Outdoor burning rules in Indian River 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 Indian River County is state-regulated. Small yard-trash piles of leaves and limbs may be burned, but land-clearing and grove 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. Indian River County residents may burn certain yard trash — leaves, limbs, and plant clippings — following state pile-size, setback, and daylight rules, though curbside yard-waste service is the lower-risk option. In citrus and ranch country west of I-95, agricultural and land-clearing burns are common but must be authorized through the Florida Forest Service, which also runs prescribed burns across the pine flatwoods. 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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