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Florida Current Fire Restrictions (2026)

Conditional: 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.

ConditionalVerified Oct 18, 2026

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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. But 4 of Florida's 67 counties DO have an active county burn ban on the FFS County-Enacted Burn Ban Map, each limited to yard debris: Duval (Jacksonville), Hillsborough (Tampa), Orange (Orlando) and Pinellas (St. Petersburg/Clearwater); the other 63 report "No Burn Ban." Florida burn bans are enacted COUNTY-BY-COUNTY and change week to week, triggered when a county's Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) crosses local thresholds. FFS warns that counties are not required to tell the state when they enact or lift a ban, and the layer behind the map carries a September 2, 2026 data stamp with 7 of the 67 county entries - Pinellas among them - never dated at all, so call your local city or county fire department to be sure. FFS authorization is required for open burning beyond small yard-waste piles, and burning is barred during Red Flag Warnings.

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Current Fire Restrictions in states bordering Florida

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 →
GeorgiaInfo
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. …
Verified Oct 16, 2026 · Source: epd.georgia.gov · Full Georgia rule →

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