5 rules for unincorporated Okaloosa County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Okaloosa County allows small, attended recreational wood fires kept 25 feet from structures under the Florida Fire Prevention Code. Propane and gas pits are fine year-round; wood fires stop during a burn ban.
Consumer fireworks are legal in Okaloosa County only on July 4, December 31, and January 1 under Fla. Stat. §791.08. The county can set hours and locations the rest of the year but cannot ban them on those three days.
Fla. Stat. § 791.08(1)
New Year's Day, January 1; Independence Day, July 4; or New Year's Eve, December 31.
Okaloosa County expects owners to keep lots clear of overgrown, combustible brush, especially in the wildland-urban interface around Crestview, Baker, and the Eglin reservation. Defensible space cuts wildfire risk in the county's longleaf pine flatwoods.
Yard-debris and land-clearing burns in unincorporated Okaloosa County need a Florida Forest Service authorization before you light them. Burning trash, treated wood, or debris hauled from off-site is always illegal.
Fla. Stat. § 590.125(2)(a)2.
Authorization has been obtained from the Florida Forest Service or its designated agent before starting the burn
Okaloosa County's pine flatwoods and the Eglin reservation put many neighborhoods in a genuine wildland-urban interface. Defensible space and Firewise construction cut risk where subdivisions meet the woods around Crestview, Baker, and Niceville.
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