Burn Permits
PINAL COUNTY ISSUING OPEN BURNING PERMITS
Pinal County Air Quality is issuing open burning permits. Open burning permits allow for the disposal of plant material originating on the permittee’s property during limited daytime hours. Applying online is most recommended. Customers can apply 24 hours 7 days a week at https://www.pinal.gov/311/Burn-Permits. However, permits are only issued Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and may take up to 24 hours to process.
As always, we encourage all citizens to be mindful of their surroundings when planning or implementing any type of permitted fire. Keep children and animals away from the fire and have the required extinguishing equipment immediately available. Please remember that general household trash and garbage cannot be burned.
Arizona Revised Statute On Open Burning
Arizona Revised Statute 49-501.A (revised in the fall of 2007) reads as follows:
“From May 1 through September 30 each year, it is unlawful for any person to ignite, cause to be ignited, permit to be ignited, or suffer, allow or maintain any open outdoor fire in area ‘A’ as defined in section 49-541.”
Area ‘A’ includes anything west of Florence Junction and north of Arizona Farms Road, continuing into Maricopa County including all of the Superstition Fire & Medical District jurisdiction.
This is NOT a Pinal County or SFMD mandate, but rather an Arizona State Legislative mandate.