Abington, PA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Section 65-3A of Chapter 65 makes it unlawful to ignite, feed, cause, suffer, allow or permit an open fire or open burn for the destruction or reduction of refuse, or in connection with a salvage operation, anywhere in Abington Township, whether on public or private property. The same subsection separately bars using an incinerator for refuse destruction, except for units legally installed before the chapter's 2014 readoption, and bars recreational fires outside the fire-pit exception.

Subsection B carves out specific exceptions: a fire set or supervised by the Fire Marshal or Fire Chief to prevent or abate a fire hazard, training fires set by the Fire Department, fires in a fixed dwelling-unit fireplace, grilling or barbecuing fires that stay below the nuisance threshold, and recreational fires contained in a fire pit that meet the chapter's size, setback and attendance rules.

Subsection C, added in 2021 by Ordinance No. 2185, layers on a second, independent prohibition: no one may burn, ignite or feed any open fire while drought or extreme weather conditions exist, or while the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has instituted a burning ban, and the Township is required to post notice of that restriction at the Fire Department and the Township building. Enforcement runs through the Abington Township Police Department and the Fire Marshal under Section 65-2, who can order a fire immediately extinguished.