Fire Regulations in Missouri (2026)

Recreational fires are allowed on private property in unincorporated Clay County without a county permit, but they must…

Florissant allows recreational wood fires only in a metal fire pit, a covered stone or brick pit no larger than 3 feet…

Independence's amended Fire Code, Section 307.4.2, bans recreational and open cooking fires within 50 feet of any…

Kansas City's fire code requires portable outdoor fireplaces and fire pits to stay at least 15 feet from any structure…

Backyard fire pits in Lee's Summit are "recreational fires" under the amended 2018 Fire Code: they can't burn within 25…

Springfield caps backyard bonfires at 5 feet by 5 feet by 5 feet, seasoned dry firewood only, a 4-hour burn limit…

St. Louis caps recreational fires at 30 inches wide and 18 inches tall, 12 feet from any structure, out by 11 p.m.

St. Louis County allows backyard recreational fire pits without a permit, but only if the fire burns pure untreated…

Unincorporated Jackson County allows recreational fires, cooking fires, and authorized agricultural or training burns…

Missouri regulates the manufacture, distribution, and retail sale of consumer fireworks statewide through licensing…

Columbia, Missouri bans discharging, igniting or setting off nearly all consumer fireworks within city limits in Boone…

Florissant bans the sale, possession, use, and discharge of fireworks within city limits under Code of Ordinances…

Jefferson County prohibits all fireworks inside its county park system. Section 240.080(Q) states flatly that fireworks…

Kansas City bans possessing, selling, or setting off fireworks anywhere in the city, with narrow carve-outs for…

Kirkwood bans anyone other than the City itself from selling or using fireworks within city limits. Kirkwood Code of…

St. Louis bans possessing, selling, or setting off fireworks of any kind within city limits, with no exception for…

St. Louis County bans the sale, possession, use, discharge or explosion of fireworks anywhere the ordinance reaches…

Independence, Missouri prohibits possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling, or using fireworks citywide…

Jackson County bans fireworks sales, storage and possession across the unincorporated county, but allows up to nine…

O'Fallon confines lawful fireworks use to private property, with the owner's consent, on July 3 or 4 between noon and…

St. Charles County confines fireworks sales to a permitted, two-week window each summer and limits discharge to a…

Seasonal fireworks stands are a permitted use in Boone County's C-G General Commercial District, while permanent…

Operating a fireworks stand or tent in unincorporated Cass County requires a $625.00 permit from the Building Codes…

Consumer fireworks are legal statewide in Missouri and may be discharged on private property in unincorporated Clay…

Consumer fireworks are legal in Lee's Summit, but every household needs a free annual city permit to discharge them…

Unincorporated Clay County lies inside the Kansas City metropolitan area covered by Missouri's statewide open burning…

Lee's Summit controls brush and weed growth that can carry fire through its Property Maintenance Code, not a separate…

Missouri prohibits open burning of trade waste, tires, and certain materials statewide under air pollution control…

Open burning is prohibited in Lee's Summit by ordinance and state law. Only agriculturally zoned properties and…

Florissant bans burning garbage, rubbish, leaves, grass, manure or straw in any street, alley or open place under City…

Independence bans open burning of refuse, yard waste, and business waste citywide, allowing only permitted agricultural…

Jackson County prohibits burning household waste, including plastics, rubber, treated wood, garbage, and furniture, in…

Springfield bans open burning of refuse and trade wastes outright; burning trade wastes or vegetation needs a permit…

St. Charles County bans burn barrels and ground burning of solid waste outright, but allows permitted residential…

St. Louis bans open burning of refuse, trade waste, leaves, grass and other vegetation citywide, but exempts small…

St. Louis County bans all open burning countywide, in both unincorporated areas and incorporated cities, unless the…

Because Clay County lies in the Kansas City metropolitan air-quality area, burning trees or brush requires an…

Kansas City bans burning rubbish, trash, yard waste and bonfires without a $350 fire department permit; recreational…

When the state fire marshal finds a natural disaster and the U.S. Drought Monitor rates a Missouri county in severe…

Boone County's amendments to the adopted IRC let smoke alarms added during an alteration of a two-story-or-less home…

Unincorporated Cass County's Health Department Lodging Code requires every hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, cabin…

Columbia's Property Maintenance Code requires every smoke alarm to be tested and maintained per the manufacturer's…

Florissant's Property Maintenance Code requires existing Group I-1 and residential occupancies to carry single-station…

Every rental dwelling unit in Independence must have an operable smoke detection system and alarm, placed where the…

Smoke alarms in Jefferson County homes must be hardwired to 120-volt AC power with battery backup whenever the building…

Kansas City requires operable smoke alarms in all dwellings, apartments, hotels and lodging houses, with placement…

Lee's Summit enforces smoke alarm requirements by adopting the 2018 International Residential Code in full under City…

Springfield's fire code requires every one- and two-family rental to install smoke alarms at the locations set by IRC…

In St. Charles County, pulling a permit for an alteration, repair or addition to a one- or two-family home brings the…

St. Louis dwelling owners must install smoke detectors in every sleeping area and stairwell, test common-area units…

Missouri's Propane Safety Commission adopts uniform statewide standards for liquefied petroleum gas storage, handling…

Kansas City bans open-flame cooking devices, including propane grills, on combustible balconies and decks unless the…

Lee's Summit doesn't cap how much propane a homeowner can keep for a grill, but any business that dispenses LP-gas for…

O'Fallon caps the aggregate water capacity of any single liquefied petroleum gas installation at 2,000 gallons within…

St. Charles County's Fire Code caps liquefied petroleum gas storage under Section 6104.2: no single installation in the…