Burn Permits

in the Bayshore Fire/Rescue District, Florida

1. Call Forestry at (239) 690-8001
   • Forestry will issue permission depending on weather and other current conditions
   • If your burn pile is large, you will be issued a permit number
   • Florida Burn Laws
2. Call Bayshore Fire at (239) 543-3443
   • Inform us that you will be burning today.
     We will ask you for:
     1. your permit number (if applicable),
     2. your name,
     3. the address of the burn location,
     4. and a phone number at which we can contact you, and
     5. size and type of the fire (pit, pile, etc.).
3. Call each day you burn.
4. Put the fire out before sunset.
5. Burns may not be a nuisance to neighbors or produce heavy smoke.