OPEN BURNING REGULATIONS

• You must have a permit for any open burning. You can apply for a permit by:
• Picking up a permit application at the fire station (Good for 3 days)
• Filling out a permit application online (Good for 30 days)
• Open fires are allowed between 12:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
• No burning is allowed on Sundays
• The proper time to burn is:
• When air quality code is green or yellow
  (no burning allowed when air quality code is orange, red, or purple)
• Following a rain when the wind is calm
• After grasses are green and hardwood leaves are mature
• Items that are allowed to be burned in an open fire:
• Leaves
• Grass clippings
• Ground clearing vegetative debris
• Small branches
• Other permitted vegetative matter

NOTE: UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANYTHING
OTHER THAN PLANT GROWTH BE BURNED
(See Regulation 15A NCAC 2D.1900 "Open Burning" for details).