Small backyard recreational fires are normally permit-free in Collier County, but when the Governor declares a drought state of emergency, campfires, bonfires, and barrel burning are prohibited countywide for the duration of the emergency to prevent wildfires.
Fire Prevention Policy OPB 09-1 exempts small recreational and cooking fires from permits, but adds a drought override: for 30 days after a Governor's drought emergency declaration covering Collier County, there is 'a prohibition against kindling, creating or maintaining any campfire, bonfire, open or barrel burning of trash, discarding of lighted smoking materials outdoors, smoking in county parks, and the sale of fireworks,' extendable by county resolution. Collier separately issues local burn bans under Ordinance 2023-38 during extreme drought. Keep any lawful backyard fire attended, controlled, and surrounded by a cleared, burnable-free zone.
Kindling a campfire or bonfire during a declared drought emergency or local burn ban is a civil infraction; drought-order violations causing irreparable damage can reach $15,000.
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