Fire pit rules in Indian River County, FL — also called outdoor burning, recreational fire, or open flame ordinances — cover fuel types, clearances, and when burning is allowed.
Indian River County lets residents enjoy a small recreational campfire or cooking fire without state authorization, using clean dry wood kept well back from the house. Gas and propane pits are almost always fine, and a drought burn ban overrides everything.
Indian River County allows small recreational campfires and outdoor cooking fires without Florida Forest Service authorization, kept attended with a hose or extinguisher nearby and set well back from homes, fences, and the pine flatwoods that edge Fellsmere, the rural west, and the St. Sebastian River Preserve. Burn only clean, dry wood — never trash, treated lumber, or piled yard debris in a recreational fire. Gas and propane fire pits are not open burning and stay usable during most bans. When the dry season pushes up the Keetch-Byram Drought Index, the county and Florida Forest Service impose burn bans that suspend open recreational fires until rain lowers the risk.
An escaped fire leaves you liable for property damage and suppression costs, and lighting an open fire during a county or state burn ban draws fire-code enforcement.
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