Burning Brush in Hood County Means a Form, Not Permission

Clearing a brush pile out on acreage in unincorporated Hood County? File the Fire Marshal's burn notification first. It's a notification form, plainly stated as such, and nobody from the Fire Marshal's office calls you back to bless the burn unless they have a question. You're telling them where and when, and you're taking on the liability for whatever the fire does.

The form only covers the unincorporated parts of the county. Inside the Granbury city limits, outdoor burning isn't allowed at all, and a Granbury mailing address doesn't always mean you're actually in the city. Plenty of "Granbury" addresses sit out in the county. Knowing which side of that line your property falls on decides whether you can light anything.

None of this overrides a burn ban. When the county is dry and the commissioners put a ban in place, the notification form doesn't get you out of it, so check whether a ban is on the day you plan to burn, not the week before.