A backyard fire for cooking, warmth, or ceremony is a permit-exempt recreational fire in Pinal County only if the fuel area is 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less high. Anything larger, or burning yard waste, becomes open burning requiring a permit.
Pinal County Air Quality allows recreational fires - those for religious, ceremonial, cooking, or warmth purposes - without a burn permit, provided the total fuel area is 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height and only clean, dry firewood is used. Burning vegetative yard waste, trimmings, or anything larger than the recreational threshold is "open burning" and requires a county permit (and is never issued May 1-September 30). All backyard fires are banned during a declared High Pollution Advisory. Household and commercial trash may never be burned.
An oversized or trash-fueled backyard fire without a permit, or any fire during a High Pollution Advisory, is an air-quality violation subject to abatement and penalty.
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