Fire Regulations in Oklahoma (2026)

Broken Arrow requires code-official approval before lighting a campfire, bonfire, or fire pit, and the fire must sit at…

Lawton treats any outdoor bonfire as a permitted activity, not a by-right backyard fire: Section 15-1-114 requires a…

Oklahoma City requires a permit before burning anything on any property in city limits, including backyard fires…

Edmond requires a permit from the Fire Department before kindling any recreational fire, and burn pile placement must…

Midwest City lets residents burn recreational fires anytime, but ground fires must stay under 3x3x2 feet and 25 feet…

Norman's open-burning ban under NCC 16-107 carves out recreational fires: campfires and other fires used solely for…

Tulsa exempts recreational fires and portable outdoor fireplaces on private property from the fire code's open-burning…

Oklahoma regulates consumer fireworks sale, possession, and licensing under the Oklahoma Fireworks and Pyrotechnics…

Lawton bans selling, possessing or discharging consumer or display fireworks anywhere in the city under Code of…

Midwest City prohibits manufacturing, storing, selling, transporting, exploding or discharging fireworks anywhere in…

Norman makes it unlawful for anyone to sell, possess, store, discharge, or ignite consumer fireworks anywhere in the…

Broken Arrow bans fireworks discharge citywide except a narrow July 3-4 window, requires a 25-foot setback from…

Tulsa bans possessing, selling, storing or using fireworks anywhere in the city unless the fire code official has first…

Anyone staging a for-hire or donation-funded fireworks display in Oklahoma City must hold a Fire Marshal certificate of…

Broken Arrow bans open burning of refuse or trade waste citywide; only pre-approved agricultural, silvicultural, or…

Lawton prohibits open burning citywide: Section 15-1-115 allows burning combustible refuse or trash only in an approved…

Edmond bans open burning outdoors except for a specific list of allowed purposes, like authorized training fires…

Open burning is banned citywide unless a permit is issued; refuse burning is never allowed, and burn bans plus…

Norman prohibits open burning in any public or private place outside a building under NCC 16-107, unless it falls into…

Oklahoma City requires a fire permit before any open burning citywide, though burns on residential lots of one acre or…

Open burning anywhere in Tulsa is a misdemeanor unless the fire code official first issues an operational permit, with…

Oklahoma Forestry Services holds statewide authority over wildfire suppression and hazard designation under Title 2…

Broken Arrow's code sets no separate citywide smoke-detector section outside the adopted fire code, but licensed…

Edmond requires building owners to keep installed fire alarm and smoke detection systems operable, with…

Midwest City requires smoke detectors in every single-family home, duplex, and covered multi-family or institutional…

Oklahoma City requires working smoke detectors in every occupied structure, hotel/motel, and residential unit…

Tulsa requires working smoke alarms in every existing residential unit, placed in each sleeping area, on the egress…

The Oklahoma Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administration regulates all propane storage, distribution, and installation under…

Lawton restricts bulk storage of liquefied petroleum gas to I-4 Heavy Industrial District land under Code of Ordinances…

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County) requires fire-chief notice, plan approval and an annual permit before any…

Midwest City requires a fire department permit for LP-gas (propane) storage and use, per amendments to the adopted…

Oklahoma City regulates residential propane storage through its adopted International Fire Code, whose Chapter 61…

Tulsa requires a fire permit to store or use LP-gas, but exempts single residential containers of 500 gallons water…