Outdoor burning rules in Coweta County, GA — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning is tightly restricted in Coweta County. As a metro-Atlanta county, it falls under the EPD summer ban that prohibits most outdoor burning from May 1 through September 30, and year-round burning needs Georgia Forestry Commission approval.
Coweta County sits inside Georgia's 54-county summer ozone zone, so the EPD Summer Open Burn Ban bars land-clearing, yard-debris, and most other open burning from May 1 through September 30. Outside those months, burning yard debris, or land-clearing, agricultural, and forestry burns, require a Georgia Forestry Commission permit first, plus Coweta County Fire Rescue notification. Burning household garbage, tires, plastics, and construction debris is prohibited year-round under Georgia EPD Rule 391-3-1-.02(5). Authorized fires must be attended and generally occur between mid-morning and one hour before sunset. Small recreational and cooking fires remain allowed under the fire code even during the summer ban.
Illegal open burning, or burning during the May–September ban, is enforced by Coweta County Fire Rescue and Georgia EPD, with fines, an order to extinguish, and liability for any escaped fire.
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