Due to office limitations in Florence - please apply for open burning and dust permits online (click this message to go to Citizen Access portal). NOTE: Casa Grande and Apache Junction offices closed - please apply online)

After April 1st, residential/commercial applicants will only be allowed to purchase a 3-day burn permit. All residential/commercial burn permits issued during April will expire on or before April 30th.

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Due to Town of Florence restriction - No Residential burn permits are being issued for those that reside in the Town of Florence (see map of Town of Florence boundaries).

An open burning permit can be purchased online or in-person, see below for more information.

To obtain a  BURN permit:

1. Print the HELP DOCUMENT before you access the application on-line. *Help Document (Click here)  
2. On-Line Application (Click here)
3. In-person at one of the locations listed below.

Burn permits are not approved if:     

1. THE date that you wish to start burning is more than 10 days from the date the application is received.     

2. APPLICATION received by fax.     

3. PROHIBITED items were requested to be burned.     

4. INFORMATION submitted is incomplete.     

5. A High Pollution Advisory (Particulate Matter) has been issued for areas within Area A.

** If you reside within the Superstition Fire & Medical District coverage area, please click here prior to obtaining a burn permit **

Types of Fires include:

Residential, Commercial, Agriculture, Bonfires, Training Exercise, Building Demolition, Dangerous Materials, Air Curtain Destructors VIOLATIONS:

1. Failure to comply with burn permit conditions     * Civil penalties up to $10,000.00 per day
2. Reckless burning under A.R.S. 13-1706     * Class 1 or 2 misdemeanor or Class 3 felony

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Persons affected by a "No Burn" restriction are not entitled to a refund or an extension.

Agricultural burn permits can only be obtained October - April.

Area A Map (If you do not reside within a fire district/department coverage area, you must call the State Forester each day that you burn @ (800) 309-7081.)