Outdoor burning rules in Hernando County, FL — 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 in Hernando County is state-regulated. Small yard-trash piles of leaves and limbs may be burned, but land-clearing burns need Florida Forest Service authorization, and burning trash, tires, or treated wood is always prohibited.
Under Fla. Stat. 590.125, open burning requires authorization from the Florida Forest Service before the burn starts. Hernando County residents may burn certain yard trash — leaves, limbs, and plant clippings — following state pile-size, setback, and daylight rules, but curbside yard-waste service is the lower-risk option on the fire-prone Nature Coast. Larger land-clearing and agricultural burns must be permitted through the Florida Forest Service Withlacoochee Forestry Center. Burning tires, rubber, asphalt, roofing, treated lumber, plastics, garbage, and household trash is always prohibited. During drought the county and Forest Service issue burn bans that halt all outdoor burning.
Burning without required authorization, burning prohibited materials, or burning during a burn ban brings Forest Service and fire-code enforcement, plus liability for damages and suppression costs if a fire escapes.
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