Massachusetts designates no regulatory wildfire hazard zones. Plymouth County's elevated-risk areas — Myles Standish State Forest and the Wareham pine barrens — are managed by the state DCR, not by zoning overlays.
Unlike western states, Massachusetts has no mapped wildfire zones that trigger building or vegetation mandates. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) manages forest fire prevention statewide. Plymouth County contains genuine high-risk terrain: the pitch pine and scrub oak barrens of Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth and Carver, and similar fuels around Wareham and Middleborough. These pine barrens carry fire readily in spring. Risk is highest March through May, before green-up. Towns rely on the MGL c.48 §13 open-burn permit system and DCR fire-danger ratings rather than designated hazard overlays.
No wildfire-zone penalties exist. Negligently or willfully setting a fire that spreads is prosecuted separately, and open-burn violations carry fines up to $500 under MGL c.48 §13.
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