Fire Regulations in California (2026)

Backyard burning in unincorporated Contra Costa County is tightly limited: BAAQMD Regulation 5 prohibits burning yard…

Backyard fires in chimineas, fire bowls, and portable fireplaces are allowed in Daly City under the adopted California…

Lakewood outlaws portable fire pits, barbecues, grills and hibachis anywhere in a city park or recreation area. Section…

Residential fire pits and chimineas are generally allowed in unincorporated Marin under the California Fire Code as…

Modesto bans backyard recreational fires outright (wood fire pits, chimineas, bonfires). Portable outdoor fireplaces…

San Bernardino County bans solid fuel burning outdoor fireplaces, chimineas, barbeques and fire pits at short-term…

Backyard burning of leaves, weeds, grass clippings, shrubbery, and tree prunings is prohibited in Santa Maria by Santa…

Turlock prohibits open recreational fires and bonfires citywide except for permitted religious ceremonies; anything…

Bakersfield requires an operational permit for any open fire, including a backyard fire pit, chiminea, or bonfire…

Backyard fire pits, fire rings, burn bowls and chimineas are legal in Fresno for cooking or recreation, but the San…

Lighting or maintaining any fire in a Lancaster city park or public place is unlawful unless the person first gets a…

Long Beach requires a free permit from the Fire Code Official before any recreational fire -- fire pits, chimineas and…

Short-term rentals in unincorporated Madera County cannot have open wood-burning fire pits, bonfires, or campfires…

In unincorporated Merced County, a backyard fire pit is an 'open or outdoor fire' that needs a permit from the county…

Newport Beach only allows beach fires in fire rings or fire pits that the City Manager has specifically designated for…

Oceanside's Fire Code amendments require a permit for a recreational fire or bonfire on public property, and set fixed…

Wood-burning fire pits and fire rings in Palm Springs must sit at least 25 feet from combustible structures unless…

San Jose bars burning solid waste and open fires citywide, but the fire prevention bureau chief may permit a bonfire or…

Alameda lets homeowners build a permanent, in-ground fire pit inside the required rear or side yard, but Municipal Code…

Anaheim requires a permit from Anaheim Fire & Rescue before lighting any recreational fire, bonfire, or open burn in…

Backyard recreational ground fires and bonfires in Antioch require an open-burning permit from the Contra Costa County…

In Berkeley's Wildland-Urban Interface areas, covering the High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones plus the…

In unincorporated San Diego County a backyard fire pit is treated as a recreational fire under the County Consolidated…

Buena Park requires wood-burning outdoor fireplaces and fire pits to have an enclosed firebox with a spark arrester…

Backyard ('dooryard') burning at a single- or two-family residence in unincorporated Butte County is permitted only…

In Calaveras County's mapped hazardous fire areas, a permanent or portable barbecue, outdoor fireplace, incinerator or…

Ceres allows portable outdoor fire pits under an amended California Fire Code Section 307.4.3 but bans ground-level…

Chico allows wood or gas outdoor fire pits on private property with a 15-foot structure setback, a 36-inch container…

Chino Hills allows non-wood-burning outdoor fire pits under Municipal Code § 16.06.070, but bars them entirely from the…

Clovis requires stationary fire pits, outdoor fireplaces and barbecues on single-family lots to sit at least 10 feet…

Corona Municipal Code § 15.12.110 lets homeowners run a gas-fueled outdoor fireplace or fire pit with Building Division…

Wood-burning fire pits, fire rings and outdoor fireplaces at Costa Mesa homes must sit at least 25 feet from…

A permitted open campfire, fire ring or pit in Davis must sit at least 15 feet from any structure and 15 feet from…

Downey Municipal Code Section 3311 caps every backyard fire pit or recreational fire at three feet in diameter and two…

Recreational fire pits for cooking and warming on your own property in unincorporated El Dorado County generally do not…

Fairfield lets homeowners burn bonfires, recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces only with clean…

Backyard fire pits and barbecue pits in Fontana must have their location and type approved by the Fontana Fire…

In any Fremont city park or recreation area, an open fire is allowed only in a picnic stove, brazier, fire pit or other…

Garden Grove's Fire Code amendments regulate outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, and fire rings at homes. Gas-fueled units…

Hanford allows barbecue pits and outdoor fireplaces built to California Building Code standards, but every one must be…

Hawthorne limits backyard cooking, recreational, and ceremonial fires to commercially produced containers, or…

A backyard fire pit or bonfire in Hayward doesn't need a permit if it's only used for cooking under Section 3-1.20, but…

Small backyard recreational fires (warming, cooking, ceremony) do not need an air-district or CAL FIRE permit, but…

Huntington Beach confines beach bonfires to the fire rings the city installs on the sand: Municipal Code § 13.08.060…

Indio lets residents use fire pits, but every outdoor fire appliance must carry a certified product-safety listing like…

Wood-burning fire pits, rings, and outdoor fireplaces at Irvine homes must sit in a contained firebox with a spark…

Backyard fires for cooking or warmth are allowed in Jurupa Valley when fueled by natural gas, propane, untreated wood…

Small recreational backyard fires for cooking or warmth are allowed under California Fire Code § 307 as adopted by Kern…

Gas-fueled fire pits and outdoor fireplaces are allowed in Lake Forest with Building Department approval, but…

Exterior fireplaces, BBQ devices, and portable outdoor fireplaces used for cooking or entertainment are permitted in…

Recreational and cooking fires on private property in unincorporated LA County are allowed without a permit only if the…

Menifee allows residential fire pits fueled by natural gas, propane, charcoal, or untreated wood for cooking or warmth…

Mission Viejo allows gas-fueled fire pits at Group R properties, but only when Building Department approved and set…

Inside Monterey County parks, fires are allowed only in an authorized fire pit, stove, incinerator, or similar…

Mountain View allows built-in fire pits, barbecues, chimneys and outdoor kitchens as residential accessory structures…

Murrieta allows outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, and fire rings at residential properties under Fire Code amendments that…

Backyard fires in unincorporated Nevada County fall into two regulated buckets: open burning of yard debris (allowed…

Norwalk limits open fires in its City parks to a barbecue brazier, fire circle or other Director-designated area…

Oakland's Fire Code amendments require portable outdoor fireplaces and fire pits to follow the manufacturer's…

Backyard fire pits, fire rings, chimineas, and barbecues are allowed in Ontario but must follow the 2022 California…

Orange allows gas-fueled outdoor fireplaces and fire pits at Group R properties once the Building Division approves the…

In unincorporated Orange County, wood-burning fire pits and fireplaces must sit at least 25 feet from combustible…

In the City of Pacifica, open fires on any beach, park or recreation facility are banned except in a fireplace…

Pasadena's Fire Prevention Code, amending 2024 International Fire Code Section 307.4.3, bars portable outdoor…

Perris allows backyard fires in approved fire pits, fireplaces or barbecues without a permit, but bans open burning in…

Outdoor barbecues, fireplaces and fire pits in Petaluma must meet the standards the Fire Department has adopted for…

Residential backyard burning in unincorporated Placer County is limited to dry vegetation grown on the property and is…

Redlands allows backyard fires only in a permanent barbeque, portable barbeque, outdoor fireplace or grill kept at…

Gas and propane fire pits and charcoal barbecues are exempt from regional burn rules in Rialto. Wood-burning fire pits…

Riverside County requires outdoor fire pits and fire areas at short-term rentals to sit on a non-combustible surface…

Rohnert Park bans open outdoor fires citywide unless an exception applies, and cooking or recreational fires are one of…

Sacramento lets residents burn a small recreational fire without the open-burning permit, but City Code § 15.36.050…

Salinas Fire Code Section 307.6 bans trash, yard waste, rubbish and paper as fuel for bonfires, recreational fires and…

Unincorporated San Benito County limits communal fire pits at licensed low-impact camping sites to one per parcel…

San Bernardino lets residents burn in properly built incinerators, outdoor water heaters, cooking grills and similar…

San Clemente lets residential properties run gas or wood-burning fire pits under fire-code clearance rules: gas devices…

San Diego allows backyard recreational fires under San Diego Fire Code Section 511.0307 (adopting 2022 California Fire…

Portable outdoor fireplaces and fire pits in unincorporated San Diego County must stay at least 15 feet from structures…

Backyard burning in unincorporated SLO County is allowed only for occupants of one- and two-family dwellings outside…

San Rafael's Fire Code bans recreational fires on city property and in Wildland-Urban Interface areas; elsewhere…

Wood or solid-fuel fires in Santa Ana yards must sit in a spark-arrested firebox or portable pit at least 3 feet from…

A small backyard recreational fire (cooking or ceremonial) is permit-exempt only if the device is 3 feet or less in…

Santa Clara lets residents run a freestanding outdoor fireplace without a wood-heater certification, but a backyard…

In unincorporated Santa Clara County parks, open fires are barred except in a provided camp stove or fireplace, and…

Santa Clarita requires built-in fire pits, along with built-in barbecues, detached fireplaces and built-in…

The City of Santa Cruz allows backyard recreational and warming fires daily unless wildfire danger is high. The fire…

Recreational backyard fires are governed by the California Fire Code, adopted via County Code Chapter 7.92…

Gas-fueled (LPG or natural gas) fire pits are allowed in Santa Rosa with a 10-foot setback from combustible vegetation…

Recreational fire pits are allowed in unincorporated Solano County under the California Fire Code, which the County…

Backyard burning of vegetation in unincorporated Sonoma County is allowed only with a valid Permit Sonoma burn permit…

Any outdoor or open fire in unincorporated Stanislaus County, including a backyard fire pit, must have an adult in…

Small recreational backyard fires for warmth or cooking are generally allowed under the California Fire Code - keep…

Truckee allows outdoor campfires and fire pits on private land only with the landowner's written permission, and Town…

Backyard recreational fires in unincorporated Tulare County follow the adopted 2022 California Fire Code: a wood or…

Vacaville's blanket ban on open fires makes a specific exception for contained backyard fires: Municipal Code Section…

Ventura's Fire Code amendments require an operational permit for open burning, including recreational fires and…

Fire pits, fire rings and barbecue grills are allowed only in County-designated areas of Ventura County parks; open…

Backyard recreational burning is constrained by VMC Chapter 8.44 (open burning) and the 2022 California Fire Code…

Vista's amended fire code sets a 15-foot setback for portable outdoor fireplaces and fire pits from structures and…

Westminster's Fire Code lets outdoor fireplaces, fire pits and fire rings at Group R occupancies operate under Section…

Yolo County Code Section 7-1.02 adopts the California Fire Code by reference, including Section 307 governing open…

Yuba City bans open fires and barbecues anywhere in a city park or recreation area except in the stoves and pits the…

Burbank has no fire-pit-specific ordinance, but it adopts the 2025 California Fire Code in Burbank Municipal Code…

A backyard fire pit, chiminea, or built-in fireplace does not need a burning permit in El Cajon. Section 8.04.010(E)…

Backyard recreational fires are allowed in Fullerton at one- and two-family homes only if contained in an approved…

Lake County's seasonal open burning ban does not cover recreational fires or fires used solely to cook food for people…

Lodi allows outdoor cooking and recreational fires in an approved fireplace or barbecue pit despite the general…

A backyard fire pit used only for cooking, warmth, or ambience counts as a 'campfire' under County Code Section…

California uniformly prohibits possession, sale, and use of dangerous fireworks statewide, while permitting cities to…

