Fire Regulations in Minnesota (2026)

Maple Grove requires a recreational fire permit for backyard fire pits and open-air fires, with strict size and setback…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a backyard fire pit is a recreational fire site: no larger than three feet by…

In the City of Blaine, a backyard recreational or camp fire needs no permit but must fit inside a fire ring no more…

Portable fire pits and recreational fires allowed in Bloomington under strict conditions: contained in pit no larger…

Backyard fire pits and campfires in Brooklyn Park must comply with the Minnesota State Fire Code plus city-specific…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a recreational fire or campfire is allowed without a permit only inside an approved fire…

Recreational fires in a backyard fire pit are allowed under the Minnesota State Fire Code without a DNR burn permit if…

In the City of Eagan, no recreational fire, including a fire pit, fire bowl, or chiminea, may burn without a permit…

Recreational fires in the City of Eden Prairie need no burning permit, but City Code Section 9.05 caps it at one fire…

Hennepin County recreational fires must follow Minnesota DNR open-burning rules and city codes. Fires are limited to…

Lakeville allows backyard recreational fires without a permit as long as the fire is no more than three feet in…

Minneapolis caps backyard fire pits at 3 feet across and 2 feet high, 25 feet from any structure, and only 9 a.m. to 10…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 keeps recreational fires 25 feet from a structure…

In the City of Plymouth, a backyard camp or recreational fire needs no Open Burn Permit as long as it stays inside a…

A recreational campfire for cooking, warming, or ceremony that is no more than 3 feet in diameter by 3 feet high needs…

Rochester's fire code defines a lawful recreational fire in section 8-2-2(c): fuel no larger than three feet across and…

Backyard recreational fires are allowed in Saint Paul without a permit. Fires must be under 3 feet wide by 2 feet high…

Fires along Stearns County recreational trails must burn only in a fireplace, portable fire grill, stove or fire ring…

Fires in a Washington County park are allowed only in a designated permanent fire ring or grill, or a portable grill or…

Woodbury allows backyard recreational fires without a permit only between 8:00 a.m. and midnight, capped at three feet…

Backyard fire pits and campfires up to 3 feet wide and 3 feet tall qualify as 'recreational fires' under Carver…

Minnesota state law permits only non-aerial, non-explosive consumer fireworks like sparklers, cones, and fountains…

Minnesota Statutes §§ 624.20-624.25 make it a crime, not just a local rule, to sell, possess, use, or explode fireworks…

Minnesota law (MN §624.20-624.25) heavily restricts fireworks. Only non-explosive, non-aerial novelty items (sparklers…

Aerial and explosive consumer fireworks are illegal statewide in Minnesota under Minn. Stat. §§624.20-624.25. Only…

Only non-explosive, non-aerial consumer fireworks (sparklers, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minneapolis under MN…

Minnesota bans all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks. Only ground-based sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes, and…

Stearns County bans fireworks and explosives outright inside every county park. Ordinance No. 696 § 5.2 makes it…

Minnesota bans all aerial and explosive consumer fireworks. Only ground-based sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes, and…

In Carver County's park system, setting off fireworks or other pyrotechnics is banned outright unless the Parks Board…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no individual may put on a fireworks display at all, and no organization may run one…

Duluth Legislative Code §§ 21-40 to 21-44 require a fire chief permit before anyone stores or sells "lawfully permitted…

Eagan bans the sale, possession, or use of fireworks other than consumer fireworks such as sparklers and small novelty…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, selling fireworks is unlawful except for state-defined legal fireworks sold under…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), Minnetonka City Code § 1045.050 bars a person from possessing…

In the City of Plymouth, selling fireworks requires a City license on top of complying with Minnesota Statutes §§…

Saint Paul only allows temporary consumer fireworks sales structures for eleven days a year, June 25 through July 5…

Washington County bans possessing, setting off or attempting to ignite firecrackers, fireworks, smoke bombs, rockets…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.07 bans selling, storing or exploding fireworks unless the state statutes…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, retail fireworks sales are confined to a June 15 to July 5 window and require an annual…

Minnesota bans aerial and explosive fireworks statewide. Only ground-based, non-explosive sparkling items (sparklers…

Only non-aerial, non-explosive fireworks (sparklers, cones, fountains, snakes) are legal in Minnesota. Firecrackers…

