Effective November 19, 2025, Frederick County will be lifting the Burn Ban that was put in place on November 5, 2025.

We would like to thank everybody for your cooperation during the burn ban. We will continue to monitor the weather patterns and ground fuel moisture, working with our state and federal partners. Please continue to monitor the county's website and social media pages for further information.

The Frederick County Fire Marshal's office would like to remind everyone that fire safety starts with you. While conducting any burning operation please make safety first and obey all burning regulations.

October 1st – February 14th Open Burning Permitted
Open burning is permitted for the burning of leaves, trees, brush, yard and garden trimmings generated onsite, where trash service is not available for this purpose.
Open burning is allowed under the following conditions:
•When not otherwise prohibited as outlined in the above Open Burning Prohibited section.
•All such burning must be reported to the Frederick County Emergency Communications Center at (540) 665-5645 prior to ignition and when the fire is extinguished.
•Open burning may be no closer than 500 ft. from a brush/wood line.
•Open burning may be no closer than 500 ft. from an occupied dwelling, excluding your own, without prior written permission from the occupant(s) of the neighboring occupied dwellings.
•Fires shall be attended at all times by competent persons 18 years of age or older. A minimum of one portable fire extinguisher complying with Section 906 with a minimum 4-A rating or other approved on-site fire extinguishing equipment, such as dirt, sand, water barrel, garden hose or water truck, shall be available for immediate utilization.
•If at any time the fire is not attended, it must be fully extinguished.
•Legally set open air fires are subject to all local regulations.

Learn before you burn at www.fcva.us/burn.

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