Burn Permit Information

Burn Permit Application

RVFD does not issue burn permits, please refer to Pima County Website.

I.F.C. Section 105.5.36
“An operational permit is required for the kindling or maintaining of an open fire or a fire on any public street, alley, road, or other public or private ground. Instructions and stipulations of the permit shall be adhered to.”
A permit is required for residential open burn of non-toxic vegetation waste that is generated by the property. Only the owner of the property may apply for a residential open burn permit. A site inspection by a RVFD Fire Inspector is required. The permit MUST be on site during the burn activity.

ARS 13-1702. Reckless burning; “A person commits reckless burning by recklessly causing a fire or explosion which results in damage to an occupied structure, a structure, wildland or property.”

ARS 13-1706. Burning of wildlands; “It is unlawful for any person, without lawful authority, to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence to set or cause to be set on fire any wildland other than the person’s own or to permit a fire that was set or caused to be set by the person to pass from the person’s own grounds to the grounds of another person.”

If you burn without a permit, burn prohibited materials or commit reckless burning, the fire will be extinguished and you can be held liable for the cost of the emergency response, extinguishment and cleanup. Violations can also result in a citation and/or arrest.

Burning any of the following is prohibited:

Any garbage from the processing, storage, service, or consumption of food, household waste, chemically treated wood, lead painted wood, linoleum flooring, composite countertops, tires, explosives, ammunition, oleanders, asphalt shingles, tar paper, plastic and rubber products, household chemical bottles, plastic grocery and retail bags, waste petroleum products (crankcase, transmission, transformer oils and oil filters) asbestos, batteries, antifreeze, aerosol spray cans, electrical wire insulation, hazardous waste products (paints pesticides, cleaners, solvents, stains, varnishes and other flammable liquids) plastic pesticide containers or bags and hazardous material containers that contained lead, cadmium, mercury, or arsenic compounds.