Fire Regulations in Indiana (2026)

Noblesville allows recreational and cooking fires only with the Fire Chief's prior approval under § 92.151, and…

In Westfield city parks, fire is limited to the charcoal grills provided at shelters or portable gas grills in shelter…

Backyard recreational fires, campfires, and cookouts are allowed in Allen County without the open-burning distance…

Recreational campfires are allowed in Anderson under Indiana's rule 326 IAC 4-1-3: burn only clean wood, paper…

Campfires and cooking fires are allowed outdoors in unincorporated residential developments without a permit, but…

In the City of Bloomington, an open bonfire needs a permit from the fire chief under Bloomington Municipal Code §…

A backyard recreational fire in Carmel is allowed only as a compliant campfire, not as open burning. It must be at…

Recreational and cooking fires in the City of Columbus, Indiana need no prior approval from the Fire Chief, but section…

A backyard fire pit is treated as a recreational fire under IDEM rules that the Elkhart County Health Department…

Patio fire pits and chimineas stay legal in Evansville even when the City declares an open burning ban, but any…

Recreational and camp fires in Fort Wayne must stay within 36 inches across and 2 feet high, sit at least 25 feet from…

Gary's fire prevention code lets residents burn a bonfire on private property only inside a wire, metal, concrete, or…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a small backyard fire is allowed without a Fire Department permit only if it meets…

Residents of single- or double-family dwellings may burn only dried limbs, twigs and branches (not leaves) that…

Open burning is banned citywide in Kokomo, but commercially available grills, contained barbecue pits and portable…

A backyard fire in Lafayette is only legal as an exemption to the citywide open-burning ban: it must burn in a vented…

Small recreational backyard fires are allowed under the state open-burning exemption, but only at homes of four or…

LaPorte County Code § 93.17 bans open fires in county parks except small culinary fires in park or privately owned…

In the City of Muncie, an open bonfire outside the downtown Number 1 fire zone must burn inside a nonflammable…

South Bend allows recreational fires kept under three feet wide and two feet high. Fires must stay 25 feet from any…

St. Joseph County allows recreational campfires and cooking fires on residential property without a burn permit under…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, County Code § 133.04 exempts wood-product fires such as cooking fires…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the only printed campfire standard applies once a burn ban is declared…

Indiana Code 22-11-14 lets adults use consumer fireworks statewide and bars local bans; cities may only regulate days…

Vanderburgh County Code 12.24.010(U) bans bringing, possessing, or setting off fireworks anywhere on County Park…

Elkhart County bans discharging consumer fireworks in the unincorporated county except during specific holiday windows…

Evansville limits consumer fireworks to set windows around July 4th and New Year's, bans them outright on public…

Fishers, Indiana bans consumer fireworks except on a short list of state-mirrored dates and hours, mainly the days…

Floyd County bans fireworks, along with firearms, BB guns and other weapons, inside every county-operated park. Floyd…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, Greenwood General Ordinances § 6-354 bans consumer fireworks citywide except during…

Hammond, Indiana bans discharging consumer fireworks citywide except during nine narrow windows tied to the Fourth of…

The City of Muncie bans consumer fireworks except on specific dates under City Code Section 100.01(B)(8): June 29…

Fireworks are banned everywhere in the City of Westfield except during specific windows around Memorial Day, July 4th…

Allen County has no fireworks ordinance of its own, so Indiana state law governs unincorporated areas. Consumer…

Indiana law lets you discharge consumer fireworks in Anderson from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, extended to midnight on…

Indiana is a permissive fireworks state, consumer fireworks are legal statewide under IC 22-11-14, but Carmel restricts…

Consumer fireworks may be used inside the corporate limits of the City of Columbus, Indiana only in set windows under…

Consumer fireworks can be prohibited in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana only through a declared burn ban, and…

Fort Wayne restricts consumer fireworks to specific summer, holiday, and New Year's windows citywide, with no other…

Gary sets its own fireworks calendar each year by common council resolution, but the code guarantees consumer fireworks…

It is unlawful to use, ignite or discharge consumer fireworks anywhere in the consolidated city except during the dates…

In the City of Kokomo, consumer fireworks are banned except during specific holiday windows set by Common Council…

Lafayette limits consumer fireworks to specific dates: June 29 through July 9 (5 p.m. to two hours after sunset, with…

Consumer fireworks in unincorporated Lake County may only be used during set windows around Independence Day and New…

Unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana requires anyone holding a public fireworks display under state law to notify…

The City of Noblesville limits consumer fireworks to the specific days and hours set by Indiana law: evenings around…

Porter County restricts consumer fireworks to specific dates and hours under County Code Sec. 14-96, allowing use only…

Consumer fireworks can only be set off in the unincorporated part of Tippecanoe County that falls within the Census…

The City of Bloomington doesn't write its own separate fireworks-discharge ordinance; instead, Section 14.09.040(l) of…

Clark County's noise ordinance, Section 90.04, does not restrict fireworks: subsection (B)(7) exempts sounds associated…

Consumer fireworks are legal in South Bend but limited to set dates and hours: 5-11 PM June 29-July 9, 10 AM-midnight…

Consumer fireworks are legal for adults across St. Joseph County, and under Indiana Code 22-11-14-10.5 no county or…

Allen County permits burning brush, branches, and leaves only in rural residential and agricultural zones, only if the…

Indiana's open burning rule, 326 IAC 4-1, applies statewide. Section 4-1-2 prohibits open burning except as the rule…

