29/10/2026
🔥 Fire Permit Period now in place 🔥
Fire permits are now required if you plan to burn a pile larger than 1 cubic metre (about 1 metre long, 1 metre wide and 1 metre high).
✅ Permits are free from Tasmania Fire Service. Go to fire.tas.gov.au or call 1800 000 699 (free call).
You don’t need a permit for a fire of 1 cubic metre or smaller for cooking, warmth or garden waste, as long as:
📏 it’s no bigger than 1 cubic metre
👀 an adult stays with it until it’s completely out
🧹 you clear anything that could catch fire for 3 metres around it
🌱 you don’t light it on peat, rich dark soil (humus) or coastal marram grass
For any outdoor fire, of any size and at any time of year, you should also:
📝 register it with Tasmania Fire Service before you light it
🏡 tell your neighbours
🚫 make sure it can’t spread to other properties
More details are in the Tasmania Fire Service post below 👇
A statewide Fire Permit Period will start at 2am tomorrow, Thursday, 29 October, 2026.
This means fire permits will be required across the state from this time.
If you have a property and you wish to conduct a burn (larger than 1 cubic metre in size) on your property, you will need to apply for a free fire permit, by submitting an application online at https://www.fire.tas.gov.au/total-fire-bans-fire-permits-burn-registrations/ or free-call 1800 000 699.
During a Fire Permit Period, a permit is required by individuals intending to light a fire for burning vegetation or for a similar purpose. Permits are also required for fires at a sawmill or factory for burning wood waste or other flammable material.
Fires for cooking, warmth or disposal of garden waste do not require a permit provided that:
• It is one cubic metre or less in size.
• The fire is not lit in peat, humus or marram grass.
• The fire is attended by a responsible adult at all times until it is extinguished.
• All flammable material is removed for at least three metres radius from the fire.
Reminder: All fires lit in the open at any time of the year should be registered with the Tasmania Fire Service online via https://www.fire.tas.gov.au/total-fire-bans-fire-permits-burn-registrations/ or free-call 1800 000 699.
Remember:
• Some local government authorities prohibit backyard burning in residential areas.
• Fire may only be lit with the authority of the landowner.
• Fires must not be allowed to spread to neighbouring property.
• Neighbours should be informed of an intention to light a fire.
