Fire Regulations in Louisiana (2026)

New Orleans allows recreational fires in portable chimineas and outdoor fireplaces without a burn permit, but only if…

In the City of Gretna, open fires for recreational purposes, such as campfires, are allowed outdoors as long as no…

Recreational campfires and ceremonial fires are exempt from unincorporated Rapides Parish's outdoor-burning ban under…

Louisiana law regulates consumer fireworks sales statewide through licensing under RS 51:650 et seq., setting minimum…

Bossier City bans possessing, selling or discharging fireworks year-round except for permitted class C pyrotechnics…

Jefferson Parish outlaws having, storing, using, manufacturing, selling or transporting fireworks anywhere in the…

The City of Kenner bans the possession, sale, manufacture, and discharge of fireworks and other pyrotechnics anywhere…

Lafayette bans the sale, possession, use, or discharge of fireworks anywhere within city limits under City Code §…

Manufacturing or storing explosives, fireworks and gunpowder in unincorporated Bossier Parish is not a by-right use…

In the City of Gretna, only 25 fireworks retailer permits/licenses exist under Code of Ordinances § 12-3, reserved for…

Lafayette city limits ban fireworks outright, but the unincorporated parish allows sales and use only June 25-July 5…

New Orleans requires anyone producing a commercial fireworks display -- Class B, C, or D pyrotechnic and flame effects…

In unincorporated Rapides Parish, the Police Jury bans shooting or exploding fireworks within 25 yards of any public…

Discharging, selling or igniting fireworks anywhere in Shreveport is illegal year-round except inside three windows set…

St. Tammany Parish requires a director-of-development license before anyone sells fireworks at retail, and it bans…

Tangipahoa Parish adopts Louisiana's fireworks statutes by reference and, under Code § 34-8, bars selling, using or…

Terrebonne Parish bans discharging fireworks except during three windows: dusk to 10 p.m. on January 1 and July 4, and…

Possessing, storing, using, or selling fireworks is unlawful throughout the consolidated City of Baton Rouge / Parish…

Bossier City bans starting or setting a trash fire, or burning paper, grass, trash or debris, anywhere in the city…

Jefferson Parish bans backyard burn barrels and bonfires used to get rid of trash. Chapter 16 makes it illegal to set…

Lafayette City-Parish bans burning solid waste as a disposal method anywhere in the solid waste service area, unless…

Burning trash or solid waste outdoors is banned across Lafayette Parish's service area, covering both the city and…

Terrebonne Parish Code section 11-31(b) bars anyone from kindling or setting fire to combustible material on public or…

In unincorporated Bossier Parish, the Police Jury authorizes each Bossier Parish Fire District to declare a temporary…

Open burning of any matter outside a building is banned across unincorporated Caddo Parish under § 32-90, with narrow…

In the City of Gretna, burning refuse or kindling an open fire in any public or private place outside a building is…

Kenner Code § 8-1 bans bonfires, leaf fires, rubbish fires, trash fires, and waste fires anywhere in the city. The…

Lake Charles bars open burning anywhere the Fire Code Official has not approved the location. The requirement is a…

New Orleans prohibits outdoor burning of waste or other combustible material by default, allowing it only in the narrow…

Ouachita Parish bans burning any material that releases regulated contaminants within 100 feet of a residential…

Unincorporated Rapides Parish bans outdoor burning of waste or combustible material under Sec. 25-1 unless it fits one…

St. Tammany Parish bars burning solid waste to dispose of it anywhere in the parish without every required federal…

Outside land-clearing fires, Tangipahoa Parish bans burning trash, garbage, leaves, limbs, branches or debris within 30…

East Baton Rouge Parish bars burning stumps, logs, trees or other land-clearing debris within 1,000 feet of any…

Louisiana authorizes and promotes prescribed burning to reduce wildfire fuel loads. Under La. R.S. 3:17, a burn…

Shreveport has no wildfire hazard severity zones, no wildland-urban interface code and no defensible-space program…

Bossier City makes it unlawful to remove, tamper with, or obstruct any fire, heat or smoke detector, fire alarm system…

Louisiana law, not a Jefferson Parish ordinance, sets the state's smoke and carbon monoxide detector floor: any one- or…

In the City of Kenner, every residential unit, rooming or boarding house, hospital, school, day care center or nursery…

Lafayette's PMC requires smoke alarms in every sleeping area, every room along the escape path from a bedroom, and…

Lafayette's property maintenance code requires smoke alarms in every sleeping area, adjoining room, and story of…

New Orleans requires every dwelling unit to carry an operable fire detection system and a working carbon monoxide…

Shreveport's Unified Development Code ties smoke detector installation to short-term rental licensing. Every permitted…

Terrebonne Parish Code Sec. 9-32(d) requires a smoke detector or fire alarm to be installed in any residential unit…

The Louisiana Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission regulates propane storage, installation, and dispensing statewide…

Gretna adopts the storage limits in Chapter 66 of NFPA 1 for flammable liquids and restricts bulk storage of liquefied…

Bossier City requires a bureau of fire prevention permit for any above-ground LP-gas storage tank over 100 gallons and…