Alabama maps no regulatory wildfire hazard zones, and Mobile County has no authority to impose defensible-space or fire-hardening building rules. Wildfire risk is managed by the Alabama Forestry Commission through burn permits and drought No Burn orders, not zoning overlays.
Unlike California or the Mountain West, Alabama designates no wildfire severity zones that trigger building or vegetation mandates, and as a Dillon's Rule county Mobile has no power to create them in unincorporated areas. Real risk exists all the same: the county's pine flatwoods, coastal scrub, and marsh edges around Citronelle, Bayou La Batre, and Dauphin Island carry fire readily in dry weather. The Alabama Forestry Commission handles wildfire prevention statewide, issuing burn permits, tracking fire-danger ratings, and declaring drought No Burn orders under Ala. Code § 9-13-141 when conditions warrant. Homeowners protect themselves voluntarily by clearing brush and keeping defensible space; no law compels it.
There are no wildfire-zone penalties because no zones exist. Negligently allowing a fire to escape and spread is prosecuted separately, and burning during a drought No Burn order carries misdemeanor penalties plus liability for suppression costs.
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