Coweta County, GA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Article IV of the Coweta County Code of Ordinances sets the framework for all open, outdoor burning in the unincorporated county. Sec. 34-70 ties every burning operation in the county to the state's own air rules, requiring compliance with the Georgia Rules and Regulations for Air Quality Control at 391-3-1 unless the county ordinance modifies them, and it flatly bars any outdoor burning while a burning ban imposed on Coweta County by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is in effect. Before Dec. 2, 2021, residents also needed a county permit for residential open burning under former Sec.

34-71; Ord. No. 053-21 repealed that permit requirement outright, leaving compliance with the state EPD rules and any active EPD ban as the operative local restriction rather than a county-issued permit. Sec. 34-74 layers a second, locally controlled restriction on top of the state rules: the fire marshal or a designee can impose additional safety precautions on any burning, or issue 'a complete burning ban' for the county, whenever that officer determines open burning threatens public health, safety, or general welfare, independent of whether the state EPD has separately declared a ban.

Sec. 34-73 gives that same fire marshal authority to enforce the whole article, including issuing a citation for burning during an active state or local ban, and lets the Coweta County Fire Department order any fire, recreational or otherwise, extinguished on the spot if it endangers public safety or property or creates a nuisance.