5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Mobile County, Alabama.
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Backyard fire pits are legal in unincorporated Mobile County. ADEM's open-burning rule exempts recreational fires and cooking fires outright, so no permit is needed to enjoy a fire pit on your own property.
ADEM Admin. Code r. 335-3-3-.01
No person shall ignite, cause to be ignited, permit to be ignited, or maintain any open fire except as follows: (a) Open fires for the cooking of food for human consumption on other than commercial premises; (b) Fires for recreational or ceremonial purposes;
Consumer fireworks are legal in Mobile County. Alabama law permits Class C consumer fireworks statewide, and unincorporated county residents may buy and shoot them. Buyers must be 16 or older and show valid identification.
Ala. Code § 8-17-217
It shall be unlawful for an individual, firm, partnership, or corporation to possess, sell, or use within the State of Alabama, or ship into the State of Alabama, except as provided in Section 8-17-216, any pyrotechnics commonly known as “fireworks” other than items now or hereafter classified as Class C consumer fireworks by the United States Department of Transportation, including, but not li...
Clearing brush by burning is allowed in unincorporated Mobile County under ADEM Admin. Code r. 335-3-3-.01, but the pile must sit 500 feet from any neighboring dwelling, and the Alabama Forestry Commission requires a permit to burn near woodland.
ADEM Admin. Code r. 335-3-3-.01
The burning must take place on the property on which the combustible fuel originates; 2. The location of the burning must be at least 500 feet from the nearest occupied dwelling other than a dwelling located on the property on which the burning is conducted; 3. The burning must be controlled so as to avoid creating a traffic hazard on any public road, street, or highway as a result of the air c...
Outdoor burning is legal in unincorporated Mobile County under ADEM rules, but when the State Forestry Commission declares a drought emergency, Ala. Code § 9-13-141 makes all outdoor fires, campfires, and trash burning unlawful countywide until the No Burn order lifts.
Ala. Code § 9-13-141
At such time as the State Forestry Commission has declared by regulation a drought emergency in any county or counties, it shall be unlawful in such county or counties for any person to set fire to any forest, grass, woods, wildlands or marshes or to build a campfire or bonfire or to burn trash or other material that may cause a forest, grass or woods fire.
Alabama maps no regulatory wildfire hazard zones, and Mobile County has no authority to impose defensible-space or fire-hardening building rules. Wildfire risk is managed by the Alabama Forestry Commission through burn permits and drought No Burn orders, not zoning overlays.
1 cities in Mobile County have their own fire regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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