Minnesota law requires a DNR-issued burning permit for most outdoor open burning when ground is not snow-covered…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Fire Code Section 9.05, Subd. 8.A bans open burning citywide except for permitted prairie…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 4-3-2 flatly bars anyone from disposing of refuse by open…

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 47.120 bans burning refuse for disposal anywhere within city limits, and bars property…

Olmsted County bans burning solid waste anywhere in the county under Chapter 3500, Section 3508.07. The only exception…

Open burning of yard waste, leaves, brush, and debris is prohibited in Saint Paul under the fire code and MPCA rules…

Burning brush or yard waste in Scott County townships requires a Minnesota DNR open-burn permit. Cities restrict or ban…

Ordinance No. 45 bars open burning of food waste, rubber, plastics, chemically treated materials, hazardous and…

Burning brush or yard waste in Wright County townships requires a Minnesota DNR open-burn permit. Buffalo, Monticello…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can start open burning without an open burn permit from the Fire…

In the City of Blaine, open burning is banned outright on commercial property and requires a city permit everywhere…

Open burning is illegal everywhere in the City of Brooklyn Park unless the Fire Chief first issues a permit. The permit…

Open burning of any material in unincorporated Carver County requires a valid permit obtained through the Minnesota…

In the City of Coon Rapids, open burning of any kind is prohibited unless the person first obtains an open burning…

In the City of Duluth, open burning is prohibited unless the fire chief, deputy fire chief or fire marshal issues a…

In the City of Eagan, open burning beyond a normal recreational fire needs a permit from the fire chief, fire marshal…

Maple Grove requires a fire department permit for open burning or recreational fires, and bans burning anything but…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 amends Section 307 of the state fire code so that…

Rochester requires a fire department operational permit before any open burning of vegetation, brush, trees, or…

Stearns County's Solid Waste Ordinance No. 431 prohibits open burning or incineration of solid waste anywhere the…

Open burning in Woodbury is banned unless the DNR's authorized agent issues a written brush fire permit, applied for at…

Open burning of brush and yard debris in Minnesota requires a DNR burning permit whenever there is less than 3 inches…

Recreational fires and portable fire pits are permitted in Bloomington with conditions: fire pit max 3 ft diameter by 2…

Open burning of brush, leaves, and untreated wood needs a Minnesota DNR burning permit whenever the fire is larger than…

In the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, no one may start or allow open burning on any property without an Open Burn Permit…

Burning brush, leaves, or vegetation in Minnesota generally requires a DNR open-burning permit from the commissioner or…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all…

Minnesota Statute 299F.362 requires smoke alarms in every sleeping area, outside each sleeping zone, and on every…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. In new…

Brooklyn Park lets building fire alarm systems use UL 268-listed smoke detectors instead of standalone single- and…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code, placed in and…

In the City of Duluth, a landlord who fails to provide required smoke detectors in a rental unit is subject to a tenant…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.11, Subdivision 9 requires every rental building to have approved…

Maple Grove's fire alarm amendment requires all smoke detectors to have alarm verification capped at 30 seconds, on top…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. This applies statewide…

Rochester requires single- and multiple-station smoke alarms in every Group R dwelling under Code sections 7-8-38…

Saint Paul requires a working smoke alarm in every dwelling, lodginghouse, apartment house and hotel under Chapter 39…

New dwellings in Woodbury must have a smoke detector on every level of the home, on top of whatever the Minnesota State…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane cylinders must be stored outdoors at least 10 feet from building openings…

Blue Earth County requires every liquid propane storage tank to follow NFPA 58 and Minnesota State Fire Marshal rules…

Brooklyn Park requires above-ground propane, liquid nitrogen and similar gas tanks accessory to a business use to be…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 12-406 sets minimum setbacks for liquefied petroleum gas containers in residential…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane (LP-gas) cylinders larger than 1 pound cannot be stored or used indoors at…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Fire Code amendment Section 9.05.G adds new MSFC Section 6103 for liquefied petroleum gas…

Minneapolis requires a permit for any aboveground propane tank of 200 pounds or more, but exempts tanks stored under…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the city's amendment to Appendix O of the state fire code bars…

Saint Paul follows the Minnesota State Fire Code's operational-permit requirement for propane, but carves out an…

Residential propane tanks get a double break in St. Louis County's zoning ordinance: they are classified as a no-permit…