Burn Restriction Information

Current Stage & Restrictions

Effective August 22, 2022, the current burn restriction stage for Elbert County is Stage I.

Stage one restrictions ban all fires with the exceptions of:

Fires within liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves, grills, fire pits, or other gas or liquid-fueled appliances.
Outdoor welding or hot work.
Residential use of charcoal grills, smokers, tiki torches, fires in chimneys or other portable fireplaces or patio fire pits, as long as the fires are supervised by a responsible person at least 18 years old. Portable fire pits and chimneys must have a lid or screen, and all openings must be less than 1/4-inch.
Small recreational fires contained in fixed permanent metal/steel fire pits (rock fire rings are considered temporary and not permanent) with flame lengths no taller than 4 feet. Recreational pit dimensions shall not exceed 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in depth.
Use of indoor fireplaces and wood-burning stoves with an approved chimney spark arrestor.
The sale and use of fireworks in compliance with state and local regulations.
Use of educational rockets, exploding targets, tracer ammunition and incendiary ammunition.
Fire suppression or fire department training fires.
Discharge of firearms.

Stage two restrictions ban all fires with fewer exceptions:

Use of indoor fireplaces and wood-burning stoves with an approved chimney spark arrestor.
Fires within liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves, grills, fire pits, or other gas or liquid-fueled appliances.
Residential use of charcoal grill fires and smokers when such use is supervised by a responsible party at least 18 years of age.
Fire suppression or fire department training fires.
Discharge of firearms.