Alameda bans firing, discharging or setting off any fireworks anywhere in the city, and separately bans selling, giving…

All fireworks - including 'safe and sane' types - are prohibited in unincorporated Alameda County. Only three cities…

Berkeley bans the possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling, and use of all fireworks, including State Fire…

Only California-approved "safe and sane" fireworks are legal in Bishop, sold from licensed booths around July 4. All…

Bostonia is unincorporated San Diego County, and ALL consumer fireworks are illegal here. California's State Fireworks…

Brentwood bans using, possessing, discharging, selling, storing or making fireworks anywhere in the city under Section…

All fireworks are illegal in Burbank. Burbank Municipal Code 9-1-9-5608.1(a), a local amendment to the adopted…

Carlsbad bans all consumer and professional-grade fireworks, including "Safe and Sane" 1.4G fireworks, everywhere in…

Carson bans selling, discharging, using, or possessing any fireworks, even state-legal 'safe and sane' ones, anywhere…

Chico, California bans all fireworks, including state-licensed 'Safe and Sane' fireworks, within city limits: no…

Chino Hills bans all fireworks outright. Municipal Code § 8.30.020 prohibits manufacturing, possessing, selling…

Chula Vista bans the storage, sale, possession, use, and handling of all consumer fireworks citywide, including…

Compton bans dangerous fireworks outright and confines 'safe and sane' fireworks to a narrow window: sale only June 30…

Corona bans the sale, use, discharge, or possession of fireworks anywhere in the city at any time under Corona Code of…

Cupertino Municipal Code § 10.24.020 bans selling or using any fireworks, including state-legal safe-and-sane…

Daly City prohibits all fireworks, including state-approved safe-and-sane fireworks. Municipal Code Chapter 8.24…

Davis bans the manufacture, sale, use and discharge of fireworks of any kind within city limits, including so-called…

Eastvale bans possessing, using, or selling any fireworks, including 'safe and sane' fireworks legal elsewhere in…

El Cajon bans all fireworks, including "safe and sane" varieties, under Municipal Code Section 8.44.030: no one may…

All fireworks - including California State Fire Marshal-classified 'Safe and Sane' devices - are illegal to possess…

Elk Grove bans possessing, selling, using, or exploding any fireworks citywide under § 4.54.300, with a narrow…

Escondido bans possessing, using, selling, or discharging any fireworks anywhere in the city, including "safe and sane"…

Fairfield bans the sale, use, possession and discharge of fireworks citywide, dangerous and 'safe and sane' alike…

Sacramento County allows the use of 'safe and sane' fireworks in unincorporated Florin only between 12:00 noon on June…

Fremont bans fireworks outright. FMC 15.35.290 amends the California Fire Code so that possessing, manufacturing…

Unlike most California cities, Fresno permits state-approved 'Safe and Sane' fireworks bearing the State Fire Marshal…

Only California-State-Fire-Marshal-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks are legal in Fullerton, and only on July 4…

Glendale bans the manufacture, use, possession, sale, discharge or storage of any fireworks citywide under Municipal…

Hayward bans all private fireworks use citywide: Municipal Code Section 3-3.00 makes it unlawful for any person…

Hemet bans all fireworks within city limits, including state-legal 'safe and sane' fireworks, with narrow exceptions…

Unincorporated Humboldt County is a Safe and Sane county - only State Fire Marshal-approved sparklers, fountains and…

Huntington Beach bans all fireworks except city-permitted Safe and Sane fireworks sold by lottery-selected nonprofits…

Inglewood bans the sale, use and discharge of all fireworks, including "safe and sane" fireworks, under Municipal Code…

Only State Fire Marshal-approved 'Safe and Sane' fireworks may be sold or used in unincorporated Kern County, and they…

Unincorporated Lake County bans possessing, storing, selling or setting off any fireworks outright, with narrow…

Lancaster bans all fireworks, including the "safe and sane" fireworks legal elsewhere in California. Section 8.44.030…

Livermore Municipal Code Chapter 9.40 bans giving away, selling, possessing, using or discharging any fireworks…

Long Beach bans every kind of fireworks, not just the "dangerous" kind, inside city limits. Municipal Code § 8.81.020…

The possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling, and use of fireworks are prohibited in unincorporated LA County…

All fireworks, including those marketed as 'safe and sane', are illegal year-round in Marin County. Possession or use…

Mendocino County bans possessing, storing, using, selling or transporting fireworks anywhere in the unincorporated…

Merced bans dangerous fireworks outright and limits legal 'safe and sane' fireworks to a narrow window under Sec…

Only California State Fire Marshal-approved 'Safe and Sane' fireworks may be sold or used in Modesto, and only from…

Monterey bans every kind of firework, including state-legal "Safe and Sane" fireworks, anywhere within city limits…

Monterey County Code § 10.68.020 bans using, discharging, or possessing for sale, use, or discharge any fireworks…

Moorpark bans all fireworks, including state-legal 'safe and sane' fireworks, everywhere within city limits under…

Moreno Valley bans sky lanterns citywide and bars anyone from carrying or discharging firecrackers, rockets or other…

Mountain View prohibits the possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of all fireworks, including 'Safe…

Murrieta bans possessing, storing, using, selling or discharging any fireworks, including so-called safe and sane…

All fireworks are banned throughout unincorporated Nevada County, including state-approved "Safe and Sane" types…

Newport Beach bans virtually all fireworks in city limits. Municipal Code Section 9.04.420 makes it unlawful to store…

Oakland Municipal Code § 8.06.030 bans the sale, transfer, possession and use of any firework or pyrotechnic device…

Oceanside bans the sale, discharge, firing or use of all firecrackers, rockets, roman candles and other fireworks or…

All fireworks - including state-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks sold in some neighboring cities - are illegal to…

Oxnard bans selling, using, or even possessing any fireworks or dangerous fireworks within city limits unless the fire…

Palm Springs Fire Code Section 5614 bans manufacturing, selling, possessing, storing, handling or using both "safe and…

Pasadena makes it unlawful to possess, sell, use or discharge any fireworks, including Class C 'safe and sane'…

Perris Municipal Code Section 7.12.020 makes it unlawful to possess, store, use, shoot, sell, give away or transport…

Petaluma Municipal Code section 17.20.070 bans the possession, sale, use or discharge of any fireworks anywhere in the…

All fireworks are banned in unincorporated Placer County. Placer County Code Section 9.32.100 prohibits using…

Pleasanton's amended fire code bans the possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of fireworks anywhere…

Pomona bans discharging any fireworks, including safe-and-sane items, anywhere in the city. Firing a rocket…

Rancho Cucamonga bans every kind of fireworks, including state-legal "safe and sane" fireworks, citywide. Municipal…

Redding bans possessing, transporting, discharging, or igniting any firecrackers, sky rockets, or fireworks of any kind…

Redlands bans possessing, storing, selling, transporting, or discharging any fireworks, including safe and sane…

Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 3-4.301 amends the Fire Code to prohibit possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling…

Redwood City bans all "safe and sane" fireworks outright under Sec. 12.33 and allows "dangerous fireworks" only with a…

Rialto is one of the few San Bernardino County cities that allows state-approved safe and sane fireworks. Municipal…

Riverside bans the sale, offer for sale, use, discharge, possession, storage, and transport of all fireworks under…

Unincorporated Riverside County bans possessing, storing, using, or selling any fireworks, including "safe and sane"…

All fireworks, dangerous and "safe and sane" alike, are banned for public possession, storage, sale, or use in Rohnert…

All consumer fireworks are illegal in the City of San Diego under California Health & Safety Code 12689 and SDMC fire…

San Francisco bans firing or discharging any fireworks anywhere in the city and county, with public displays allowed…

All fireworks, including safe-and-sane types, are banned in unincorporated San Joaquin County except licensed public…

San Jose bans possessing, selling, storing, or using any fireworks citywide, including 'Safe and Sane' fireworks state…

San Leandro outlaws every kind of fireworks, including state-legal "safe and sane" fireworks, under SLMC § 3-11-105. No…

San Marcos bans the sale, discharge, firing or use of all fireworks, from firecrackers and Sky Lanterns to firework…

Possessing, selling, or exploding any fireworks is unlawful in unincorporated San Mateo County unless a Fire Warden…

San Rafael bans the manufacture, storage, sale, possession, handling or use of any fireworks, including state-legal…

San Ramon bans possessing or igniting any firecracker or fireworks anywhere in the city under Municipal Code section…

Santa Ana bans all "dangerous fireworks" outright: manufacture, storage, sale, possession, or discharge. Only "safe and…

Santa Clara bans possession, sale, handling and use of all fireworks, including state-classified Safe and Sane…

All fireworks, including 'safe and sane' types, are banned in unincorporated Santa Clara County; only Fire…

Santa Clarita bans all fireworks, including the state-classified "safe and sane" kind that some California cities…

All fireworks - including 'safe and sane' - are prohibited to possess, manufacture, store, sell, handle, or use…

All fireworks are illegal in unincorporated Santa Cruz County. Even California-legal 'Safe and Sane' fireworks are…

All fireworks are illegal in Santa Monica, including California State Fire Marshal-approved Safe and Sane fireworks…

All fireworks are illegal in unincorporated Solano County. The Solano County Code (Chapter 12.5, pyrotechnics) makes it…

The City of Sonoma bans possessing, selling or discharging any fireworks within city limits, allowing only permitted…

All fireworks are illegal in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County, including state-approved 'Safe and Sane'…

Stanislaus County bans selling, possessing, discharging or transporting any fireworks in the unincorporated area, with…

Sunnyvale outlaws fireworks entirely. Municipal Code Section 16.52.5601 declines to adopt Chapter 56 of the…

Unlike most California counties, unincorporated Sutter County permits state-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks during…

Temecula bans possessing, storing, selling, or discharging any fireworks, including state-classified 'safe and sane'…

In unincorporated Tulare County, all fireworks are banned in the foothill/mountain State Responsibility Area. Only…

Upland Municipal Code Section 8.28.040 bans possessing, using, igniting, or selling any fireworks in the city…

Vacaville bans possession, storage, sale, and use of all fireworks, including state-approved "safe and sane" fireworks…

All fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, are banned in the City of Ventura. San Buenaventura Municipal Code…

Victorville bans possessing, selling, using, or discharging any fireworks, including Class C 'safe and sane' fireworks…

Chapter 8.12 allows only state-classified 'Safe and Sane' fireworks within the city; all other 'dangerous' fireworks…

Whittier bans possessing, selling, storing, or exploding any fireworks anywhere in the city, with only two narrow…

Yolo County Code Title 4 Chapter 2 (Sections 4-2.101 et seq., originally added by Ord. 1261 effective May 17, 2001 and…

Alhambra allows retail fireworks sales only from a Fire Chief-permitted, nonprofit-run stand between noon on June 28…

Anaheim bans possessing, selling or discharging any fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, unless allowed by…

Bakersfield allows only permitted 'safe and sane' fireworks, sold from licensed stands during a narrow window around…

Baldwin Park bans dangerous fireworks outright and allows only permitted "safe and sane" stands run by qualified…

Bellflower allows only State Fire Marshal-certified 'safe and sane' fireworks, sold under permit July 1-3 and legally…

Buena Park permits only 'safe and sane' fireworks, discharged solely on July 4th between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.; sales…

Chino bans discharging, possessing or storing any fireworks that are not state-classified "Safe and Sane," and even…

