Fire Regulations in Michigan (2026)

Grand Rapids requires a City permit for any outdoor fire pit or chiminea, plus a 20-foot setback from structures and…

Ann Arbor allows backyard campfires and fire pits only if they create no smoke nuisance and comply with the city's Fire…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, a recreational fire must stay two feet or less in height and three feet or less…

A backyard fire pit in Clinton Township must be built of non-combustible material like brick or block, fully enclosed…

Dearborn bans open burning and in-ground fire pits citywide, but allows screened patio wood-burning units, portable…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, a recreational fire pit is capped at 2 feet across and 1 foot high and needs no…

Detroit limits backyard campfires to fire pits no more than three feet in diameter, kept at least ten feet from…

Farmington Hills bans open burning citywide except for exemptions listed in Sec. 12-14, and single-family homeowners…

Recreational campfires are allowed but governed by your city or township, not the county. In Charter Township of…

Campfires and cookout fires on Jackson County park property are limited to fireplaces or receptacles the Parks and…

In the City of Kalamazoo, a recreational fire needs a fire-code permit unless it burns in an approved outdoor device at…

Muskegon County limits open fires on county park property to grills, fireplaces and fire rings the county provides for…

A recreational fire, including a backyard fire pit, in the City of Novi must stay at least 25 feet from any structure…

On Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Commission property, Code of Ottawa County § 400.3.1.6(a)(viii) bars fires…

Rochester Hills lets a detached residential property burn a recreational fire, like a backyard fire pit, between 8:00…

Royal Oak bans open burning of waste, but Section 340-5C lets a residential outdoor fire burn only natural gas…

The Village of Shelby allows recreational fires only in a pit no wider than 24 inches burning natural cut wood no…

Sterling Heights caps recreational fires at 4 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, burning no longer than 4 hours, under…

Troy lets residents run a small outdoor ground fire, the Code's term for a backyard fire pit, without a permit, as long…

Warren allows backyard outdoor fireplaces and fire pits without a permit under Section 13-52(2), but only burning dry…

West Bloomfield Township lets residents burn charcoal or clean dry wood in a lined outdoor fire pit under Sec…

Wyoming bans open burning of leaves and refuse at all times, but section 30-35 lets homeowners use a commercially…

The City of Flint allows open fires only for noncommercial cooking, and only if fueled by charcoal or propane gas: no…

In the City of Pontiac, open burning is banned outdoors under City Code § 58-147, but the section carves out…

Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act (PA 256 of 2011), significantly amended by PA 634 of 2018 (MCL 28.451 et seq.)…

Under the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act (MCL 28.451-28.471), consumer fireworks are legal statewide but Oakland County…

Section 618.20 of the Battle Creek, Michigan Codified Ordinances bans igniting, discharging or using consumer fireworks…

In the City of Dearborn Heights, igniting, discharging or using any firework other than novelties is banned year-round…

Flint bans sale, possession and use of firecrackers, bottle rockets and similar fireworks without a Fire Marshal…

Grand Rapids bans consumer fireworks year-round except for specific holiday windows, including June 29 through July 4…

Lansing bans manufacturing fireworks in the city and requires a license to ignite consumer fireworks outside specific…

Livonia confines consumer fireworks to specific holiday windows, New Year's, Memorial Day weekend, June 29 through July…

Consumer fireworks may only be ignited, discharged or used in the City of Pontiac on the day before, the day of, or the…

Rochester Hills bans igniting, discharging or using consumer fireworks except on specific holiday windows, all…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 345-4 of the 2012 Fireworks Ordinance bars igniting, discharging, or using consumer…

Sterling Heights bans consumer fireworks except during set holiday windows, New Year's, Memorial Day and Labor Day…

Troy bans consumer fireworks year-round except on a short list of holiday windows. Chapter 98 Section 98.15.01 opens…

Warren prohibits igniting consumer fireworks citywide under Section 13-18, except during five narrow holiday windows…

West Bloomfield Township only allows consumer fireworks after 11 a.m. on a short list of holiday windows, including New…

Westland bans consumer fireworks outside specific holiday windows, bars use near occupied buildings and on others'…

Wyoming, Michigan limits consumer firework use to specific holiday windows such as June 29-July 4 and New Year's Eve…

Ann Arbor limits consumer fireworks to set hours on New Year's Day and other national holidays, plus the day before and…

Clinton Township residents may ignite consumer fireworks only during five set windows each year: New Year's Eve into…

Dearborn limits consumer fireworks to set holiday windows, New Year's, the Memorial Day weekend, June 29 through July…

Detroit limits when consumer fireworks can legally be lit to five holiday windows each year, all after 11:00 a.m., with…

Consumer fireworks are legal statewide under Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act. Your city or township may restrict…

In the City of Kalamazoo, consumer and homemade fireworks may be ignited only after 11:00 a.m. on specific holiday…

Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act lets your city or township restrict when consumer fireworks are used, but it cannot ban…

Consumer fireworks are legal statewide under Michigan's Fireworks Safety Act, but Macomb County does not regulate them…

Novi outlaws igniting, discharging, or using fireworks anywhere in the city except on a short list of holiday windows…

In the Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan, it is unlawful to ignite, discharge or use fireworks except on the day…

Southfield only allows igniting, discharging or using consumer fireworks during five narrow windows tied to New Year's…

Consumer fireworks may only go off in the City of Taylor the day before, the day of, and the day after a national…

Michigan requires DNR burn permits for outdoor burning of yard debris in most of the state. Permits are issued daily…

Flint bans open burning of refuse and waste materials citywide, permitting fires only in narrow, listed circumstances…

