Fire restrictions by state

Alaska fire restrictions, county by county

Alaska doesn't publish one county-by-county list we could watch, so this page won't pretend to show you a live status. What it can do: tell you who sets fire restrictions here and where today's answer actually lives.

Who declares fire restrictions in Alaska

Alaska runs on burn permits rather than borough-by-borough bans: the state Division of Forestry suspends burn permits area by area as fire danger climbs, and that suspension is what a burn ban looks like here.

Statewide, start with the Alaska Division of Forestry or Alaska Wildland Fire Information . Locally, the borough itself has today's answer — the courthouse, the fire marshal, the sheriff's office, or your fire department.

Rules change fast in dry weather — confirm with your borough fire marshal or burn line before you light.

Why it might be dry enough to matter

Restrictions follow dry ground — see this week's drought picture, state by state.

Heading onto national forest land? County rules stop at the boundary — check the forest's fire restrictions and what stage 1 and stage 2 mean.

Every Alaska borough

Each page below covers one borough: who declares restrictions there, where to check, and how dry the ground is running.