Clovis bans the sale of 'dangerous fireworks' outright and lets only eligible nonprofit organizations sell 'safe and…

Costa Mesa allows 'safe and sane' fireworks sales only by nonprofit youth organizations and schools holding a Section…

Dublin Municipal Code Chapter 5.24 bans every 'dangerous firework' under Health and Safety Code Section 12505 but lets…

El Monte bans all fireworks year-round except state-approved "safe and sane" fireworks sold and used on a narrow…

Folsom bans all fireworks except city-permitted "safe and sane" sales and use during a narrow window each summer…

Fresno County requires a fire official's permit before anyone can sell 'safe and sane' fireworks, and Section 8.36.040…

Garden Grove bans all fireworks except state-certified "safe and sane" fireworks sold by permitted nonprofit stands…

Hanford bans all "illegal" (dangerous) fireworks citywide under the Fireworks Ordinance, Municipal Code Chapters 8.11…

Hawthorne allows only state-defined "safe and sane" fireworks, sold solely by up to eight nonprofit organizations…

Imperial County allows commercial and agricultural fireworks storage and assembly only in A-2, A-2-R and A-3 zones with…

Indio, in Riverside County, California, allows only state-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks, sold by permitted…

Irvine bans keeping, storing or selling any fireworks that violate the City Code, and the Fire Chief or Public Safety…

Jurupa Valley bans all fireworks, including state-approved safe-and-sane fireworks and sparklers. Municipal Code…

Safe and sane fireworks may be discharged only from July 1 to July 4 (or 5) each year in unincorporated Kings County…

Lakewood bans all fireworks except State Fire Marshal-classified "safe and sane" ones, sold only by permitted nonprofit…

All consumer fireworks are banned in Los Angeles: possession, use, sale, and discharge are unlawful citywide. Only…

Madera allows only fireworks classified safe and sane by the State Fire Marshal, sold solely through a city permit…

Madera County bans the sale of dangerous fireworks outright and allows safe-and-sane fireworks sales only to eligible…

Manteca bans all fireworks except state-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks sold and discharged under permit only from…

Merced County bans every "dangerous firework" countywide under Chapter 9.26 and allows only permitted "safe and sane"…

Norwalk only allows safe and sane fireworks, sold by City-permitted stands and possessed by the public between 10 a.m…

Orange allows only State Fire Marshal-approved 'safe and sane' fireworks, and only for four days a year. Municipal Code…

In the City of Pacifica, Municipal Code Section 4-3.202 bans the possession, sale, or discharge of dangerous fireworks…

Palmdale allows "safe and sane" fireworks, as defined by California Health and Safety Code Sec. 12529, to be sold and…

Fireworks are banned in Rancho Cordova year-round except licensed 'safe and sane' stock sold and used only from noon…

Roseville bans all dangerous fireworks outright but allows state-licensed "safe and sane" fireworks under a permit…

Sacramento bans manufacturing, possessing, selling, using, displaying or discharging any fireworks in the city except…

All fireworks are banned in unincorporated Sacramento County except licensed 'safe and sane' fireworks, which residents…

Salinas bans all fireworks possession, sale, and use except state-approved safe and sane fireworks sold by permitted…

Unincorporated San Benito County bans selling, possessing, or igniting any fireworks except state-defined 'safe and…

San Bernardino allows only state-classified safe and sane fireworks, sold from licensed stands and only from noon July…

In unincorporated San Diego County, manufacturing, possessing, selling, or distributing fireworks without a Fire…

Santa Maria is one of the few California cities where State Fire Marshal-approved 'Safe and Sane' fireworks are legal…

South Gate limits retail fireworks sales to 20 permits per year, issued only to eligible nonprofit organizations…

Stockton allows only City-permitted, nonprofit-run stands to sell "safe and sane" fireworks, and only during a short…

Discharging fireworks, firearms, BB guns, or slingshots is banned on the grounds of any Tehama County public cemetery…

Tracy prohibits fireworks everywhere in the city except state-licensed 'safe and sane' fireworks, which permitted…

Turlock outright bans manufacturing fireworks within city limits and requires a Fire Department permit plus business…

Union City bans possessing, selling, or discharging any fireworks without a fire code official's permit; only City…

Vallejo bans possessing, storing, selling, or discharging any fireworks, including 'safe and sane' fireworks, without a…

Vista prohibits discharging any firearm, firecracker, or other fireworks in city parks and recreation facilities…

Only 501(c) nonprofits based in Westminster may run one of the city's capped 15 annual temporary fireworks stands…

All fireworks - including 'safe and sane' - are illegal to possess, sell, or discharge anywhere in Antioch and…

Butte County Code Chapter 38 prohibits the possession, sale, use, or discharge of any fireworks in the unincorporated…

Contra Costa County Ordinance Code Chapter 44-2 (as amended by Ordinance 2021-19) and Section 5601.1.3 of the County…

Downey permits fireworks discharge only between 3:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on July Fourth, and only 'Safe and Sane'…

Public fireworks displays in Lake Forest must be electrically fired and permitted through the Orange County Fire…

Los Banos is one of the California cities that still allows "Safe and Sane" fireworks, but only on private property and…

In unincorporated Orange County, a public fireworks display is allowed only once a year, for one day between June 30…

San Clemente's Fire Code requires every fireworks display, regardless of shell or mortar size, to be fired…

Effective June 19, 2025, an amended SLO County fireworks ordinance (Title 6, Chapter 6.32) bans all unpermitted…

All fireworks, including 'safe and sane' fireworks, are illegal in every unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County…

Possession, sale, gift, storage, or discharge of any fireworks, including 'Safe and Sane', is illegal year-round in…

Dangerous fireworks are banned in Visalia; only 'safe and sane' fireworks may be used and must be sold only between 9am…

Discharging or using fireworks anywhere in Yuba City requires a special written permit from the Fire Chief or Fire…

Menifee Municipal Code Chapter 11.19 prohibits possessing, using, discharging, selling, or transporting any fireworks…

California requires property owners in fire hazard zones to maintain 100 feet of defensible space around structures…

Buena Park requires owners and occupants to cut down and remove weeds, grass, vines or other vegetation capable of…

Development inside Chino Hills' Fire Hazard Overlay District must maintain a permanent fuel modification area at least…

Fullerton requires property owners to maintain defensible space by clearing dry vegetation. The Fullerton Fire…

Glendale enforces 100 ft defensible space per CA PRC 4291 in fire hazard zones. Zone 1 (0-30 ft) requires…

Indio can order any improved parcel declared a public nuisance to be cleared entirely of brush, vegetative growth, and…

Lake County requires every owner and occupant of unincorporated land to clear hazardous vegetation and combustible…

Property owners in unincorporated LA County must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around any structure located on…

Newport Beach property owners must cut and remove weeds, grass, vines and other ignitable vegetation within 10 feet of…

Oxnard requires property owners to maintain defensible space by clearing brush, weeds, and combustible vegetation. The…

Redlands requires owners of buildings in hazardous fire areas, and adjoining landowners, to maintain a fuel…

San Francisco Fire Code Section 4906 requires defensible space and vegetation management on properties adjacent to…

San Marcos requires property owners in hazardous fire areas to clear combustible vegetation within 150 feet of…

Properties in fire hazard zones near Santa Monica must maintain defensible space per CA PRC §4291. Santa Monica itself…

Vista Municipal Code Section 8.62.030(B)(3) requires brush and chaparral within fifty feet of any home, Zones 1 and 2…

Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around all structures in VHFHSZ and SRA areas of…

Altadena is largely in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. LA County Fire requires year-round brush clearance within…

Anaheim's Fire Code requires new landscaping to be planted to reduce non-fire-resistant vegetation near structures and…

California Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in fire hazard areas…

Bakersfield requires all property owners to maintain 100 feet of defensible space in hazardous fire areas and to abate…

Baldwin Park makes overgrown weeds and vegetation that may create a fire hazard a public nuisance under its citywide…

Properties in the Berkeley Hills VHFHSZ must maintain 100 feet of defensible space per PRC 4291. Berkeley Fire runs…

Properties in California's very high fire hazard severity zones must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around…

As unincorporated San Diego County, Bostonia properties must maintain defensible space around structures under…

California Public Resources Code Section 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State…

Properties in fire hazard zones must maintain 100 ft of defensible space per CA PRC 4291. Burbank Fire Department…

Every owner, tenant or occupant of unincorporated Butte County land must create firebreaks wherever a fire hazard…

Camarillo Municipal Code Chapter 9.24 requires property owners to maintain defensible space by clearing dry brush…

Buildings in Carlsbad's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone need 100 feet of defensible space and ignition-resistant…

Ceres requires property owners to clear weeds, brush, and other flammable growth that creates a fire menace. Parcels of…

Chino's amended Fire Code requires owners to clear hazardous vegetation from their property, full clearance on parcels…

Chula Vista requires property owners to maintain defensible space and manage hazardous vegetation under its fire code…

Clovis enforces weed abatement under CMC Chapter 8.12, requiring property owners to clear dry vegetation. Eastern edge…

Compton is largely an urban, developed city not in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Standard vegetation…

California Public Resources Code §4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility…

Properties in State Responsibility Areas and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones across unincorporated Contra Costa…

Costa Mesa requires property owners to remove weeds, grass, and combustible vegetation capable of endangering property…

Daly City requires property owners in the designated Southern Hills fire hazard area, abutting San Bruno Mountain, to…

Eastvale requires improved parcels that have been declared a public nuisance to be cleared entirely of combustible…

El Cajon requires 100-foot defensible space per PRC Section 4291. Heartland Fire & Rescue enforces brush management…

Beyond the 100-foot structure clearance, Section 8.09.070(D)(6)-(7) requires anyone who owns, leases or maintains a…

El Monte is in a flat urbanized Local Responsibility Area outside any CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone, so the…

Elk Grove enforces weed and brush abatement under EGMC Chapter 8.26 and California Government Code §39561. Property…

Encinitas requires defensible space and brush clearance around structures under the California Fire Code and EMC…

Fairfield enforces vegetation management under California Public Resources Code 4291 (defensible space) and Municipal…

Fillmore requires defensible space vegetation clearance around structures per California PRC §4291 and Ventura County…

Folsom requires 100 feet of defensible space clearance around structures in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones per…

Fontana foothill parcels must maintain 100 feet of defensible space under PRC 4291. Citywide weed abatement is enforced…

Fremont east foothill properties must maintain 100 feet of defensible space per PRC 4291. The Fire Department conducts…

CA PRC §4291 requires 100 ft of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) and Very High…

Garden Grove's Fire Code amendments let the fire code official require clearing flammable vegetation within 10 feet of…

Properties in the Hayward hills Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone must maintain 100 feet of defensible space under…

Hercules has no stand-alone brush-clearance ordinance; it reaches overgrown vegetation through Chapter 10 of Title 4…

Hesperia requires a 30-foot firebreak of cleared, thinned or treated vegetation around buildings, extending to 30-100…

Properties must maintain defensible space per CA PRC 4291 where applicable. Inglewood is largely urbanized flatland…

Irvine's fire code official can order flammable vegetation cleared for 10 feet on each side of any street or private…

Kern County requires 30 feet of clearance of all non-ornamental combustibles around every structure and a total 100…

Lake Forest's Fire Code Official can require flammable vegetation cleared for 10 feet on each side of streets and…

