Edmond, OK Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Edmond, OK, also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance, set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Key Facts
- General rule
- Open burning outdoors is prohibited
- Exceptions
- 8 listed purposes only
- Ag/land-clearing setback
- 150 ft from occupied structure
- Burn hours
- 3 hrs after sunrise to 3 before sunset
Summary
Edmond bans open burning outdoors except for a specific list of allowed purposes, like authorized training fires, campfires, and land-clearing burns kept 150 feet from occupied structures.
No person shall cause or permit an open burning in any public or private place outside any building, provided that open burning may be conducted if no public nuisance is or will be created, as follows: (a) Fires purposely set for the instruction and training of fire fighting personnel when authorized by the fire chief...(c) Camp fires and other fires used solely for recreational or ceremonial purposes, or for outdoor noncommercial preparation of food.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 39).
Full Breakdown
The city's air-pollution chapter prohibits open burning in any public or private place outside a building unless no public nuisance results and the fire falls into an enumerated category: authorized firefighter training, hazard-elimination burns approved by the director and fire chief, campfires for recreation or outdoor food preparation, approved forest/game management fires, household refuse when no garbage service is available, controlled-incinerator burning, flaring of hydrocarbons, or land-clearing and agricultural burns kept at least 150 feet from an occupied structure and burned only between three hours after sunrise and three hours before sunset.
Violations & Fines
Open burning outside these listed exceptions, or a land-clearing burn violating the distance, timing or safety conditions, is a violation of § 5.16.230 enforceable under the city's general penalty provisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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