Fire Regulations in Utah (2026)

Recreational fire pits are allowed in Davis County when built as approved fire rings no larger than about 3 feet…

Small recreational backyard fires are allowed in Orem without a burn permit, but the adopted 2021 IFC requires a…

Backyard recreational fires and small cooking fires are allowed in Provo under the adopted International Fire Code…

Salt Lake City lets residents burn campfires and recreational fires without a permit only if a responsible person…

Salt Lake County lets residents build recreational campfires without a permit as long as a responsible person controls…

Recreational fire pits in unincorporated Utah County's Wildland/Urban Interface zone are capped by Utah County Code §…

A backyard or campsite fire in unincorporated Weber County needs no burn permit only if it is a controlled campfire…

Layton Municipal Code § 16.16.030(1)(f) lets residents burn campfires and recreational fires without a permit as long…

Washington County exempts campfires and recreational fires from its burning permit chapter, as long as they stay under…

Lehi allows residential recreational fire pits per Utah fire code standards: 3-foot maximum diameter, 2-foot flame…

Utah sets uniform statewide dates and hours for discharging class C consumer fireworks (Utah Code 53-7-225): July 2-5…

Eagle Mountain prohibits fireworks throughout most of the city. A restriction map (updated annually) shows limited…

Orem allows state-approved (class C / division 1.4G) consumer fireworks only on the dates and hours set by Utah Code…

Washington County bans all fireworks at the Kolob Reservoir Facility. Code section 5-4-4(F) prohibits fireworks along…

Sandy City prohibits discharging fireworks in mountainous or brush-covered terrain, within 200 feet of waterways…

South Jordan requires a city license for every retail fireworks stand and sets strict siting buffers: 100 feet from…

St. George bans fireworks and other ignition sources in fire chief-designated high-hazard areas shown on the city's…

Utah County follows the state Fireworks Act for general fireworks use but outright bans fireworks from being used or…

Outside Weber County's incorporated cities, keeping, selling or giving away fireworks demands a permit from the Board…

Utah bans fireworks except within narrow state windows: July 2-5, July 22-25 (Pioneer Day), Dec 31-Jan 1, and Chinese…

Lehi follows Utah state fireworks windows (July 2–5, July 22–25). Fireworks are prohibited north of SR-92 (Timpanogos…

Provo allows Class C (state-approved) fireworks on the dates and hours fixed by Utah Code 53-7-225, but bans discharge…

Salt Lake City requires a license to sell fireworks and only allows sale or discharge on the dates set by state law…

Unincorporated Salt Lake County confines fireworks sales to June 20 through July 25, December 20 through January 2, and…

Spanish Fork allows consumer fireworks during two holiday windows (July 2–5 and July 22–25) with restricted hours and…

West Jordan permits only Class C common state approved fireworks, and bans discharging them within twenty feet of a…

West Valley City limits fireworks sales and discharge to state-approved dates and sets strict distance and safety rules…

Weber County has adopted the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code by reference as the county's own WUI code, covering…

Unincorporated Davis County enforces brush-clearance and construction standards through the 2003 International…

On large lots where cutting every weed is impractical, Lehi's weed control inspector can order a defensible strip…

Provo bans removing trees or vegetation outside the approved Limits of Disturbance in the Critical Hillside Overlay…

Salt Lake City requires property owners to cut weeds and dry vegetation to 6 inches or less to prevent fire hazards…

West Jordan's Hillside Development Overlay Zone requires vegetation clearance around structures in fire-prone areas…

West Valley City requires every property to keep weeds, brush and tumbleweeds cut to six inches or less at all times…

Utah Code 65A-8-211 establishes a statewide closed fire season from June 1 through October 31, requiring written burn…

Open burning in Orem requires a burn permit from the Orem Fire Division and is only allowed during Utah's residential…

Provo prohibits open burning under its adopted International Fire Code (Provo City Code 9.51), with narrow exceptions…

West Valley City bans open burning citywide. Municipal Code § 24-2-106(8) makes it unlawful for any person "to open…

Layton Municipal Code § 16.16.020 bans burning trash, garbage or other waste, or running a salvage operation, by open…

Salt Lake City bars burning trash, garbage, or other waste in any open fire unless it fits a listed no-permit exemption…

Salt Lake County Code section 9.72.140(B) bars burning trash, garbage or other waste in any open fire and bars open-air…

In the Sandy Area Watershed, covering Little Cottonwood Canyon and the foothills above the city, Section 8-6-2 lets the…

South Jordan treats a fire hazard or unlawful burning on any property as a public nuisance the city can abate, cite and…

The fire chief can order a citywide ban on open burning and ignition sources in mountainous, brush, or forest-covered…

Unincorporated Utah County requires a Fire Marshal permit for open fires under the International Fire Code, and bans…

Washington County splits the year into a closed fire season and an open fire season for outdoor burning. Burning is…

Residential and agricultural open burning in Davis County is tightly controlled for air quality. You must obtain the…

Eagle Mountain follows Utah state open burning rules. Burns require coordination with the Fire Chief. Red/Yellow air…

Open burning in Lehi requires contacting the Fire Chief for permits. Burn permits are issued during April 1–May 31 and…

Open burning in Spanish Fork requires a burn permit during the permit season (March 1–May 30 and September 15–October…

Weber County bans open burning that becomes a nuisance and makes it unlawful to burn trash or other waste except under…

Utah Code Title 65A, Chapter 8 grants the state forester authority over wildfire prevention statewide, including closed…

Lehi has adopted the 2018 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code as its local wildfire construction standard under…

Salt Lake City adopts the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code as part of its fire code, applying only to properties…

Open flames, unenclosed smoking, and fireworks are banned within 300 feet of Salt Lake County's designated…

Much of Davis County's east bench sits in the wildland-urban interface. When wildfire danger rises, the county issues…

Layton Municipal Code § 16.10.010 adopts the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, as amended by the Utah…

Orem builds wildfire-prone construction rules straight into its adopted code: Section 7-1-1 pulls in the Utah Wildland…

Provo layers a Critical Hillside (CH) Overlay Zone over the east bench, adding development standards on top of the…

Sandy City has adopted IBC Appendix L, designating Wildland-Urban Interface Areas along the Wasatch foothills where new…

St. George prohibits fireworks, lighters, matches, sky lanterns, and smoking materials in wildland urban interface…

Unincorporated Utah County maps Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire zones using the State of Utah's WUI overlay, and…

Washington County has adopted the 2003 International Urban-Wildland Interface Code, amended by Utah's rule R652-122, as…

Weber County has adopted the state Wildland Urban Interface Code, but it only reaches developed lots in unincorporated…

Provo requires appropriately located, operational smoke alarms in every licensed rental dwelling under Provo City Code…

Salt Lake City's housing code sets exact mounting locations for smoke detectors in existing dwelling units, plus a…

Salt Lake County Code §15.32.050(F) requires every rental property owner in the unincorporated county to "provide smoke…

St. George requires owners of rental dwelling units to provide smoke detectors as required by code, and to repair or…

Every licensed short-term rental in unincorporated Weber County must have working smoke detectors installed and…

West Valley City's Fit Premises ordinance requires every property owner to 'provide smoke detectors and fire…

In unincorporated Salt Lake County mobile home parks, LP-gas containers must be securely fastened against overturning…

In Utah County's unincorporated Wildland/Urban Interface zone, Utah County Code § 6.11.060 requires a cleared…