Public Resources Code Section 4291 is the defensible space standard behind brush clearance on Lakewood property that…

California PRC §4291 requires 100-foot defensible space in fire hazard zones. Lancaster may impose additional clearance…

Livermore enforces PRC 4291 defensible space: 100 ft of clearance around structures in east/south foothill VHFHSZ…

Chapter 15.31 of the Lodi Municipal Code lets the fire chief order weeds destroyed on any private lot once they grow…

Properties in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone must maintain defensible space per LAMC 57.4906.5.2. Vegetation…

Los Banos bans keeping dry grass, brush or dead vegetation that creates a fire hazard on any property, defining it as…

Madera requires vacant parcels larger than five acres to maintain a firebreak at least 30 feet wide around the…

Unincorporated Madera County law requires anyone who owns, occupies, or controls a building outside any incorporated…

Menifee's annual weed abatement program requires parcels to be cleared within 30 days of the city's Notice to Abate and…

Mission Viejo requires owners and occupants to cut down and remove weeds, grass, vines or other growth capable of being…

Properties in unincorporated Monterey County must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around structures under…

Moorpark properties in fire hazard zones must maintain 100 feet of defensible space per California PRC Section 4291…

PRC 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around homes in very high fire zones. Riverside County Fire inspects…

Property owners must maintain defensible space and remove dry vegetation that poses a fire hazard. Mountain View…

Murrieta property owners must maintain a minimum 100-foot defensible space around structures under California Public…

Napa property owners must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around every habitable structure under California…

Napa County Code Chapter 8.36 (Fire Protection - Fire Hazard Abatement), as amended by Ordinance 1467, requires…

Property owners in unincorporated Nevada County must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around structures under…

Norwalk Municipal Code § 8.28.170 bans letting weeds, vines, shrubs or brush that turn into a fire menace when dry grow…

Properties in Oakland's Wildfire Prevention Assessment District and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone must maintain…

Oceanside requires defensible space and brush clearance for properties in wildland-urban interface areas. California…

Ojai requires 100 feet of defensible space around all structures per VCFPD standards and CA PRC 4291. Properties in…

The City of Orange requires vegetation management and brush clearance on properties within or adjacent to…

In wildfire-prone unincorporated Orange County, owners must maintain defensible space around structures. California…

Palm Springs Fire Code Section 325 lets the Fire Code Official require flammable vegetation and other combustible…

State law folded into Palmdale's fire-prone development rules requires owners to maintain 100 feet of defensible space…

Palo Alto enforces California PRC 4291 defensible space in its Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, requiring 100 feet…

Pasadena enforces 100 ft defensible space per CA PRC 4291 in fire hazard zones. Zone 1 (0-30 ft) and Zone 2 (30-100 ft)…

Perris's fire code official can require flammable vegetation and brush cleared for 10 feet on each side of streets and…

Petaluma's hazardous vegetation and rubbish abatement ordinance, Chapter 10.70, declares all hazardous vegetation and…

Properties in or adjacent to designated fire hazard zones must maintain 100 feet of defensible space under California…

Pomona enforces vegetation clearance under CA PRC Section 4291. Properties in fire hazard severity zones must maintain…

Port Hueneme requires property owners to maintain defensible space by clearing dry vegetation. As a coastal city with…

Rancho Cordova sits on the flat Central Valley floor outside State Responsibility Area Very High Fire Hazard Severity…

Redding property owners must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around every habitable structure under California…

Redwood City Code section 14.38 declares dry grass, stubble, brush and any weeds or nonornamental plants over eight…

California Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility…

Property owners in Riverside must clear weeds, dry grass, and flammable vegetation throughout the year. Parcels in or…

Unincorporated Riverside County requires hazardous vegetation abatement under Ordinance 695, and properties in State…

Rohnert Park requires every property owner to keep lots free of weeds, grass and vegetation that could spread wildfire…

California Public Resources Code Section 4291 requires anyone who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains a…

Property owners in or near mapped fire hazard zones must maintain defensible space under California Public Resources…

Salinas sits on the valley floor with lower wildfire exposure than the surrounding foothills, but dry grassland still…

New buildings and accessory structures on parcels of one acre or more in unincorporated San Benito County must sit at…

Foothill Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone properties must maintain 100 feet of defensible space under California PRC…

The Orange County Fire Authority's fire code official can order flammable vegetation cleared for 10 feet on each side…

San Diego requires 100 feet of defensible space around all structures in Very High Fire Severity Zones under SDMC…

Parcels in San Joaquin County within State Responsibility Areas (SRA) or mapped Fire Hazard Severity Zones must…

San Jose enforces defensible space requirements under California Public Resources Code §4291 in the East Foothills…

Properties in SLO County State Responsibility Areas and High/Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones must maintain 100…

Properties in fire-prone areas of San Mateo must maintain defensible space under California PRC 4291. The San Mateo…

Properties in the Wildland-Urban Interface of unincorporated San Mateo County must maintain defensible space under…

San Rafael requires every property with a structure in its Wildland-Urban Interface, and any adjacent parcel, to…

California Public Resources Code Section 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in Very High Fire…

Santa Ana's fire code official can require flammable vegetation and combustible growth cleared for 10 feet on each side…

Santa Barbara County Fire requires defensible space clearance of not less than 100 feet around all structures (or to…

Santa Clara is mostly on the valley floor and not mapped as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, but nearby foothills…

Properties in unincorporated Santa Clara County must maintain 100 feet of defensible space under California Public…

LACFD sends annual brush clearance notices to Santa Clarita residents in Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Development in…

Santa Cruz adopts the California Fire Code Wildland-Urban Interface chapter under §19.05.270 plus a local Wildfire Risk…

Property owners in unincorporated Santa Cruz County must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around structures under…

Santa Maria sits in the relatively flat Santa Maria Valley, largely outside CAL FIRE's high or very-high Fire Hazard…

Santa Paula properties in or adjacent to wildland areas must maintain 100 feet of defensible space per VCFPD and…

Santa Rosa's Hazardous Vegetation and Fuels Management Ordinance (ORD-2023-016, City Code Ch. 9-32) requires defensible…

Simi Valley requires property owners to maintain defensible space and clear brush within prescribed distances from…

The City of Sonoma's fire chief can order combustible vegetation cleared from private property, do the abatement work…

In unincorporated Stanislaus County, anyone who occupies or controls land with standing wheat, oats, barley, hay or…

Stockton Municipal Code Chapter 8.08 (Abatement of Weeds) declares dry grass, weeds, rubbish, and brush that constitute…

Sunnyvale requires property owners to maintain defensible space and remove dead vegetation as a fire hazard. The city…

Most of Sutter County is flat farmland with low wildfire risk, but defensible space is required around structures in…

Tehama County requires unincorporated-area property owners to keep weeds, grass, and brush from becoming a fire hazard…

Temecula requires defensible space clearance around all structures in or adjacent to wildland areas, following…

Thousand Oaks requires property owners to maintain defensible space through brush clearance under Ventura County Fire…

Properties in fire hazard areas must maintain defensible space per CA PRC 4291. Torrance has limited wildfire zones but…

Tracy declares any farm crop that grows large or dry enough to become a fire hazard a public nuisance if it sits within…

Tuolumne County's Hazardous Vegetation Management Ordinance (Chapter 8.14) requires property owners in unincorporated…

California Public Resources Code 4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures in State Responsibility…

Union City's Weed Abatement Ordinance lets the Fire Chief order property owners to clear weeds that grow large enough…

State law sets the defensible space standard that applies to Vallejo properties in fire hazard areas. Under Public…

The City of Ventura requires anyone who owns, leases or controls land in a hazardous fire area to maintain a 100-foot…

Victorville requires owners to keep lots free of dry weeds, brush, tumbleweeds, and rubbish under VMC nuisance rules…

West Covina requires properties in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone to maintain vegetation clearance within 200…

Westminster's Fire Code requires every property owner or occupant to cut down and remove weeds, grass, vines or other…

Once the city council designates a very high fire hazard severity zone, Whittier Municipal Code section 15.16.050(C)…

Unincorporated Yuba County property owners in Fire Hazard Severity Zones must clear a 30-foot firebreak around…

Corona property owners must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around structures under California Public Resources…

Escondido requires 100 feet of defensible space around homes per PRC 4291. Grass and weeds must be maintained at 4…

Within the City of Fresno, fruit stands, retail sales lots and Christmas tree lots are not allowed to burn for any…

Marin County requires 100 feet of defensible space around all structures in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas. State…

Placer County's Hazardous Vegetation and Combustible Material Abatement ordinance (Placer County Code Section 9.32…

Properties in or near the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone must clear 100 feet of defensible space under PRC 4291…

Rialto runs citywide weed abatement inspections twice a year, in April and October. Weeds or dry grass over 4 inches…

San Bernardino County Land Use Services requires property owners in wildfire-prone unincorporated areas to maintain…

Unincorporated San Diego County requires 100 feet of defensible space around structures under the Defensible Space for…

Sonoma County Code Chapter 13A requires owners of parcels in the unincorporated area to maintain defensible space and…

Vacaville requires property owners to keep land clear of dry weeds, vegetation, and rubbish under Vacaville Municipal…

Property owners in unincorporated Ventura County must maintain defensible space, enforced by the Ventura County Fire…

Under VMC Chapter 8.56, Visalia Fire's Prevention Division enforces weed and debris abatement on vacant and developed…

Modesto sits on the Central Valley floor outside CAL FIRE's State Responsibility Area and is not mapped as a Very High…

California requires permits for most outdoor burning, with statewide CAL FIRE and Air Resources Board rules that…

Anaheim declares any intentional outdoor burning of material, structure, matter or thing a public nuisance unless the…

Intentionally burning anything outdoors within Apple Valley town limits is an unlawful public nuisance unless the Town…

Baldwin Park bans open burning citywide unless the South Coast Air Quality Management District has issued a written…

Bellflower's municipal code flatly bans burning any solid waste or recyclable material anywhere within city limits…

Open burning is prohibited in Burbank except by permit from the Fire Code Official for a short list of purposes…

Camarillo bans burning solid waste, hazardous waste, or medical waste anywhere in the city under Municipal Code Section…

Burning trash or refuse anywhere in Carlsbad, on public or private property and with or without the owner's permission…

Clovis Fire Code Section 307.1.1 bans open burning in any incinerator, can, barrel, pit, outdoor fireplace or similar…

Compton bans open burning of trash, wood or other materials on any property in the city, treating it outright as a…

Open burning in unincorporated Contra Costa County is governed by BAAQMD Regulation 5 and County Fire Code Section 324…

Corona bans burning any solid waste within city limits under Corona Code of Ordinances § 8.20.100, unless the burning…

Cupertino makes it unlawful to burn solid waste anywhere in the city or to burn any waste on a public street, way or…

Burning yard waste, trash, or debris outdoors is illegal in Daly City. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District's…

El Cajon bans open and outdoor fires citywide. Section 8.04.010 makes it unlawful to build, light, or maintain any open…

El Monte bans burning any solid, hazardous, or medical waste anywhere in the city under Municipal Code Section…

Elk Grove bans intentional burning of any material on any property without a validly issued permit and separately makes…

Open burning is prohibited within the City of Fresno except with an operational permit issued under the Fresno…

Open burning of vegetation, yard waste, and trash is effectively prohibited in Fullerton under South Coast AQMD Rule…

Burning garbage outdoors is banned at all times in unincorporated Glenn County, California, under Glenn County Code…

