Learn about the Burn Ban

NO FIRE RESTRICTIONS

There is NO FIRE BAN in place for unincorporated areas of Arapahoe County, Centennial, Foxfield, and Deer Trail

There are three stages of a burn ban: No ban, Stage 1 and Stage 2.  Read below to learn more about each stage. For more information, refer to Arapahoe County Ordinance #2000-02,  C.R.S. 30-10-512, and C.R.S. 30-10-513.

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control regarding fire restrictions. Please keep in mind, if the county has imposed more restrictive requirements than the state, you are required to adhere to the county's rules.

No Burn Ban UPDATED 7.7.20

Most days, there are no fire bans or fire restrictions.

However, you must check with your local fire department for necessary permits.

State Air Quality permits are required for open burning, at no cost.

Stage 1 Burn Ban UPDATED 7.7.20

Stage 1 means no open burning of any kind without a permit from the appropriate fire district. Download a Stage 1 flyer.

Exemptions:

*In unincorporated Arapahoe County, only fireworks that are legal in the state of Colorado until end of day July 5th.
* Fires contained within liquid fueled or gas stoves, fireplaces and wood burning stoves/fireplaces within habitable buildings.
*Propane/LP/Natural Gas fueled barbecue grills used for cooking or warming food, which do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
• Propane/LP/Natural Gas fueled fire pits that do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
*Charcoal fueled grills and pits used for cooking or warming food, which do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
*Fire set by any federal, state, or local officer, or member of a fire protection district in the performance of an official duty.
• Residential use of charcoal grills, Tiki torches, chimineas or other portable fireplaces or patio fire pits where allowed by code. Fires must be supervised by a responsible person of at least 18 years of age.
• Small recreational fires at developed picnic or campground sites contained in fixed permanent metal/steel fire pits (rock fire rings are considered temporary and not permanent) with flame lengths not in excess of four feet.

Fireworks Allowed Stage 2 Burn Ban UPDATED 7.7.20

Stage 2 means no outdoor fires including, but not limited to, campfires, fires in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed camp and picnic grounds and recreation sites; charcoal fueled fires, warming fires, fires in outdoor wood burning stoves (chimney sparks or embers); the prescribed burning of fence lines, fence rows, fields, farmlands, range lands, wild lands, trash and debris. Download a Stage 2 flyer.

Exemptions:
• Fires contained within liquid fueled or gas stoves, fireplaces and wood burning stoves/fireplaces within habitable buildings.
• Propane/LP/Natural Gas fueled barbecue grills used for cooking or warming food, which do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
• Charcoal fueled grills and pits used for cooking or warming food, which do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
• Propane/LP/Natural Gas fueled fire pits that do not produce or emit sparks or embers when used.
• Fire set by any federal, state, or local officer, or member of a fire protection district in the performance of an official duty.
• Public fireworks displays supervised by appropriate firefighting/public safety personnel and supported by adequate equipment assigned to be on the scene of such permitted.