Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services enforces Int'l Fire Code defensible-space standards. Open burning requires a permit from GA Forestry Commission and is banned May 1–Sept 30 in Cobb (EPD 13-county metro rule).
Cobb County adopted the International Fire Code via Ch. 46 of the County Code, and Cobb Fire Marshal's Office (1595 County Services Pkwy, Marietta; 770-528-8310) enforces brush and vegetation management near structures. Cobb is one of the 13 metro Atlanta counties covered by GAEPD Rule 391-3-1-.02(5)(b)(i), which bans most open burning of yard debris from May 1 to September 30 each year to reduce ozone. Outside that window, hand-piled natural vegetation under 10 feet in diameter may be burned after obtaining a free daily permit from the Georgia Forestry Commission (1-877-OK2-BURN or gatrees.org). Burn bans are also issued during drought. Cobb has no blanket defensible-space mandate like California but property maintenance code requires removal of dead, dry vegetation creating fire hazards.
Illegal open burning: GAEPD/GFC fine up to $25,000/day plus Cobb Fire citation. Refusal to abate fire-hazard vegetation: code enforcement citation $100–$1,000 plus abatement lien.
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