Burning inside the city limits of Krum is strictly prohibited.

All Burns in the unincorporated area of Denton County are mandated by Denton County and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality:

Check here to see if today is a burn day

• Call the Denton County Fire Marshal at (940) 349-2840 Monday through Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm or the Denton County Sheriff’s Office at (940) 349-1600 at all other times. Denton County decides on a daily basis if conditions are favorable to burn. The location of your burn will be logged in the event someone calls 9-1-1 reporting your smoke or flames.

• You must reside outside city limits.

• The burn must not start until 1 hour after sunrise and must be extinguished 1 hour before sunset.

• Clear area of vegetation before burning.

• The burn must be attended at ALL times. Have a shovel and water supply handy until fire is extinguished.

• The burn must be downwind and at least 300 feet from structures on adjacent properties.

• The burn must not affect roads, airstrips and navigable water.

• Yard trimmings, brush, timber and untreated lumber are acceptable items to burn.

Some examples of unacceptable items would include:

• Tires

• Plastics

• Paints

• Furniture

• Carpet

• Electrical wire

• Chemical wastes

• Asphaltic materials

• Heavy oils

• Treated lumber

• Appliances and items containing natural or synthetic rubber.

In areas where domestic waste pick-up is not provided and waste is burned the burn must take place in a burn barrel covered with a screen. Acceptable domestic waste is kitchen garbage, untreated lumber, cardboard boxes and clothing.

Outdoor burning is allowed when used solely for recreational or ceremonial purposes, in the noncommercial preparation of food, or exclusively as a means to provide warmth in cold weather.  In other words, campfires, bonfires, and cooking fires are allowed.  Fires built under this exception may not contain electrical insulation, treated lumber, plastics, construction or demolition materials not made of wood, heavy oils, asphaltic materials, potentially explosive materials, chemical wastes, or items containing natural or synthetic rubber.  The other general requirements on allowable outdoor burning do not apply to fires covered by this exception.

For questions about outdoor burning contact:
Denton County Emergency Services Office at (940) 349-2840