Open burning, with a permit issued by the Peabody Fire Department,
is allowed in Peabody from January 15th. to May 1st.
of each year under regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Permits can be obtained daily, during normal working hours, at;
Fire Headquarters, 41 Lowell Street
or the
West Peabody Station, 597 Lowell Street
or call
978-531-3444 for more information.
What is Allowed? What is not allowed?

Burning of the following with a permit is allowed...

Brush, cane, driftwood and forestry debris from other than commercial or industrial land clearing operations between January 15 and May 1 under the following conditions...

Burning of the following materials is PROHIBITED statewide:

  • Brush, trees, cane, and driftwood from commercial and/or institutional land clearing operations.
    Grass, hay, leaves, and stumps.
  • Burning must be at least 75 feet from all dwellings
  • Burning must be carried out between 10AM and 4PM
  • Burning must take place on land closest to the source of material to be burned.
  • Tires
  • Burning at landfills or refuse disposal facilities other than approved sites.
  • Stacking, placing, or storing combustible material such that the Department may presume that it will be burned.

Materials normally associated with the pursuit of agriculture, such as fruit tree pruning, dead raspberry stalks, blueberry patches for pruning purposes, infected beehives for disease control.

Trees and brush resulting from agricultural land clearing.

Fungus invested Elmwood if no other acceptable means of disposal is available. (Disease free brush is not an acceptable starting aid.)

Remember...

Opening Burning causes Air Pollution!

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