Hemet City Code § 62-64 bans burning solid waste anywhere in the city outside of an approved incinerator or…

Hercules Municipal Code Sec. 5-2.05 makes it unlawful to burn any solid waste anywhere in the city unless the City…

Residential open burning of yard waste and debris is prohibited in Jurupa Valley under South Coast AQMD Rule 444 and…

Livermore bans burning solid or hazardous waste outright unless it happens inside an incinerator the fire chief has…

Long Beach Fire Code Section 18.48.240 bans open burning citywide except under three narrow circumstances: official…

Open burning in Los Angeles is nearly entirely prohibited and requires a Special Permit from the Fire Chief, available…

Los Banos Municipal Code § 6-3.09 makes it unlawful to burn garbage anywhere in the City, and separately unlawful to…

Burning any material on the exposed lake bed at Bass Lake below the high water mark is illegal in unincorporated Madera…

Open burning (debris piles, vegetation) is prohibited in unincorporated Marin County from May 1 to October 31. Outside…

Open burning of household trash, yard waste, or cleared vegetation is prohibited in Menifee. South Coast AQMD Rule 444…

Merced Municipal Code Section 12.08.080 makes it unlawful to set fire to or burn rags, paper, wood, rubbish or any…

Open burning of grass, weeds, agricultural trimmings, or other combustibles is prohibited in Modesto without a permit…

Monterey bans all open burning, including outdoor rubbish fires and bonfires, under its amended California Fire Code…

Moorpark bans burning solid waste anywhere in the city unless it happens in a permitted incinerator or transformation…

Murrieta bans open burning citywide under a local amendment to the California Fire Code. There is no permit path to…

Newport Beach bans beach, camp and recreational fires everywhere except in City-provided containers at posted…

Open burning to dispose of residential waste, leaves, brush, or trash is prohibited in Ontario. The city is in the…

Sec. 14-22(A) of the Oxnard Code of Ordinances adds Fire Code Section 405.2, banning all open burning and smoking…

Pasadena bans burning weeds or rubbish to clear a property, public or private, under Section 8.48.120 of the weed…

Open burning of refuse, garbage or solid municipal waste anywhere in Perris is illegal under Municipal Code Chapter…

Petaluma prohibits burning or burying garbage anywhere within city limits under PMC § 8.16.140. The only carve-out is…

Pleasanton prohibits building, kindling or lighting any fire in a city park or recreation facility, including Augustin…

Open burning of refuse, recyclables or organics is flatly illegal in Rancho Cucamonga unless the city council or the…

Rohnert Park bans open outdoor fires anywhere in the city under Municipal Code Section 8.20.010, defined at Section…

Roseville bans open burning citywide, including recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces, under a locally…

Burning waste of any kind in an open fire is prohibited across the Santa Barbara County APCD jurisdiction. Backyard…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County bans burning refuse outright unless every agency with air-quality or fire…

Sunnyvale makes it unlawful for anyone to burn discarded materials anywhere in the city. Municipal Code Section…

Temecula bans burning refuse anywhere in the city unless it happens inside an approved incinerator or transformation…

Thousand Oaks makes it unlawful for anyone to burn or incinerate solid waste, organic waste, recyclable materials…

Outdoor burning of waste, rubbish, and trash is prohibited in unincorporated Tulare County. Residential yard-waste…

Union City bans burning, dumping or burying solid waste anywhere in the city, on public or private property, unless…

Upland bans burning trash outright. Municipal Code Section 13.28.370 makes it unlawful at any time, for anyone…

Vacaville bans igniting, kindling, or maintaining any fire within city limits, including incinerators, open burning…

Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.44.080 makes it unlawful to burn or cause to be burned any solid waste, bulky goods…

Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 8.44 prohibits most open burning. Burning of trash, plastic, demolition material…

Vista prohibits burning any type of solid waste anywhere in the city under Section 13.16.050 of the Vista Municipal…

West Sacramento prohibits kindling or maintaining any open campfire or bonfire citywide, with no size exception carved…

Alhambra's Fire Code bars kindling or maintaining an open fire on any public street, alley, road, or public or private…

Bakersfield requires an operational permit for any open fire on public or private ground under Municipal Code §…

Berkeley bars any outdoor fire in its mapped Wildland-Urban Interface areas, the hillside fire hazard zones above the…

Brentwood bans burning solid waste, organic waste or recyclables outright in any street, alley, park or public place…

Buena Park bans outdoor wood fires when winds exceed 8 mph with low humidity, on red-flag days, or when officially…

Calaveras County requires a written burn permit from the county fire warden, CAL FIRE or the U.S. Forest Service before…

Ceres bans open burning of grass, weeds, and agricultural trimmings without a permit from the San Joaquin Valley air…

Chico bans igniting any open fire, indoors or outdoors, throughout the city, allowing only a short list of exempt…

Chino Hills prohibits open burning and recreational fires whenever atmospheric or local conditions make them hazardous…

Chula Vista bans igniting or burning objects on public land, bridges, streets or other public places in a manner that…

Costa Mesa bans outdoor wood fires whenever sustained winds top 8 mph with humidity under 25%, during any posted…

Davis requires a permit before anyone sets, ignites or maintains an open campfire on city public property, a category…

Downey Municipal Code Section 3306 amends California Fire Code 105.5.36 to require an operational permit before…

Eastvale bans burning solid waste anywhere in the city unless done in an approved incinerator or transformation…

Folsom bans unauthorized fire in the city's public open space, parks and agricultural-reserve land, allowing flame only…

Fontana bans burning weeds, brush, tree trimmings or other yard debris outdoors except in an approved incinerator or…

Garden Grove's Fire Code amendments ban outdoor wood fires whenever sustained winds exceed 8 mph with humidity under…

Hanford bans open outdoor burning of refuse or other material citywide under its amended Fire Code § 307.1.1. The rule…

Burning solid waste anywhere in Hesperia is illegal without a special permit from the city council or fire protection…

Open burning of natural vegetation requires a North Coast Unified AQMD permit year-round plus a CAL FIRE permit during…

Indio prohibits open burning of any material outdoors except in approved appliances like fireplaces, barbecues, and…

Irvine bans outdoor wood and solid-fuel fires whenever sustained winds top 8 mph with humidity under 25%, a red flag…

Lake County bans burning brush, stumps, slash and other flammable debris anywhere in the unincorporated county from May…

Lake Forest bans outdoor wood fires when winds top 8 mph with low humidity or during a red-flag alert, and bans all…

Lancaster bars anyone from burning refuse within city limits unless they have complied with the burning rules of the…

Lodi bans kindling or maintaining any outdoor burning citywide under an amended California Fire Code Section 307.1…

Open outdoor fires are generally prohibited in unincorporated LA County except for specific permitted exceptions. Small…

Mendocino County bans nearly all outdoor fires under Chapter 9.33 of the county code, except for newspaper used to…

Burning brush, grass, trash, rubbish, or land-clearing debris outdoors in unincorporated Merced County requires a…

Mission Viejo bars wood and solid-fuel outdoor fires whenever sustained winds top 8 mph with relative humidity under 25…

Monterey County Code § 10.41.050 lets you burn only green waste, and only if the burn follows whatever rules the…

Open burning within Moreno Valley's wildland-urban interface area requires a permit from the fire code official under…

Oakland's Fire Code amendments bar all open burning, including recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces, on…

Oceanside's Fire Code amendments ban all open burning and open flames citywide except for narrow, listed exceptions…

Orange bans open burning citywide unless it is constructed and approved under Fire Code Sections 307.1.1 through…

Palm Springs' Fire Code amendments ban outdoor wood or solid-fuel fires whenever sustained winds top 8 mph with…

Redding bans burning uncut vegetation or weeds outright and requires a fire-code-official permit for any bonfire…

Redondo Beach bars burning weeds, rubbish, or other material outdoors without a written Fire Department permit, and…

Ridgecrest prohibits burning brush, trash, lumber, or other combustible material within city limits unless the burner…

Riverside bans burning any waste matter, garbage, refuse, rubbish, recyclables, or hazardous waste, on any lot, land…

Sacramento bars igniting or maintaining any fire on public property outright, and on private property without the…

Salinas Fire Code Section 307.2.1 prohibits open burning anywhere in the city unless the Monterey Bay Air Resource…

Burning solid waste is prohibited by state law across unincorporated San Benito County; vegetation can be burned only…

San Bernardino bans lighting any outdoor fire to clear land or burn brush, slash, timber or grass anywhere in the city…

Outdoor fires burning wood or solid fuel are barred citywide once sustained winds exceed 8 mph with humidity under 25%…

San Jose Municipal Code § 9.10.820 bans burning any solid waste anywhere in the city, including backyard trash and…

San Marcos bans open burning citywide unless the local Air Quality Management District has issued a written permit for…

Santa Ana bans outdoor wood or solid-fuel fires whenever sustained winds top 8 mph with humidity under 25%, a red flag…

Santa Clara bans burning solid waste anywhere in the city except fuel burned in a compliant wood burning appliance, and…

Open burning in Santa Cruz requires a Fire Department burn permit ($50), is limited to parcels of one-half acre or…

Santa Maria Municipal Code Chapter 9-28 amends California Fire Code Section 307.1 to prohibit open burning within city…

In areas the state classifies as local fire responsibility, Shasta County bans burning waste, trash, dry grass, or…

Stanislaus County's Fire Code amendments flatly require a permit before anyone burns grass, weeds, agricultural…

Tehama County bans residential debris burning across the unincorporated area every June 1 through fire season's end…

Turlock bans kindling any fire of grass, weeds, agricultural trimmings, or other combustibles without a San Joaquin…

Westminster's Fire Code bars outdoor wood or solid-fuel fires whenever sustained winds exceed 8 mph with humidity under…

Yuba City bars burning as a method of refuse disposal under Municipal Code Section 6-3.06(e) unless it is done in…

Burning refuse, garbage, yard waste, or construction debris, anywhere in unincorporated Yuba County is unlawful unless…

Open burning in Antioch is regulated by the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (CCCFPD), which is the fire…

Effective May 1, the Butte County Fire Department (CAL FIRE Butte Unit) requires a CAL FIRE burn permit for all…

Carson adopts the California Fire Code by reference for open burning, and treats violating the Fire Code's open-burning…

Outdoor burning of vegetative debris in unincorporated El Dorado County requires (1) a free CAL FIRE residential burn…

Fairfield's Fire Code amendments let residents run bonfires, recreational fires, and portable outdoor fireplaces, but…

Hayward bans igniting or maintaining any outdoor fire for burning rubbish, other than for cooking, without first…

Open burning of vegetation in unincorporated Kern County requires a burn permit from the Kern County Fire Department…

County fire code makes it unlawful to leave any permitted burn unattended and requires the fire to be fully…

Open burning of dry vegetation in unincorporated Nevada County is allowed only on declared "permissive burn days" set…

In unincorporated Orange County, the Fire Code bars outdoor wood fires whenever winds top 8 mph with humidity under…

Outdoor burning in unincorporated Placer County is governed by the Placer County Air Pollution Control District…

Rialto's local fire code amendment flatly prohibits open burning anywhere in the city, and South Coast AQMD Rule 444…

Riverside County adopts the California Fire Code's open-burning rules for the unincorporated area and requires an $85…

San Diego bans bonfires within 50 feet of a structure unless contained in a barbecue pit, and suspends all open burning…