Open burning is strictly prohibited within the City of Carmel. The only exceptions are outdoor propane and natural-gas…

Section 90.05 flatly prohibits any outdoor burning of wood, brush, trash, refuse or other burnable material by fires…

Unincorporated Howard County operates under a standing declared emergency that bans open burning of any kind: comfort…

It is unlawful to cause, suffer or allow any open burning anywhere in Marion County except the limited purposes…

Kokomo's Burning Ordinance, § 100.03 of the Kokomo Code of Ordinances, bans burning rubbish, garbage, yard waste…

The City of Noblesville bans burning rubbish, trash, garbage, yard waste, leaves, construction materials, tree limbs…

South Bend bans leaf, rubbish, and trash burning on any private or public property, and specifically bars burning on…

In the City of Bloomington, no one may kindle or maintain a bonfire or open burning within city limits without a permit…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, the Fire Chief can prohibit every type of outside burning whenever local conditions…

Evansville bans burning any material outdoors except in specific approved categories, and the City's Climate…

Fort Wayne bans trash, leaf, bonfire, and other open burning citywide, with narrow exemptions for permitted…

Gary bans open burning in any street, alley, or road unless the fire sits in a nonflammable container or stays under a…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, open burning is prohibited by Common Council ordinance except in narrow…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, no one may burn refuse outdoors without first getting a permit from the Chief of the…

Lafayette bans open burning citywide unless the fire clears an exemption in Chapter 3.05 or gets written permission…

In the City of Muncie, the fire department chief can declare an open burning ban whenever high winds, temperature…

St. Joseph County bans open burning countywide unless the health officer grants written approval, and it prohibits leaf…

Vanderburgh County doesn't ban open burning outright; instead § 8.12.030 lets the Board of Commissioners declare an…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, open burning is banned unless state law or a listed exception applies…

Westfield prohibits open burning unless authorized under state fire-safety rules and city permit, and bans leaf burning…

Allen County broadly restricts open burning: only wood products may be burned anywhere in the county, and burning is…

Anderson allows residential open burning only October through May, in a covered non-combustible container, during…

Outdoor burning on any parcel within a residential development in unincorporated Bartholomew County is unlawful unless…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, the President of the Board of Commissioners can declare a burn ban that the…

Open burning in Elkhart County follows Indiana IDEM rule 326 IAC 4-1. Burning household trash, plastic, and…

Open burning of trash and yard waste for disposal is banned statewide by Indiana's IDEM under 326 IAC 4-1. Small…

Open burning is prohibited statewide unless it fits an IDEM exemption. In Lake County, burning leaves, grass, sticks…

LaPorte County Code § 130.03 makes it unlawful to burn leaf or debris on the traveled or paved portion of any county…

Indiana bans nearly all open burning statewide; IC 13-17-9 carves out narrow exemptions for agricultural and…

Indiana has no Fire Hazard Severity Zone program like California. Hamilton County is a suburban Indianapolis county…

Allen County requires every family dwelling unit to have at least one working, labeled smoke detector, installed…

Indiana law (IC 22-11-18-3.5) requires every rental dwelling in Anderson to have a working smoke detector outside each…

Every dwelling, dwelling unit, apartment house, lodging house, and mobile home rental in unincorporated Bartholomew…

In the City of Bloomington, Bloomington Municipal Code § 18.12.020 requires smoke detectors to be installed and…

Clark County requires smoke detectors in every dwelling rented for occupancy in the unincorporated county, with…

Every dwelling unit, dwelling, apartment house and lodging house in the City of Columbus, Indiana must contain an…

Every dwelling unit in Evansville must have at least one working smoke detector per story, installed within 15 feet of…

Every dwelling unit in Fort Wayne must have at least one working, labeled smoke detector per floor, placed near…

Gary requires at least one smoke detector per level in every new single-family or multi-family unit, mounted on the…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana requires every dwelling unit to have smoke detectors, with at least one protecting each…

Every rental dwelling unit and mobile home rental in Hammond, Indiana must have a smoke detector under Hammond Code of…

Indianapolis/Marion County Revised Code Sec. 591-421 (Chapter 591, Fire Prevention and Protection) and Indiana Code…

Every rental unit in Kokomo must have a working smoke detector under the fire safety rules of the Rental Housing Code…

The City of Lafayette, Indiana requires every dwelling unit to have at least one working, properly located smoke…

The City of Muncie requires every single-family, multifamily, and mobile home dwelling unit to have a working smoke…

Noblesville's Fire Prevention Code requires smoke detectors and smoke alarms wherever the Indiana Fire, Building…

South Bend's smoke detector ordinance requires every multiple-dwelling unit and every family dwelling unit operated as…

Tippecanoe County has no standalone smoke alarm ordinance. County Code § 151.05(H) incorporates the Indiana Fire Code…

Every dwelling unit in Vanderburgh County must have at least one UL-listed smoke detector on each story, placed no more…

Westfield's fire code requires smoke detectors or smoke alarms meeting 675 IAC 13 or 675 IAC 14, and battery-only units…

Indiana regulates propane through Chapter 61 of the 2014 Indiana Fire Code, adopted and amended statewide by the Fire…

In the City of Muncie, bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted inside the downtown Number 1 fire zone…

Evansville adopts the Fire Code's liquefied-petroleum-gas chapter and lets the Board of Public Safety draw the citywide…

Fort Wayne businesses that keep above-ground or below-ground propane tanks must register an information permit with the…