Fire Regulations in Arizona (2026)

Maricopa bans open fires in city parks except in designated fire rings, portable stoves or grills, or under a use…

Buckeye has no fire-pit-specific city ordinance. Recreational fire pits are governed by the adopted International Fire…

Recreational fires for cooking, warmth, or enjoyment using clean dry wood or charcoal do not require a permit in…

A backyard recreational fire is the one open-flame exception that does not require a Phoenix open-burning permit, but…

A backyard fire for cooking, warmth, or ceremony is a permit-exempt recreational fire in Pinal County only if the fuel…

Scottsdale's amended Residential Code sets hard setbacks for backyard fire pits: outdoor fireplaces, woodstoves, and…

Tucson Code § 11-8 exempts homestyle broilers, barbecue pits, grills and similar cooking devices from the citywide…

Yuma treats outdoor fireplaces and barbecues as accessory structures, not stand-alone features, under City Code §…

Chandler's Fire Code requires an operational permit for any open fire on public or private ground, but Section 105.5.36…

The Town of Queen Creek does not require a permit for a fire pit, barbecue grill, or other outdoor fireplace: Town Code…

Mesa's Fireplace Restrictions ordinance, which forces new wood-burning fireplaces and woodstoves to use EPA-certified…

Pima County Code § 17.14.080(C)(1) exempts a fire used only for cooking food, warmth or recreation, such as a backyard…

A.R.S. 36-1606 makes permissible consumer fireworks a matter of statewide concern: cities and counties may regulate…

Buckeye City Code section 10-2-8 makes it unlawful to discharge fireworks except permissible consumer fireworks during…

Only ground-based "permissible consumer fireworks" are legal anywhere in Arizona (ARS §36-1606); aerial fireworks are…

Goodyear Code Section 11-1-34 prohibits the use, discharge, or ignition of fireworks within the city except for…

Mesa restricts consumer fireworks to specific holiday windows under ARS §36-1606. Permissible consumer fireworks…

Oro Valley prohibits the use, sale, and possession of consumer fireworks within Town limits under Town Code Chapter 5…

Peoria restricts fireworks use. Consumer fireworks (permissible consumer fireworks) may be used on designated days…

The Phoenix Fire Code prohibits the sale and use of consumer fireworks, but Arizona Revised Statutes section 36-1606…

Scottsdale adopted Ordinance 4157 regulating fireworks use in compliance with state law. Permissible consumer fireworks…

Arizona law (ARS 36-1601 through 36-1613) restricts consumer fireworks. Only permissible consumer fireworks…

Tempe prohibits the use, sale, and possession of consumer fireworks within city limits except for limited permissible…

Tucson Code §11-22 bans all consumer fireworks within city limits. Only state-permitted novelties (fountains…

Arizona state law (ARS §36-1606) preempts most fireworks regulation, but allows counties under 500,000 population to…

The City of Maricopa requires a written permit from the city or the fire chief before anyone uses fireworks, powder or…

In unincorporated Maricopa County fireworks are prohibited outright except for permissible consumer fireworks, which…

Queen Creek limits consumer fireworks to three narrow windows each year, May 4-6, June 24-July 6 and December…

Sedona bans fireworks, including consumer 'permissible' fireworks, everywhere in the city except on private property…

Consumer fireworks (ground-based only) are legal in Chandler during designated periods under ARS §36-1606. Aerial…

Gilbert prohibits consumer fireworks year-round except during state-mandated legal periods (May 4-6, June 24-July 6…

Consumer fireworks are legal in Arizona per ARS §36-1606 but Glendale prohibits their use on public property including…

Only ground-based "permissible consumer fireworks", sparklers, fountains, ground spinners, snakes, are legal in Arizona…

Pima County unincorporated areas follow Arizona state law (ARS §36-1606). Permissible consumer fireworks (fountains…

Consumer fireworks are legal to use in Sahuarita under Town Code Section 8.20.020, but the town council can suspend…

Yuma restricts fireworks to permissible consumer items only during designated state periods. Aerial fireworks and…

Coconino County requires every subdivision and development with a landscape plan inside the Wildland/Urban Interface to…

Peoria bans dead, dormant, or dried-out plant growth that is readily flammable on any premises under City Code Section…