In unincorporated San Diego County, open burning, bonfires, recreational fires, and portable outdoor fireplaces must…

San Francisco requires a Fire Department permit before anyone ignites or maintains an open outdoor fire anywhere in the…

Residential (backyard) outdoor burning in unincorporated Santa Cruz County is allowed only during the open burn season…

Open burning of trash, debris, garbage, or hazardous waste is unlawful in Santa Rosa. Vegetative debris pile burning is…

Outdoor burning of vegetation in unincorporated Solano County is tightly regulated by air and fire authorities. The…

The City of Sonoma Fire Code requires an operational permit from the Bureau of Fire Prevention before anyone kindles or…

Open burning of vegetation in unincorporated Sonoma County requires a current, valid burn permit from Permit Sonoma…

Open burning in unincorporated Sutter County is regulated by the Feather River Air Quality Management District (FRAQMD)…

Truckee requires written permission from the landowner before anyone lights a campfire on land they do not own, bans…

In the City of Ventura, an operational fire permit is required before kindling any open fire, open burning…

Discarding lit tobacco, embers or any burning material anywhere in a Ventura County park except a designated disposal…

Open burning in unincorporated Yolo County requires three separate authorizations: (1) a permissive burn day declared…

SLO County Code § 16.04.040 sharply limits open outdoor burning in unincorporated areas, banning it between 9 a.m. and…

California uniformly classifies and maps Fire Hazard Severity Zones statewide, with mandatory building, disclosure, and…

Buena Park prohibits burning wood or other solid fuel inside any fuel modification zone, Wildfire Risk Area, or…

New buildings in Thousand Oaks located in a Fire Hazard Severity Zone or a designated Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)…

Union City bans discharging even legal "safe and sane" fireworks anywhere east of Mission Boulevard, citing dry summer…

Portions of northeast and eastern Bakersfield bordering the Kern foothills fall within CAL FIRE's Very High Fire Hazard…

Berkeley designates four Wildland-Urban Interface areas, the High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones plus the…

Calaveras County has adopted California defensible space law as county ordinance, applying it to anyone who owns…

New construction and any addition of 50 percent or more within Chino Hills' Fire Hazard Overlay District must meet…

Fullerton has adopted CAL FIRE's March 2025 Local Responsibility Area map designating very high, high and moderate fire…

Hemet maps wildland interface and fire hazard severity zones on Exhibits A and B, and every new development inside them…

Indio has adopted the State Fire Marshal's Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, designating moderate, high, and very high…

Inside Irvine's Wildfire Risk Areas and adjacent brush or grass-covered land, welding, cutting torches, tar pots, and…

Los Angeles has established a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) covering hillside and mountain areas, where…

Unincorporated LA County designates Local Agency Fire Hazard Severity Zones throughout the region, including the…

Parcels in Madera County's state responsibility area, the foothill and mountain land north and east of the Madera…

New buildings in Murrieta's High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones must supply an extra 500 gallons per minute…

Rancho Cordova is largely outside CAL FIRE Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones due to its flat terrain and urbanized…

San Bernardino designates Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones on a map dated October 29, 2008, kept at the City…

New construction on any lot inside a Santa Clarita Fire Hazard Zone, mapped by CAL FIRE on the city's own GIS "Fire…

Santa Cruz adopts the CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone map under §19.20.010, triggering wildland-urban interface…

Much of Santa Paula is designated as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) by CAL FIRE. Properties in these…

Solano County will not approve a new vacation house rental in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone at all. In a High…

Temecula's city council has adopted the state fire marshal's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map, recommended March 24, 2025…

Truckee designates its entire town as a Wildland Urban Interface area under Ordinance 2025-04, applying California…

All of Twain Harte falls within the Wildland-Urban Interface, so new construction and major remodels must meet…

Inside Whittier's very high fire hazard severity zone, every new roof or major reroof must carry a Class A covering…

Much of east Alameda County including the Oakland Hills, Castro Valley, and Sunol foothills is designated Very High…

Most of Altadena sits in CalFire-mapped Very High and High Fire Hazard Severity Zones: the January 2025 Eaton Fire…

Anaheim designates the Anaheim Hills area as a Special Protection Area (Wildland-Urban Interface). OCFA provides fire…

Apple Valley regulates construction in its wildfire-prone high desert terrain by adopting the state's building code for…

Baldwin Park adopts the State Fire Marshal's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map for its area and requires Class A fire-rated…

The State Fire Marshal designates fire hazard severity zones (moderate, high, very high) within Bishop. On March 24…

Brentwood enforces the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Title 24 Part 7, as amended by the Contra Costa County…

Burbank has designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) in the hillside areas near the Verdugo Mountains…

Butte County has formally adopted the Fire Hazard Severity Zone map for its Local Responsibility Area, and Section…

Portions of Camarillo, particularly hillside areas near the Santa Monica Mountains and Conejo Grade, are designated as…

Updated CAL FIRE hazard maps identify Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Carlsbad. A new building in one needs…

Chico enforces the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code for construction in fire hazard severity zones…

Portions of eastern Chula Vista are designated as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) by CAL FIRE. Properties…

Citrus Heights is mostly flat suburban and not designated as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, though localized…

Most of Clovis is in a Local Responsibility Area (LRA) classified as moderate hazard. Eastern foothill-adjacent parcels…

Compton is a flat, urban city that is not classified as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) or State…

Wildfire rules in unincorporated Contra Costa County combine the state's 100-foot defensible-space requirement (PRC…

Portions of Corona including the Skyline Drive ridgeline, Sierra Del Oro hillsides, and parcels adjacent to Cleveland…

Costa Mesa adopts the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code in full, with no local amendments, under Municipal…

New buildings in Cupertino's Fire Hazard Severity Zones or Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Area must be built to the 2025…

Eastvale has designated moderate, high, and very high Fire Hazard Severity Zones under Ordinance No. 25-05, adopting…

Portions of eastern El Cajon are mapped in CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zones. Properties in these areas must…

El Dorado County has formally adopted the State Fire Marshal's 2023 State Responsibility Area and 2025 Local…

El Monte is mapped as urban Local Responsibility Area outside any CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The Government…

Escondido's Fire Severity Zones map, adopted under Municipal Code § 11-21, marks land as moderate, high, or very high…

The 2025 CAL FIRE update placed portions of Fairfield's western hills (Rockville, Green Valley, Cordelia foothills)…

Portions of Fillmore, particularly areas adjacent to the hills north of town, fall within Very High Fire Hazard…

Folsom's east and south hills contain CAL FIRE-designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones due to foothill terrain…

Northern Fontana foothills are mapped as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by CAL FIRE. Parcels there need 100 feet…

Fremont east foothills including Mission Peak, Weibel, Vargas Plateau, and Niles Canyon are mapped as Very High Fire…

Fresno Fire Department policy authorizes officers to halt any otherwise-allowed outdoor fire when atmospheric…

Eastern Fresno County foothills are designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) by CAL FIRE. New…

Galt lies entirely in a Local Responsibility Area on the flat Sacramento Valley floor. CAL FIRE maps do not designate…

Garden Grove is a flat, fully urbanized city in central Orange County and First Street rates citywide wildfire risk as…

Glendale has significant wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas in its hillside neighborhoods. Properties in fire hazard…

New construction in unincorporated Glenn County's wildfire-prone areas has to meet the California Wildland-Urban…

Hayward's eastern foothills are mapped as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by CAL FIRE, triggering defensible…

Hercules applies statewide wildfire-zone construction standards through Section 9-3.01 of the Municipal Code, which…

Hesperia requires owners near hazardous fire areas to clear a 30-foot firebreak around structures, widening to 30-100…

Huntington Beach is a coastal urban city with minimal wildfire risk. The city does not contain Very High Fire Hazard…

Inglewood is not located in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The city is a flat, urbanized community with minimal…

Kern County adopted its own Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Ordinance Code Chapter 17.34), tying local hazardous fire…

CAL FIRE has mapped Lake County into Moderate, High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones under Sec. 22-2, with the…

Lake Forest has adopted CalFIRE's Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map, triggering…

Lakewood may have wildfire hazard zones requiring defensible space around structures, fire-resistant building…

Lancaster requires any landscape design plan for a project in a fire-prone area to build in defensible space around…

Livermore's south and east foothills, including areas near Del Valle and Sycamore Grove, are mapped as Very High Fire…

Long Beach has limited wildfire risk as a coastal/urban city. Some hillside areas near Signal Hill may fall in fire…

Most of unincorporated Marin County is designated Wildland-Urban Interface under the Marin County Fire Code (Title 16)…

Mendocino County's Coastal Zone hazard chapter requires new development to be sited against CAL FIRE's three-tier Fire…

The state Fire Marshal issued updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps covering Menifee in March 2025. Owners in Very…

Merced enforces the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, adopted by reference at Municipal Code Section…

Mission Viejo requires Class A fire-rated roofing on structures within Fire Hazard Severity Zones and Wildland-Urban…

Monterey has adopted the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's fire hazard severity zone map under…

About 80% of Monterey County is rated high, very high, or extreme fire threat. CAL FIRE maps Fire Hazard Severity Zones…

Moorpark contains areas designated as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) along hillsides and the…

Moreno Valley has VHFHSZ along Box Springs Mountain and the Badlands. Chapter 7A and AB 38 disclosures apply to homes…

Most of Mountain View sits outside state-mapped Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, but western hillside areas near…

Large portions of Napa, particularly the eastern hillsides above Coombsville and Alta Heights, the Silverado / Atlas…

Napa County contains extensive Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones across the Vaca Mountains, Howell Mountain, Mount…

Portions of Newport Beach, particularly the hillside areas of Newport Coast and San Joaquin Hills, are designated as…

Any Norwalk property inside a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone that a local agency has designated under Government…

Oakland's Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone covers the Oakland Hills east of a Fire Marshal-mapped boundary running…

Eastern portions of Oceanside near Camp Pendleton and hillside areas are designated as fire hazard severity zones by…

Nearly all of Ojai is designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ) by CAL FIRE. This triggers enhanced…

Ontario sits on the valley floor and is not mapped in a CAL FIRE Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Chapter 7A…

Portions of the City of Orange, particularly the Santiago Hills area, are within CAL FIRE-designated fire hazard…

Much of unincorporated Orange County - especially the Silverado, Modjeska, and Trabuco canyon communities - lies in CAL…

Oxnard is primarily a low-fire-risk coastal and agricultural city. Most of the city is not within a CalFire-designated…

CAL FIRE designates parts of Palm Springs bordering the San Jacinto foothills as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones…

Palmdale has formally adopted the state Fire Marshal's March 24, 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map under PMC Sec…

Western foothill neighborhoods in Palo Alto sit in the CAL FIRE Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. Properties there…

Pasadena has significant wildland-urban interface areas in its northern hillside neighborhoods near the Angeles…

Perris adopts the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code to regulate construction, alteration, and maintenance…

Petaluma designates Fire Hazard Severity Zones using the Cal Fire map adopted under Government Code Section 51178, and…

Much of unincorporated Placer County, the Sierra foothills and Tahoe Basin, is mapped in High or Very High Fire Hazard…

New construction or building expansion inside Pomona's Very High Fire Hazard Safety Zone must meet Chapter 7A of the…

Port Hueneme is largely outside designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ). The city's flat coastal…

Large portions of Redding, particularly west of Interstate 5, around Lake Redding, Mary Lake, Buckeye, and the…

