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Where are Fire Permits Required?
A fire permit is required during the Bush Fire Danger Period. The table below shows where the Bush Fire Danger Period has been declared and whether permits are required.
Please note that other restrictions, approvals and/or permits may apply to council areas where the Bush Fire Danger Period has not been declared. For example, backyard burning is not permitted in many suburban areas due to Environmental Regulations and Council permission is required.
If you have a permit, it is your responsibility to:
- Check if there is a Total Fire Ban in your area. If there is, your permit is automatically suspended.
- Notify and check with your local NSW RFS Fire Control Centre or Fire & Rescue NSW station whether permits are suspended.
- Follow any restrictions listed in your permit.
The document "Before you Light that Fire" outlines the approvals that may be required before carrying out any burns. For more information on Fire Permits see Fire Permits and the Bush Fire Danger Period.
Legend:
| Fire permit required | |
| No fire permit required |
Council Area |
Fire Permit Status |
| Albury City | No fire permit required |
| Armidale Dumaresq | No fire permit required |
| Ashfield | No fire permit required |
| Auburn | No fire permit required |
| Ballina | No fire permit required |
| Balranald | No fire permit required |
| Bankstown | No fire permit required |
| Bathurst Regional | No fire permit required |
| Baulkham Hills | No fire permit required |
| Bega Valley | No fire permit required |
| Bellingen | No fire permit required |
| Berrigan | No fire permit required |
| Blacktown | No fire permit required |
| Bland | No fire permit required |
| Blayney | No fire permit required |
| Blue Mountains | No fire permit required |
| Bogan | No fire permit required |
| Bombala | No fire permit required |
| Boorowa | No fire permit required |
| Botany Bay | No fire permit required |
| Bourke | No fire permit required |
| Brewarrina | No fire permit required |
| Broken Hill | No fire permit required |
| Burwood | No fire permit required |
| Byron | No fire permit required |
| Cabonne | No fire permit required |
| Camden | No fire permit required |
| Campbelltown | No fire permit required |
| Canada Bay | No fire permit required |
| Canterbury | No fire permit required |
| Carrathool | No fire permit required |
| Central Darling | No fire permit required |
| Cessnock | No fire permit required |
| Clarence Valley | No fire permit required |
| Cobar | No fire permit required |
| Coffs Harbour | No fire permit required |
| Conargo | No fire permit required |
| Coolamon | No fire permit required |
| Cooma-Monaro | No fire permit required |
| Coonamble | No fire permit required |
| Cootamundra | No fire permit required |
| Corowa | No fire permit required |
| Cowra | No fire permit required |
| Deniliquin | No fire permit required |
| Dubbo | No fire permit required |
| Dungog | No fire permit required |
| Eurobodalla | No fire permit required |
| Fairfield | No fire permit required |
| Forbes | No fire permit required |
| Gilgandra | No fire permit required |
| Glen Innes Severn | No fire permit required |
| Gloucester | No fire permit required |
| Gosford | No fire permit required |
| Goulburn Mulwaree | No fire permit required |
| Great Lakes | No fire permit required |
| Greater Hume | No fire permit required |
| Greater Taree | No fire permit required |
| Griffith | No fire permit required |
| Gundagai | No fire permit required |
| Gunnedah | No fire permit required |
| Guyra | No fire permit required |
| Gwydir | No fire permit required |
| Harden | No fire permit required |
| Hawkesbury | No fire permit required |
| Hay | No fire permit required |
| Holroyd | No fire permit required |
| Hornsby | No fire permit required |
| Hunters Hill | No fire permit required |
| Hurstville | No fire permit required |
| Inverell | No fire permit required |
| Jerilderie | No fire permit required |
| Junee | No fire permit required |
| Kempsey | No fire permit required |
| Kiama | No fire permit required |
| Kogarah | No fire permit required |
| Ku-ring-gai | No fire permit required |
| Kyogle | No fire permit required |
| Lachlan | No fire permit required |
| Lake Macquarie | No fire permit required |
| Lane Cove | No fire permit required |
| Leeton | No fire permit required |
| Leichhardt | No fire permit required |
| Lismore | No fire permit required |
| Lithgow | No fire permit required |
| Liverpool | No fire permit required |
| Liverpool Plains | No fire permit required |
| Lockhart | No fire permit required |
| Maitland | No fire permit required |
| Manly | No fire permit required |
| Marrickville | No fire permit required |
| Mid-Western Regional | No fire permit required |
| Moree Plains | No fire permit required |
| Mosman | No fire permit required |
| Murray | No fire permit required |
| Murrumbidgee | No fire permit required |
| Muswellbrook | No fire permit required |
| Nambucca | No fire permit required |
| Narrabri | No fire permit required |
| Narrandera | No fire permit required |
| Narromine | No fire permit required |
| Newcastle | No fire permit required |
| North Sydney | No fire permit required |
| Oberon | No fire permit required |
| Orange | No fire permit required |
| Palerang | No fire permit required |
| Parkes | No fire permit required |
| Parramatta | No fire permit required |
| Penrith | No fire permit required |
| Pittwater | No fire permit required |
| Port Macquarie Hastings | No fire permit required |
| Port Stephens | No fire permit required |
| Queanbeyan | No fire permit required |
| Randwick | No fire permit required |
| Richmond Valley | No fire permit required |
| Rockdale | No fire permit required |
| Ryde | No fire permit required |
| Shellharbour | No fire permit required |
| Shoalhaven | No fire permit required |
| Singleton | No fire permit required |
| Snowy River | No fire permit required |
| Strathfield | No fire permit required |
| Sutherland | No fire permit required |
| Sydney | No fire permit required |
| Tamworth Regional | No fire permit required |
| Temora | No fire permit required |
| Tenterfield | No fire permit required |
| Tumbarumba | No fire permit required |
| Tumut | No fire permit required |
| Tweed | No fire permit required |
| Unincorporated NSW | No fire permit required |
| Upper Hunter | No fire permit required |
| Upper Lachlan | No fire permit required |
| Uralla | No fire permit required |
| Urana | No fire permit required |
| Wagga Wagga | No fire permit required |
| Wakool | No fire permit required |
| Walcha | No fire permit required |
| Walgett | No fire permit required |
| Warren | No fire permit required |
| Warringah | No fire permit required |
| Warrumbungle | No fire permit required |
| Waverley | No fire permit required |
| Weddin | No fire permit required |
| Wellington | No fire permit required |
| Wentworth | No fire permit required |
| Willoughby | No fire permit required |
| Wingecarribee | No fire permit required |
| Wollondilly | No fire permit required |
| Wollongong | No fire permit required |
| Woollahra | No fire permit required |
| Wyong | No fire permit required |
| Yass Valley | No fire permit required |
| Young | No fire permit required |
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