Fire Prevention Code
Statewide Fire Prevention Code which shall be cooperatively developed with the Fire Services Board pursuant to procedures agreed to by the two Boards. The Fire Prevention Code shall prescribe regulations to be complied with for the protection of life and property from the hazards of fire or explosion and for the handling, storage, sale, and use of fireworks, explosives, or blasting agents, and ...
Loudoun County has no statutory defensible space mandate but Virginia Department of Forestry enforces fire prevention statewide. Western Loudoun's wooded AR zones face elevated spring/fall fire risk.
Loudoun prohibits open burning of trash, construction debris, and yard waste within 300 feet of occupied buildings. VA 4 PM Law applies Feb 15 to Apr 30. Burn permit required from VDOF for agricultural burns.
Va. Code Ann. § 10.1-1142 – Regulating the burning of woods, brush, etc.
unlawful for any owner or lessee of land to set fire to, or to procure another to set fire to, any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass, debris, or other inflammable material upon such land unless he previously has taken all reasonable care and precaution, by having cut and piled the same or carefully cleared around the same, to prevent the spread of such fire to lands other than those owned or le...
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