Redlands has formally designated its Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone under a city map adopted by…

Redwood City has adopted the state-recommended Fire Hazard Severity Zones under Redwood City Code Sec. 12.7.1, mapped…

Rialto adopted the State Fire Marshal's updated 2025 fire hazard severity zone maps, which place parts of the city in…

Riverside's fire code formally adopts CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, splitting the city into Moderate…

Much of unincorporated Riverside County, foothills and mountains, is mapped as High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity…

Rohnert Park requires a 30-foot defensible space buffer around every building and mandates annual fuel-management…

Roseville has limited VHFHSZ areas primarily along open space corridors and eastern city edges near Sierra foothill…

Cal Fire maps identify limited Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in Sacramento, mainly near the American River…

Salinas may have wildfire hazard zones requiring defensible space around structures, fire-resistant building materials…

New buildings anywhere in unincorporated San Benito County need at least a Class B roof, but buildings in Very High…

Much of unincorporated San Bernardino County (San Bernardino Mountains, foothills, and wildland areas) lies in…

San Clemente designates parts of the city as Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones under state…

San Diego has extensive Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) due to its canyon-rim topography and Santa Ana…

Most of unincorporated San Diego County is mapped as a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and Wildland-Urban Interface…

San Francisco requires a Fire Department operational permit before anyone uses a torch or other open-flame device…

Cal Fire maps significant portions of eastern and southern San Jose as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, including…

San Leandro adopted the State Fire Marshal's February 24, 2025 moderate and high fire hazard severity zone map under…

SLO County contains extensive High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, especially in coastal canyons, the Santa…

Structures in San Marcos's Wildland-Urban Interface zones must clear the top of any slope by a minimum setback under…

Portions of western San Mateo are mapped in CAL FIRE's Fire Hazard Severity Zones. New construction in these areas must…

Unincorporated San Mateo County contains Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, with the Santa Cruz…

San Rafael has its own mapped Wildland-Urban Interface, adopted in 2007 under SRMC §4.12.010, designating a very high…

Sanger sits in the Central Valley floor and is not located within a CAL FIRE-designated State Responsibility Area or…

Santa Ana is a fully urbanized city with no areas designated as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) by CAL…

Much of unincorporated Santa Barbara County lies in CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones rated Moderate, High, or Very…

Santa Clara is largely not mapped in a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, but adjacent foothill communities are…

Much of unincorporated Santa Clara County - the Santa Cruz Mountains and Diablo Range foothills - is mapped as High or…

Most of unincorporated Santa Cruz County is mapped High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone, with extensive…

Santa Monica has formally designated Fire Hazard Severity Zones based on recommendations by the California Department…

Significant portions of Simi Valley are designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones by CAL FIRE. Properties in…

The City of Sonoma adopts the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code and maps its own Very High Fire Hazard…

Sonora lies in the Sierra Nevada foothills within CAL FIRE-designated fire hazard severity zones. Properties must…

Stockton sits in Local Responsibility Area (LRA) on the San Joaquin Valley floor and is NOT classified as a Very High…

Sunnyvale is not located in any Cal Fire Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The city sits on the flat Santa Clara…

Tehama County's Fire Safe Regulations impose minimum wildfire protection standards, access roads, water supply…

Torrance has limited wildfire risk due to its urban coastal location, but some hillside areas may be in Very High Fire…

Tracy adopted the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code by reference through Municipal Code Chapter 9.18…

Tulare County has formally designated Moderate, High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones across the unincorporated…

Almost all of unincorporated Tuolumne County is a State Responsibility Area protected by CAL FIRE, with over 358,000…

Portions of eastern and southern Vacaville, including Lagoon Valley Regional Park, the Vaca Mountains foothills, Browns…

Vallejo Municipal Code Chapter 7.57 adopts by reference CAL FIRE's February 24, 2025 Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for…

The City of Ventura designates Very High, High and Moderate Fire Hazard Severity Zones under San Buenaventura Municipal…

Much of unincorporated Ventura County lies in Fire Hazard Severity Zones, Moderate, High, or Very High, mapped by CAL…

Parts of Victorville fall within or near CAL FIRE Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones, especially along foothill and…

Vista designates medium, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones using the state Fire Marshal's map, adopting…

West Covina's zoning code adds construction standards for property inside a CAL FIRE-designated Fire Hazard Severity…

Westminster adopts the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, 2025 Edition, as its own Wildland-Urban Interface Code…

Any special event facility, small or large, sited in a Fire Hazard Severity Zone in unincorporated Yolo County must…

New construction, subdivisions, and building permits in unincorporated Yuba County's State Responsibility Area fire…

Elk Grove is located in the flat Central Valley and contains no CAL FIRE designated Very High Fire Hazard Severity…

Most of unincorporated Nevada County is mapped as High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone by CAL FIRE and the State…

In the City of Pacifica, Municipal Code Section 4-3.301 formally adopts the Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the Local…

Much of northern Rancho Cucamonga lies in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. VHFHSZ properties face stricter…

CalFire's Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) maps designate portions of eastern San Joaquin County, Lodi foothills…

Much of unincorporated Sonoma County lies within Fire Hazard Severity Zones, including State Responsibility Area and…

Sutter County is mostly flat irrigated farmland with low overall wildfire risk, but the Sutter Buttes carry higher…

All Brentwood dwelling units must have working smoke alarms under California Health and Safety Code 13113.7 and…

Monterey County's local Fire Code amendments do not print an independent smoke-alarm section; instead MC110.4 governs…

California Health and Safety Code 13113.7 requires smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on…

Anaheim follows California Health and Safety Code 13113.7 and the California Fire Code requiring smoke alarms in every…

All Antioch dwellings must have working smoke alarms under California Health and Safety Code Section 13113.7 and the…

California Health and Safety Code §13113.7 and §13114 require working smoke alarms in every dwelling unit in…

For condominium conversion projects, Bellflower Municipal Code § 17.84.120(D) requires smoke detectors meeting current…

Berkeley requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway, and story, plus CO alarms near sleeping areas…

California Health & Safety Code 13113.7 requires State Fire Marshal-approved smoke alarms in every dwelling intended…

Buena Park requires a smoke detector installed to California Building Code standards in every short-term rental unit…

Calaveras County makes the 2025 California Residential Code, including its smoke alarm mandate, locally enforceable…

Ceres requires working smoke alarms in every dwelling under the adopted California Residential Code; a missing or dead…

Before a converted condominium unit can be sold in Chico, the building must be certified by the Building Official and…

Chino Hills does not have a stand-alone citywide smoke-alarm ordinance separate from the state-adopted Building Code…

Chula Vista requires smoke alarms in every habitable room of a permitted short-term rental except the kitchen…

California requires working smoke alarms in every sleeping area and carbon monoxide detectors in all dwellings with…

Clovis enforces California requirements for smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor…

Working smoke alarms are required in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor of all Concord dwellings…

California Health & Safety Code 13113.7 and the California Residential Code require working smoke alarms in all…

California Health and Safety Code §13113.7 requires working smoke alarms in every dwelling unit, with hardwired…

Costa Mesa enforces California's smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector requirements under CMMC building codes…

Davis amends the California Residential Code to require every required smoke alarm to run off a second power source…

Dublin's Residential Code amendment requires existing one- and two-family homes to be fitted with smoke alarms and…

All Elk Grove dwellings must have working smoke alarms in each bedroom, outside every sleeping area, and on every…

Encinitas enforces California Building Code and Fire Code requirements for smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors…

Escondido requires every short-term rental host to sign a permit application acknowledgment confirming the unit meets…

Fillmore requires smoke detectors in all residential dwellings per California law. Given the city's wildfire exposure…

California Health & Safety Code §13113.7 and §13114 require working smoke alarms in all dwelling units. Folsom follows…

Fontana follows state law requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on each floor. CO alarms…

Fremont follows California law requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway, and floor. Newer construction needs…

California Health and Safety Code §13113.7 and FMC Chapter 15 require smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each…

California Health and Safety Code 13113.7 requires smoke alarms in all existing dwellings in Fresno County, including…

All Galt dwellings must have working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level, per…

Garden Grove enforces California state requirements for smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms under the California…

Hayward requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway, and level per California Building Code and Health and…

Huntington Beach's Housing Code requires smoke detectors in every Group R Division 3 occupancy, the classification…

When an Inglewood apartment building converts to condominiums, every unit must get a State Fire Marshal-approved…

Lake Forest enforces smoke and fire-detection requirements through its adoption of the 2025 California Fire Code…

Livermore's short-term rental ordinance requires a working smoke detector in every rental at all times, paired with a…

Under CA H&S Code §13113.7 and LBMC fire code adoption, all Long Beach residential units require working smoke alarms…

All dwelling units, efficiency dwelling units, guest rooms, and suites in Los Angeles buildings with building permits…

Madera requires every living unit in a building being converted from rental apartments to condominiums to have an…

Manteca requires every living unit in a condominium conversion project to have approved smoke detectors meeting Uniform…

Marin County Code § 19.14.020(2) requires State Fire Marshal-approved smoke alarms in any residential dwelling unit…

Martinez requires working smoke alarms in all residential dwellings under California Health & Safety Code §13113.7 and…

California law requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of a…

Modesto requires interconnected, hardwired smoke alarms with battery backup in every sleeping area, sleeping room and…

Moorpark requires working smoke detectors in all residential dwellings per California law. Detectors must be installed…

H and S 13113.7 requires smoke alarms in every Moreno Valley bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every floor…

California law requires working smoke alarms in all dwellings, and carbon monoxide alarms in any home with fuel…

Murrieta's Fire Code amendments require smoke detectors tied to a building's fire alarm system in mid-rise buildings…

Oakland Municipal Code Chapter 15.64 requires approved smoke detectors in every bedroom and adjacent hallway of units…

California State Fire Marshal regulations require working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area…

New and substantially renovated mid-rise buildings in Oceanside must install a smoke detection system built to NFPA 72…

Ontario enforces California H and S 13113.7 requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on…

Orange's fire code amendment makes apartment owners responsible for supplying, installing, testing, and maintaining…

Oxnard's local amendment to California Fire Code Section 704.6.4 lets UL 268-listed smoke detectors wired into a…

In the City of Pacifica, every dwelling unit, including single-family homes, mobile homes and multi-family buildings…

California Health & Safety Code §13113.7 requires working smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway, and level of all…

Palmdale's rental and condo-conversion rules each address smoke detectors directly. Under Municipal Code Section…

California law and Palo Alto code require working smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on…

Petaluma requires a smoke alarm outside every separate sleeping area, inside every room used for sleeping, and on every…

Every dwelling in Pittsburg must have working smoke alarms installed per California Health and Safety Code section…

Every short-term rental permitted in eastern Placer County must have working smoke alarms installed per the California…

Pleasanton bars the sale or trade of residential property until the seller installs smoke alarms meeting Section 907 of…

Every work/live unit created under Pomona's Downtown specific plan conversion rules must have hardwired smoke detectors…

Port Hueneme requires working smoke detectors in all residential units per California law. Rental properties must have…

California Health and Safety Code Section 13113.7 and 13113.8 require working smoke alarms in every dwelling, with…

All Rancho Cucamonga residences must have working smoke alarms in each bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every…

Every permitted short-term rental in Redding, whether a hosted homestay or a full vacation rental, must keep working…

Redlands, California requires every dwelling unit in a condominium conversion project to have a State Fire…

