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Delaware Current Fire Restrictions (2026)
Info: Delaware's statewide Ozone Season open-burning ban has ENDED for 2026: DNREC's open-burning page states most open burning is prohibited May 1 through September 30 (7 DE Admin. Code 1113).
Delaware's statewide Ozone Season open-burning ban has ENDED for 2026: DNREC's open-burning page states most open burning is prohibited May 1 through September 30 (7 DE Admin. Code 1113). From October 1 through April 30, a homeowner may burn cut or fallen branches, limbs or shrubbery from their own property only between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., no more than 27 cubic feet at one time, and must notify local fire control authorities first (State Fire Marshal: New Castle County 302-323-5365, Kent County 302-739-5665, Sussex County 302-856-5600). Leaves, grass clippings, garbage and trash may never be burned, and land-clearing debris may not be burned except for agriculture. Cooking fires (10 cubic feet), campfires (27 cubic feet), patio fire pits, chimeneas and ceremonial fires (27 cubic feet) are allowed year-round. ALL open burning, including previously approved burns, is banned on Air Quality Action Days (Code Orange or Code Red), and the State Fire Marshal can ban burning by county or statewide and the National Weather Service can issue a red flag warning at any time. LawLert did not find a published list of current Fire Marshal bans this run — check with your county fire board before you burn.
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Current Fire Restrictions in states bordering Delaware
The same rule in each neighboring state LawLert has verified, from that state’s own official source.
- MarylandInfo
Maryland's summer open-burning prohibition is OUT OF SEASON: under state air-quality regulation COMAR 26.11.07.03C, open burning is PROHIBITED June 1 through Aug 31 each year in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery and Prince George's counties and Baltimore City — and from September 1 through May 31 the local control officer may again issue open-burn permits there (COMAR 26.11.07.03B). …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: dnr.maryland.gov · Full Maryland rule →
- New JerseyInfo
In any district where Firewardens have been appointed, a permit (the written permission of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) is required before you set fire to, or cause to be burned, waste, fallows, stumps, logs, brush, dry grass, fallen timber or any other material or vegetation that could cause a forest fire (N.J.S.A. 13:9-19). …
Verified Oct 17, 2026 · Source: services1.arcgis.com · Full New Jersey rule →
- PennsylvaniaInfo
No statewide burn ban (one requires a Governor's proclamation — none active), and the annual state-forest spring restriction (fire rings prohibited Mar 1–May 25) is out of season, though state-forest fires are also barred whenever fire danger is high, very high or extreme. …
Verified Oct 16, 2026 · Source: elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov · Full Pennsylvania rule →
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