In Scottsdale's hazardous fire areas, anyone owning, leasing, or controlling a building or adjacent land must keep a…

Yavapai County treats dry, overgrown vegetation as a fire hazard under Property Maintenance Code Section 302.4, once…

Arizona regulates open burning through ADEQ air quality rules and DFFM forestry statutes, requiring permits for most…

Buckeye has no separate open-burning ordinance; open outdoor burning is controlled by Maricopa County Air Quality…

Outdoor burning is heavily restricted in Chandler under Maricopa County Air Quality Department rules. Wood-burning fire…

Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD) Rule 314 governs all outdoor burning in Glendale. Burning household and…

Maricopa's zoning code bans all incineration citywide, allowing burning only for substances legally required to be…

Maricopa County bans igniting any open outdoor fire countywide unless it falls under one of Rule 314's permitted…

Open burning in Phoenix requires an operational permit from the Phoenix Fire Department under Fire Code section…

Scottsdale bans burning refuse anywhere in the city except in incinerators permitted by the county and the city, and…

Sedona makes open burning of any material unlawful at any time within city limits, with only one narrow exception…

Tempe bans all outdoor fires, including fire pits and other open burning, from May 1 through September 30 each year…

Code of Gilbert § 42-253 makes it unlawful and a public nuisance to burn refuse anywhere in town except in incinerators…

Unincorporated Pima County bans igniting or maintaining any open outdoor fire unless it is exempt or covered by a Pima…

Queen Creek bans open burning of any rubbish containing paper products outright, and separately prohibits any open fire…

Tucson Code § 11-5 bans burning garbage, rubbish, trash, tree prunings, junk auto parts, tires, and similar waste in…

Open burning in Yuma requires a Fire Department permit costing $150, and operators using an air curtain destructor or…

Peoria requires an Activity Permit before any open burning, issued under the 2018 International Fire Code as locally…

Scottsdale's Fire Code designates 'hazardous fire areas' under Appendix O, where the fire code official can close land…

Coconino County requires any subdivision or development needing a landscape plan inside the Wildland-Urban Interface to…

Maricopa governs wildfire-prone construction through the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, adopted in…

Peoria's Fire Code Official can classify property in the city's northern desert reaches as Wildland/Urban Interface…

Pima County adopted the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code for new construction, while the older 2018…

Queen Creek adopted the 2021 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code townwide under Town Code Section 7-1-1-2, and…

Every Avondale residential rental unit must have working smoke alarms centrally located near each sleeping area, with…

Chandler's Fire Code adds a local rule for existing R-3 and R-4 group homes: every smoke detector in the unit must be…

Glendale amends the adopted 2024 International Residential Code so alterations, repairs, and additions that would…

Maricopa's zoning code requires a smoke alarm in every room of a patio enclosure attached to a recreational vehicle or…

Mesa's Residential Code requires smoke alarms to run on the building's electrical wiring with battery backup, not…

Peoria's amended International Residential Code requires every dwelling to carry smoke alarms installed per IRC Section…

Phoenix follows the 2018 Phoenix Building Construction Code Chapter 9 (IBC/IRC) and Ordinance G-5898 (effective April…

Queen Creek's Building Code amendments require licensed R-4 care occupancies, small group homes housing up to 10…

Sedona's building code amendment spells out exactly where smoke alarms go in Group R-1 transient lodging: every…

Tempe amended Section R310.6 of its adopted 2024 International Residential Code to require smoke alarms in dwellings to…

Every existing dwelling unit in Tucson must have working smoke detectors as required by the Tucson Fire Code, enforced…

Yuma's zoning code requires every bed and breakfast sleeping room in the city's Bed and Breakfast Overlay District to…

Gilbert caps how much liquefied petroleum gas or other hazardous material a residence may store. Under Code of Gilbert…

Maricopa's fire code amendment limits any single liquefied petroleum gas (propane) installation to 2,000 gallons water…

Storing, using, handling, or dispensing more than 120 gallons of propane in Peoria requires an annual renewable…

Queen Creek's Fire Code amendments require a construction permit before installing or altering any LP-gas system or a…

Scottsdale's Fire Code requires a construction permit before storing or using LP-gas, operating LP-gas cargo tankers…

A homeowner's propane or LPG tank needs no county zoning permit in unincorporated Yavapai County. Section 205.F.1.b.5…