Every dwelling unit and every hotel or lodging-house guest room used for sleeping in Redondo Beach must have a smoke…

Redwood City's amended Fire Code section 903.4.2 requires every home with a required automatic fire sprinkler system to…

Any interior work permit in Rialto valued over $1,000 triggers a mandatory smoke detector upgrade to current California…

California law requires working smoke alarms in every Richmond dwelling unit, with additional carbon-monoxide detector…

Ridgecrest, California, in Kern County requires bed and breakfast inns to install an approved smoke detector in every…

California requires 10-year sealed-battery smoke alarms in every Riverside dwelling under H&S Code 13113.7, plus CO…

Smoke alarm requirements in unincorporated Riverside County follow California state law (Health & Safety Code 13113.7)…

Every short-term rental permitted in Rohnert Park must have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors installed to the same…

Sacramento requires a State Fire Marshal-approved smoke detector within 30 days of any sale of a residential building…

Smoke alarm requirements in unincorporated Sacramento County follow California law. Under Health and Safety Code…

Salinas requires every living unit in a residential condominium conversion to have an approved smoke alarm meeting the…

In unincorporated San Benito County, the local Fire Code's Appendix Q requires new or remodeled single-family dwellings…

San Bernardino dwellings must have working smoke alarms in every sleeping room and on every level under CA H&S 13113.7…

San Bernardino County Code § 23.0205 requires a State Fire Marshal-listed smoke detector in every existing…

San Diego enforces 2022 California Residential Code Section R314 and California Health and Safety Code Sections 13113.7…

In unincorporated San Diego County, newly constructed or fully renovated mid-rise buildings (4 or more stories, up to…

San Francisco Housing Code Section 1301 and California Health & Safety Code 13113.7 require working smoke alarms in…

San Jose enforces California Building Code and Health & Safety Code smoke alarm requirements, mandating working alarms…

San Leandro's only dedicated smoke-detector mandate in its own Municipal Code sits inside the condominium-conversion…

San Marcos requires a full smoke-detection network in every mid-rise building under Municipal Code Section 17.64.210…

Before San Mateo County issues a short-term rental permit in the unincorporated county, the owner must install smoke…

San Rafael's Residential Code amendment requires homeowners to test and maintain smoke alarms per manufacturer…

San Ramon enforces the California Building Code and California Health & Safety Code sections 13113.7-13114 for smoke…

Santa Ana requires smoke detectors 'installed throughout the live/work spaces' of any converted artist live/work…

Santa Clara enforces residential smoke alarm requirements through the 2025 California Residential Code, adopted…

Santa Maria's Mechanical Code amendment requires an independent special inspection whenever smoke detectors are…

Smoke detectors are required in every residential dwelling, apartment, guestroom, condominium, and hotel or motel room…

California law requires smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level of a home. Santa…

Selma requires smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms in all residential dwellings under the California Building…

Every limited density owner-built rural dwelling permitted under Shasta County's wildfire-rebuild program must have…

South Gate's zoning code requires every unit in a single-room-occupancy apartment building to have hardwired smoke…

Stockton requires smoke alarms in every dwelling and building type covered by the locally adopted California Fire Code…

California Health & Safety Code §13113.7 and §13114 require working smoke alarms in every dwelling unit, installed in…

Smoke detectors are required in all Thousand Oaks residences per California Health and Safety Code Section 13113.7 and…

California law requires an approved, State Fire Marshal-listed smoke alarm in every dwelling intended for human…

Truckee requires a working smoke alarm in every bedroom, every room with a bed, and at least one on each level of a…

Turlock adds a local rule requiring smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to be interconnected to the water-flow switch at…

Union City enforces smoke-detector and other fire-safety standards through the 2025 California Fire Code, formally…

Upland requires every guest room in a licensed bed and breakfast to have a smoke detector, a hand-held fire…

In Vacaville, any new residential fire sprinkler system must have the dwelling's interconnected smoke alarms wired to…

Vallejo requires a smoke detector meeting California Building Code standards in every unit before an existing building…

All residential dwellings in the City of Ventura must have smoke detectors installed per California Health and Safety…

Victorville enforces California H and S 13113.7 requiring smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on…

Vista's Fire Code amendment requires mid-rise buildings, four stories or taller but under 75 feet, to install smoke…

West Sacramento adopts the state Residential and Building Codes by ordinance, so the mandatory smoke alarm rules for…

When Yuba City approves converting rental apartments into condominiums, community apartments, or a stock co-op…

Lodi's only standalone smoke-detector mandate sits in its condominium-conversion code. Municipal Code Sec. 15.32.080…

Smoke alarm requirements in unincorporated Santa Clara County follow California state law: alarms in every bedroom…

In unincorporated Ventura County, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are required under the Ventura County Building Code…

California uniformly applies the State Fire Marshal's propane storage standards through the California Fire Code, which…

El Cajon bans bulk storage of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas anywhere within city limits except land zoned for industrial…

Indio prohibits aboveground flammable and combustible gas storage tanks, including propane, in all residential zones…

Hawthorne bans propane tanks larger than fifty gallons water capacity in every residential and open-space zone under…

Indoor storage or use of compressed gases and liquefied flammable gases (including propane) is prohibited inside…

Modesto's Fire Code amendment prohibits liquefied petroleum gas (LP-gas) installations in any residential zone…

Mountain View bars storage of liquefied petroleum gas containers anywhere natural gas mains already reach, under City…

Oceanside's Fire Code amendments bar storage of liquefied petroleum gas anywhere in the city except land zoned…

Ontario bans bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage in every zoning district except the General Industrial District under…

In the City of Pacifica, Municipal Code Section 4-3.117 amends California Fire Code Section 6104.2 to cap the aggregate…

Redding bans new bulk liquefied-petroleum-gas storage anywhere inside city limits except in the G-1 and H-1 industrial…

Salinas Fire Code Section 6104.2 bans bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage citywide except within five zoning…

Unincorporated San Diego County bans bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage countywide except in mixed, general, or…

San Rafael bans LP-gas storage citywide except in designated industrial and commercial zoning districts, caps volumes…

Stanislaus County's Fire Code amendments zone where liquefied petroleum gas can be stored and dispensed outdoors in the…

Tracy's Fire Code amendment bars bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage from the city's central business district and…

Turlock bans liquefied petroleum gas storage and use citywide by default, carving out narrow exceptions: including a…

Alhambra's Fire Code requires an operational permit from the Fire Department before anyone stores or uses LP-gas…

Bakersfield restricts liquefied petroleum gas storage citywide wherever the planning department's zoning map shows a…

Berkeley bars storing any LP-gas cylinder over 2.5 pounds water capacity, or any portable propane tank, inside a…

Butte County Code Section 38A-6(a)(5) requires every liquid propane gas storage tank in the unincorporated area to keep…

Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 5.24.280 sets exact clearance distances for propane cylinders and tanks inside licensed…

Chico, California caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 gallons water capacity per site outside commercial and…

Chino allows up to 500 gallons of propane stored outdoors incidental to a business, provided it sits at least 250 feet…

Chino Hills' local Fire Code amendment at Municipal Code § 8.10.050(D) restricts liquefied petroleum gas storage under…

Cupertino caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at any single installation in residential or congested commercial areas…

Davis caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 gallons aggregate capacity per installation citywide, a local…

In El Dorado County's heavy snow-load areas, every new or reconnected propane installation needs a two-stage regulator…

Installing or modifying an above-ground or underground propane tank in Elk Grove requires a permit from the city's…

Escondido caps liquefied petroleum gas tanks on trailers within licensed trailer parks at two 10-gallon tanks or one…

Fremont's hazardous materials management chapter exempts residential propane from its permit system only up to 20…

Fresno's local Fire Code amendments require a construction permit before anyone installs or modifies an LP-gas system…

Fresno County requires residential liquified propane storage tanks to be installed to NFPA 58 standards, and any tank…

Hayward caps how much propane a mobile home site can store and dictates exactly how the cylinders sit. Municipal Code…

Huntington Beach requires an operational fire permit for LP-gas (propane) storage and use under Fire Code Section…

In unincorporated Imperial County, the aggregate water capacity of any single liquefied-petroleum-gas storage…

Irvine regulates propane and LP-gas storage entirely through the 2025 California Fire Code, which the City adopts in…

The Kern County Fire Code requires a construction permit to install or modify LP-gas containers of 125 gallons water…

Lake County requires every liquefied petroleum gas installation in the unincorporated area to meet NFPA Standard 58…

Lake Forest regulates liquefied petroleum gas storage through Chapter 61 of the 2025 California Fire Code, adopted by…

At residential (Group R) occupancies, Livermore's Fire Code caps outdoor propane and other liquefied flammable gas…

In areas served by LA County Fire, unincorporated county territory and dozens of contract cities, a Fire Department…

Marin County Fire Code § 16.16.034 restricts where liquefied petroleum gas can be stored, tying the limit to the…

Merced's Fire Code bars anyone from filling an LP-gas container without a fire-department installation permit, per…

Monterey caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at 200 gallons, or 40 five-gallon tanks, per mercantile occupancy under…

In unincorporated Orange County, propane and LP-gas storage follows the 2025 California Fire Code's Chapter 61 exactly…

Pasadena requires a construction-documents filing whenever a single LP-gas container exceeds 20 gallons of water…

Perris caps residential LP-gas containers at 500 gallons water capacity: anything larger, or interconnected tanks…

Within districts where the law restricts liquefied petroleum gas storage to protect heavily populated areas, Petaluma…

Above 5,000 feet elevation, essentially Tahoe Basin and the high country, Placer County Code Article 15.12 sets…

Redlands caps bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 water gallons per installation in commercial, residential…

Riverside exempts on-site propane from the Fire Department's hazardous-materials business-plan requirement only if the…

Storing or using liquefied petroleum gas anywhere in unincorporated Riverside County requires a Fire Department…

Sacramento requires a fire department operational permit to store or use LP-gas under City Code § 15.36.050, which…

San Bernardino County's Development Code allows a residential propane tank to encroach up to 4 feet into the rear…

San Francisco requires a Fire Department operational permit to store or use LP-gas, with a narrow exception for one…

A residential or agricultural propane tank does not need a zoning permit under Development Code Sec. 35.20.040.B.18…

Santa Cruz County caps liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 gallons water capacity anywhere within the Santa Cruz…

Santa Rosa exempts small residential-style propane systems from its hazardous materials business plan and permit rules…

Within areas the City of Sonoma has designated for restricted LP-gas storage, no single installation may hold more than…

Propane (LP-gas) and petroleum storage in unincorporated Sonoma County is regulated through the California Fire Code…

Stockton caps any single liquefied petroleum gas installation at 2,000 gallons of water capacity across most of the…

Sunnyvale requires a fire department operational permit to store or use LP-gas under Municipal Code Section…

Vacaville bars liquefied petroleum gas storage subject to California Fire Code Section 6104.2 restrictions within 500…

In High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the City of Ventura, Appendix Section J105.3 of the…

Victorville caps bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage at 2,000 water gallons per installation in residential areas…

Every liquid propane tank in Vista must keep a 10-foot perimeter of bare mineral soil, clear of vegetation and other…

West Sacramento's amended Fire Code caps any single liquefied petroleum gas installation at 500 gallons water capacity…

Yuba City caps the citywide storage of liquefied petroleum gas at 2,000 gallons under a local amendment to Fire Code…