Fire Regulations in Stanislaus County, CA (2026)
5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Stanislaus County, California.
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Fire Pits & Backyard Fires
Any outdoor or open fire in unincorporated Stanislaus County, including a backyard fire pit, must have an adult in attendance at all times under Fire Code Section 16.55.150. Before anyone leaves, the fire must be fully extinguished with water or buried in dirt so it cannot rekindle. Unattended fire pits are a citable fire-code violation enforced by the county fire warden.
Stanislaus County Fire Pit Attendance Rule
Some RestrictionsStanislaus County Code § 16.55.150
It is unlawful to leave or cause or permit to be left any outdoor or open fire unattended by an adult person, or by the person or persons named in any permit issued by the county fire warden or his/her duly authorized agent. Before leaving any such fire, the person or persons in charge of the fire shall thoroughly extinguish same by completely covering it with dirt, saturating it with water, or...
Fireworks
Stanislaus County bans selling, possessing, discharging or transporting any fireworks in the unincorporated area, with a narrow window for state-classified Safe and Sane fireworks from noon June 28 through 11:59 p.m. July 6. Violations are infractions carrying fines up to five hundred dollars, rising to a misdemeanor on a fourth offense within a year.
Stanislaus County Fireworks Ban and Exceptions
Heavy RestrictionsStanislaus County Code § 9.84.110 (Ord. CS 925 § 1, 2005)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall sell, offer for sale, use, discharge, display, possess, store or transport within the unincorporated area of the county, any fireworks, fireworks kits, or dangerous fireworks, by whatever name known.
Brush Clearance
In unincorporated Stanislaus County, anyone who occupies or controls land with standing wheat, oats, barley, hay or other vegetation that has turned flammable must maintain a boundary fire break under Section 16.55.070: a plowed strip at least three feet wide, or a cleared strip at least six feet wide, along every line where the property adjoins similarly flammable land.
Stanislaus County Agricultural Fire Break Rule
Some RestrictionsStanislaus County Code § 16.55.070
Every person...having control of any land within the county outside of incorporated cities and towns, upon which there has been sown, or is standing, growing, or grown, any wheat, oats, barley, hay or other vegetation of any kind whatsoever, which...has become inflammable and in such a condition as to be easily set on fire...shall maintain on every portion of the boundary of the land where the ...
Outdoor Burning
Stanislaus County's Fire Code amendments flatly require a permit before anyone burns grass, weeds, agricultural trimmings or other combustibles in the unincorporated county. Added Section 307.2.2 of the California Fire Code routes that permit through the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and limits any burning it allows to agricultural purposes on land where farming is a lawful use.
Stanislaus County Open Burning Permit Rule
Significant RestrictionsStanislaus County Code § 16.55.040(E) (adding Fire Code § 307.2.2 — Permitted Open Burning)
Section 307.2.2 is hereby added to the 2025 California Fire Code to read as follows: Permitted Open Burning. No person shall kindle, conduct, or maintain any burning of grass, weeds, agricultural trimmings, or other combustibles or authorize any such fire to be kindled, conducted, or maintained without a permit as required by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District and in ...
Propane Storage
Stanislaus County's Fire Code amendments zone where liquefied petroleum gas can be stored and dispensed outdoors in the unincorporated county. Section 6104.2, as locally amended, ties LP-gas storage to the county's zoning map: resale storage is confined to Commercial-Light Industrial and Heavy Industrial districts, while residential cooking, heating or lighting supply is allowed only where the property has no boundary-line natural gas service.
Stanislaus County Outdoor LP-Gas Storage Rules
Significant RestrictionsStanislaus County Code § 16.55.040(W) (amending Fire Code § 6104.2 — Maximum Capacity within Established Limits)
Section 6104.2 of the 2025 California Fire Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Maximum Capacity within Established Limits. The outside storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LP-gas) shall conform to the provisions of Stanislaus County zoning ordinances. The outside storage and use of liquified petroleum gas is restricted as specified in this section. 1. Storage and dispensing of LP-gas for ...
Fire Regulations by City in Stanislaus County
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