Arizona Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
Arizona State Parks sets the campfire rule for Arizona's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Arizona load on the page.
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Burn bans and restrictions: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
The campfire rule in Arizona
Campfires in state parks and forests
A person shall ignite an outdoor fire only in a camping unit or day-use area specifically designated for an outdoor fire.Arizona State Parks, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
Arizona State Parks and Trails follow U.S. Forest Service and Arizona State Department of Forestry and Fire Management restrictions. However, additional restrictions may apply in state park campgrounds.Arizona State Parks, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.
Quoted from pages read October 18, 2026. A county, a national forest or a single park can order a stricter ban than the state, so ask the local fire department or ranger district before you light a fire.
Camping in Arizona
The Arizona camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Arizona State Parks & Trails books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Arizona campfire questions
Campfire rules in other states
Where this page’s facts come from
- State park, forestry and federal land pages (read October 18, 2026). Booking windows, reservation systems, campfire rules, fire restriction sources and rules for camping outside a campground, each quoted word for word with a link to the page it came from.
- NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020 (read October 18, 2026). Average monthly high, low and nights at or below 32 F at 150 reference stations, the same stations the heat season and heating season pages use.
- National Weather Service alerts (live, read in your browser when the page loads). Red Flag Warnings, Fire Weather Watches, Fire Warnings, Freeze Warnings and High Wind Warnings, read live from api.weather.gov.
- National Weather Service 7 day forecast (live, read in your browser when the page loads). The weekend forecast for the ZIP code a visitor enters, read live from api.weather.gov.