8 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Marion County, Oregon.
Verified from official government sources
Small recreational fires and barbeques are exempt from Oregon's open-burning rules, but they must burn only clean, dry firewood, stay attended, and be fully extinguished. Check for any active fire-district burn closure first.
Oregon is restrictive. Legal retail fireworks may not fly into the air, explode, or travel far. Bottle rockets, Roman candles, and firecrackers are illegal statewide, even in unincorporated Marion County.
ORS 480.120; ORS 480.165
Oregon law prohibits the possession, use, or sale of any fireworks that fly into the air, explode, or travel more than 12 feet horizontally on the ground without a permit from the state fire marshal. This includes items such as bottle rockets, Roman candles, and firecrackers.
Marion County has no countywide defensible-space clearance mandate. Oregon's statewide defensible-space requirement was repealed by SB 83 in 2025, so any brush-clearing duty now comes only from local codes or your fire district.
Outdoor debris burning is banned inside the Salem/Keizer Urban Growth Boundary and in burn barrels. Elsewhere you may burn only your own yard debris on DEQ-authorized burn days with a county backyard burn permit.
Marion County Code Ch. 8.70 (Open Burning)
In Marion County, no open burning is permitted within the Salem/Keizer Urban Growth Boundary, no open burning of debris other than the property owner's is permitted and no burning is permitted in burn barrels.
Oregon no longer has a statewide wildfire hazard map. Senate Bill 83 (2025) repealed the map and the building and defensible-space mandates tied to it, so no state wildfire-zone designation currently applies to Marion County parcels.
Oregon law, not a Marion County ordinance, sets smoke-alarm rules. Landlords must supply, install, and maintain working smoke alarms, and homes cannot be sold or rented without approved alarms in place.
ORS 479.270
The owner of any rental dwelling unit or the owner's authorized agent shall be responsible for supplying, installing and maintaining the required smoke alarms or smoke detectors.
In rural Marion County you may burn your own yard debris only on DEQ burn days, and local fire districts close backyard burning entirely during summer. Marion County Fire District #1 bans it from June 16 through September 30.
Marion County Fire District #1 Burn Regulations
Backyard burning is not allowed from June 16th through September 30th.
Marion County has no separate propane-storage ordinance. Home propane is governed by the Oregon Fire Code (the state-adopted International Fire Code) and NFPA 58, enforced by your local fire district.
1 cities in Marion County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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