OPEN BURNING REQUIREMENTS

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Open Burning Requirements

• Call 541-205-4934 to let the Fire Department know you are burning…Leave your address and phone number if no answer.
• Call Klamath County Air Quality 541-882-BURN (2876)
• All open burning needs to be monitored at all times
• A shovel, rake, garden hose with water, must be available at all times
• Burning is allowed during day light hours only
• No burning on days with an inversion layer and / or fog
• No burning during high wind events
• All open burning must be extinguished if the burn is unattended
• Yard debris pile cannot exceed 3 feet in height and 6 feet in diameter
• Keep burn piles 20 feet from trees or vegetation, with 50 feet of clearance from buildings.  Clear a minimum of 15 feet around the burn pile
• Land clearing debris burning must obtain a special permit
• Agricultural burns must obtain a special permit
• Building / Demolition burns must obtain a special permit

Recreational Fire

Recreational fire or barbecues, you may only burn the following:

•  Clean, cut or split fire wood
•  Charcoal briquettes
•  No larger than 2 feet in diameter by 1 foot in height

Burn Barrel Requirements

• Clear burnable material 10 feet from around the base of the base of the barrel
• Locate barrel at least 15 feet away from buildings and/or combustible materials
• Fire must be monitored at all times
• A shovel, rake, garden hose with water, must be available at all times
• Burning during daylight hours only
• No burning during days with an inversion layer and/or fog
• All burning must be extinguished if the burn is unattended
• No burning during high wind events
• No burning during Fire Season

Prohibited to Burn

It is illegal to burn the following materials in the State of Oregon:

• Anything producing a noxious odor
• Plastics
• Man-made materials
• Petroleum products
• Rubber
• Dead animals
• Food service and industrial waste
• Any wet material
• Building / demolition material (Special permit required)

Permitted to Burn

• Dry paper
• Dry clean lumber
• Dry vegetation (limbs, needles, brush, grass)
• Timber slash
• Agricultural debris
• Field burning

Special Occasion Fires

All special occasion fire requests requires a burn permit from the Fire District. 

This includes:

• Ceremonial
• Religious
• Special Events

Safety Tips for Open Debris Burning

In addition to the burning requirements, these tips will help you conduct safe burning.

• Burn early in the day when it is cool, humidity is higher and winds are light. (Winds tend to increase in the afternoon / evening)
• Keep piles small and controllable
• Do not burn more that you are capable of controlling
• After fire is out, fire must be monitored for potential rekindle
• Cover / tarp piles to keep dry

Example of an approved open debris pile:

• 20 feet from trees and vegetation greater than 3 feet in height
• 50 feet from structures and combustible material
• Clear ground of burnable material for 25 feet around the pile
• 30 feet from property lines