Permits are required for Open Burning & Agricultural Burns. Get your permit here!
Burning is only allowed between Jan. 15 – May 1
from 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Daily Activation is only allowed between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Your Fire Chief
Chief Christopher Maguy started as a Call Guy in 1998 and was appointed Chief by the Dighton Board of Selectmen in October 2017.
Safe Burning Tips
Learn more about outdoor burning safety, from fire pits to brush and forestry debris.
FAQs and Laws
Find answers to your questions about this website, as well information about laws related to open burning.
ready to burn?
If you’re burning in Dighton you will need to activate your permit on the day of your burn.
Activate your burn permit by logging into your account.
When allowed, burning can be done between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Burns may not start after 2 p.m.
Agricultural Permit
An agricultural permit is required for open burning activities in Dighton associated with the normal pursuit of agriculture. Only individuals/households that grow a crop or livestock for commercial resale qualify for this type of permit.
Open burning activities allowed with this type of permit include, but are not limited to, the open burning of blueberry patches for pruning, dead raspberry stocks, fruit tree pruning and affected beehives for disease control. In addition, an agricultural burn permit allows open burning of brush and trees resulting from agricultural land clearing operations.
An agricultural burn permit is valid through the end of the calendar year, and carries an annual fee of $10.
Pay online at this link: https://epay.cityhallsystems.com/selection
Please allow 24 hours for permit approval when paying this way.
OR
Remit a check or money order for $10 payable to the Town of Dighton. The payment should be sent to:
Dighton Fire Department
300 Main St
Dighton, MA 02715
Your permit will not be approved until your payment has been received. Please allow 5 to 7 days after sending payment for permit approval. Once the payment is received you will be notified of the permit approval via email.
Agricultural burn permits are effective two hours after sunrise until 4:00 p.m. when the fire should be extinguished. On days that you are burning you must activate your burn by logging into the dighton.firepermits.com portal.
Burn Permit
- A burn permit is required for open burning in Dighton for a fee of $10 per season. Open burning season is January 15 through May 1.
As part of the permit application process a $10 fee is required.
Pay online at this link: https://epay.cityhallsystems.com/selection
Please allow 24 hours for permit approval when paying this way.
OR
Remit a check or money order for $10 payable to the Town of Dighton. The payment should be sent to:
Dighton Fire Department
300 Main St
Dighton, MA 02715
Your permit will not be approved until your payment has been received. Please allow 5 to 7 days after sending payment for permit approval. Once the payment is received you will be notified of the permit approval via email.
Once your permit is approved, on days that you are burning you must activate your burn by logging into the dighton.firepermits.com portal.
Weather conditions, lack of rain and moisture, wind and other factors may suspend the granting of an authorization to begin burning at any time. IF conditions do not allow for open burning, you will be unable to activate your burn.