Rhode Island Campfire Rules and Burn Bans, With Live Fire Weather
RI DEM Division of Parks and Recreation sets the campfire rule for Rhode Island's state parks and forests. Burn bans and fire restrictions are posted by Rhode Island DEM. Live National Weather Service fire weather alerts for Rhode Island load on the page.
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The campfire rule in Rhode Island
Campfires in state parks and forests
Fires, including charcoal fires, are only allowed in designated areas or with written permission.RI DEM Division of Parks and Recreation, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Where fire restrictions are posted
Certain campgrounds have fire restrictions.RI DEM Division of Parks and Recreation, read October 18, 2026. Read it at the source
Current restrictions: Rhode Island DEM.
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 Rhode Island
The Rhode Island camping guide has the months when the weather works, how Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Parks and Recreation books sites, the rule for camping outside a campground and a live weekend forecast for your campsite.
Rhode Island campfire questions
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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.