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Georgia Current Fire Restrictions (2026)
Info: Georgia's EPD summer open-burning ban has ENDED for 2026: EPD's Summer Open Burning Ban page states the ban runs May 1 - September 30 in 54 counties, so it lifted after September 30, 2026.
Georgia's EPD summer open-burning ban has ENDED for 2026: EPD's Summer Open Burning Ban page states the ban runs May 1 - September 30 in 54 counties, so it lifted after September 30, 2026. From October 1 through April 30, 27 counties — Barrow, Bartow, Bibb, Carroll, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Columbia, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Houston, Newton, Paulding, Richmond, Rockdale, Troup, Walker and Walton — allow only EPD burn types 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12 and 13; all other Georgia counties allow burn types 1 through 13 (EPD Non-Summer Legal Burn Types page). Burning household garbage is illegal statewide year-round. Georgia Forestry Commission burn activities 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11 and 13 require a GFC permit (1-800-GA-TREES). The GFC can still issue county burn bans and the daily fire-danger rating can stop a burn: LawLert cannot read the GFC Public Viewer automatically, so restrictions are set county by county — check the GFC Public Viewer for your county before you burn.
Official source: epd.georgia.gov →
Check the live restriction status: georgiafc.firesponse.com →
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Current Fire Restrictions in states bordering Georgia
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- AlabamaInfo
LawLert cannot confirm Alabama's live statewide status, and here is why: the Alabama Forestry Commission publishes no live statewide status page — it announces restrictions as dated press releases, and announces the end of one the same way, as a separate dated release. …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: forestry.alabama.gov · Full Alabama rule →
- FloridaConditional
No statewide or regional burn ban is in effect in Florida - the Florida Forest Service publishes one on its Current Wildfire Information page "if and when it becomes necessary," and none is posted there. …
Verified Oct 18, 2026 · Source: services3.arcgis.com · Full Florida rule →
- North CarolinaInfo
No state-issued burn ban in effect: the statewide ban issued March 28, 2026 was fully lifted — 81 counties on May 3 and the final 19 effective 8 a.m. May 8 — and none has been issued since (no ban is posted on the NCFS open-burning page or on the NCFS online burn-permit system, which lists all 100 counties for permit applications). …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: ncagr.gov · Full North Carolina rule →
- South CarolinaInfo
LawLert read the South Carolina Forestry Commission's Bans and Alerts page today and it lists no active State Forester's or Governor's Burning Ban. …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: scfc.gov · Full South Carolina rule →
- TennesseeInfo
No active burn bans in Tennessee — the Division of Forestry's burn-ban page states "Currently, there are no active burn bans in the State of Tennessee". …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: tn.gov · Full Tennessee rule →
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