Setting fire to any tree, forest, woodland, brush land, grassland, meadow, marsh or refuse on Jackson County park…

In the City of Kalamazoo, open fires, bonfires, and campfires on private property are unlawful unless the Fire Marshal…

Lansing bans burning yard waste, leaves, grass clippings, brush, anywhere in the city under its solid-waste ordinance…

In the City of Royal Oak, § 340-5 of the Fire Prevention chapter bans open burning of fuel, garbage, or other…

The Charter Township of Royal Oak, Michigan prohibits open burning of fuel, garbage or other combustible refuse or…

Open burning of household waste is flatly banned in the City of Southfield. Sec. 2.9 of the City Code prohibits burning…

Troy bans open burning that's offensive or hazardous, and flatly prohibits burning waste like paper, leaves, or debris…

Wayne County's Air Pollution ordinance bars anyone from installing, using or operating a waste-burning device, such as…

West Bloomfield Township bans open and outdoor burning on private property except for the specific appliances Sec…

Ann Arbor bans open burning by default and permits it only for three narrow, enumerated reasons under the city's Air…

In the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, no person can kindle or maintain open burning except recreational fires and…

Clinton Township bans open burning of any material townshipwide, making property owners responsible for extinguishing…

Dearborn bans open burning, outdoor burning, and in-ground fire pits citywide unless a specific exception in Sec. 10-7…

The Dearborn Heights Fire Code, adopted at City Code Sec. 14-46, bans open burning citywide unless the Fire Code…

Detroit prohibits open burning citywide unless it falls into one of two narrow exceptions: a supervised clean-wood…

Farmington Hills makes it unlawful to cause, permit or maintain any open burning of any substance unless the fire fits…

Grand Rapids bans open burning citywide except for narrow exemptions like cooking fires, construction salamanders, Fire…

In the City of Novi, no one may kindle open burning unless it follows the amended fire code, and a permit from the fire…

In the City of Pontiac, City Code § 58-147 makes it unlawful to cause or permit an open burning in any public or…

Rochester Hills bans open burning outright unless the fire code official issues a permit first. The Fire Code amendment…

In the Village of Shelby, the Shelby-Benona Fire Department or police can order any recreational fire or open burning…

Open burning of garbage is banned outright in the City of Taylor under Taylor City Code § 22-64, and salvage operations…

Warren bans kindling or maintaining any open burning unless it is conducted and approved under Section 13-51, and…

Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County) bans open burning of leaves and refuse citywide at any time. Cooking fires…

Michigan bans burning household trash containing plastics, and burn permits are issued locally by your fire department…

Michigan law bans open burning of household waste containing plastic, rubber, foam, treated wood, textiles…

Open burning is banned in Sterling Heights unless it fits a narrow exempt list or the fire code official issues a…

Ann Arbor's Housing Code bars renting out any dwelling unit lacking smoke or fire detectors and, in most one- and…

Smoke alarms in Oakland County are required under Michigan state law MCL 125.1504c and the Michigan Residential Code…

New homes and apartments in Dearborn must have interlocked, hardwired smoke detectors, UL-listed and wired to a…

The City of Dearborn Heights requires at least one working smoke detector in every sleeping area of every dwelling unit…

Detroit's Property Maintenance Code requires single-station smoke alarms in all existing one- and two-family dwellings…

Farmington Hills requires owners of every residential occupancy to install smoke alarms per the 2012 International Fire…

Grand Rapids requires operating smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside sleeping areas, and on every story of a…

Smoke-alarm requirements in Macomb County come from Michigan state law and the Michigan Building/Residential Code, not…

Rochester Hills requires every bed and breakfast operating as a home occupation to install a separate smoke detector in…

Royal Oak's Fire Code amendments require single or multiple-station smoke alarms in every corridor, hallway, and common…

Sterling Heights' local Fire Code amendments require new-construction smoke alarms to run on building wiring with…

Troy's Property Maintenance Code requires smoke alarms outside every sleeping area, in every bedroom and on every story…

Warren requires at least one smoke detector in every mobile home, positioned so it protects each separate bedroom area…

Every dwelling unit owner in Westland, Wayne County, Michigan must install a smoke detector, and proof of installation…

Wyoming, Michigan requires hardwired or battery smoke alarms outside every sleeping area, inside every bedroom, and on…

Michigan requires plan review and a state certificate from LARA's Bureau of Fire Services Storage Tank Division before…

Royal Oak's Fire Code amendments flatly prohibit storing or using Liquefied Petroleum Gas cylinders on balconies of Use…

In the City of Kalamazoo, bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas is restricted within a specific downtown-area…

In the City of Pontiac, storing bottled liquefied petroleum gas (propane) is banned outright inside Fire Limit No. 1…

Dearborn's Zoning Ordinance caps everyday propane storage at 80 pounds as a permitted accessory use in every zoning…

Grand Rapids caps liquefied petroleum gas storage within its congested-area limits at 500 gallons water capacity, or…

Lansing caps the aggregate water capacity of any one LP-gas installation at 2,000 gallons, with the Fire Chief setting…

Any liquefied petroleum gas system or bulk storage tank in Livonia needs an installation permit from the bureau of…

In the City of Novi, the fire code's capacity limits on LP-gas storage containers apply to every property in the city…

In Royal Oak Township, Michigan, storage or use of liquefied petroleum gas is permitted only subject to approval by the…

Warren restricts where residential LP-gas cooking equipment can sit near combustible surfaces. Under City Code Sec…

West Bloomfield Township's fire code amendments cap liquefied petroleum gas storage within NFPA-designated protection…

Wyoming, Michigan caps any single liquefied-petroleum-gas installation at 250 gallons of water capacity citywide, under…