ST. HELENA
Burn permits required May 1, 2020.
Beginning Friday May 1, 2020, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection CAL FIRE Sonoma Lake Napa Unit and Marin County Fire will require a burn permit for any outdoor open burning in State Responsibility Areas (SRA) in the following counties: Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Marin, Solano, Yolo and Colusa counties.
We remind residents that burn permits are available online for residents living within the state responsibility area of Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Solano, Yolo and Colusa counties. For Marin County residents, please call 415-473-6717 or contact your local Marin County Fire Department station for burn permit information. CAL FIRE burn permits are required every year after May 1st to conduct open burning in the State Responsibility Area. The CAL FIRE permit is required in addition to an Air Quality permit and any local fire agency permit. For more information, contact your local CAL FIRE station or your local fire department.
The online application provides a convenient alternative to obtaining a CAL FIRE permit for residents within these counties. Applicants will access the website at https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/ , watch the mandatory video which reviews burning requirements and safety tips, fill in the required fields, submit the form, and a dooryard burn permit will be created. The applicant must then print the permit. Permits are valid for the calendar year in which they are issued and must be reissued annually on or after January 1 of each year. Contact your local fire department or CAL FIRE to determine what permit requirements or burning restrictions apply in your area.
Residents MUST obtain all required permits from their local Air Quality Management District:
• Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District (707) 433-5911
• Lake County Air Quality Management District (707) 263-7000
• Bay Area Air Pollution Control District (Napa, Marin and Southern Sonoma County) (415) 749-5000
• Colusa County Air Pollution Control District (530) 458-0581
• Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District (530) 757-3660
For larger burn projects, a different CAL FIRE burn permit is required and shall be obtained from CAL FIRE. This type of burn permit is not available online and will require a CAL FIRE inspection before a permit will be issued. Please call your local CAL FIRE station for information on obtaining and setting up an inspection.
CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit Chief Shana Jones would like to remind residents to take precautions while burning outdoors to prevent sparking a wildfire. A leading cause of wildfires this time of year is from escaped landscape debris burning. Anyone who has an escaped debris burn and was not burning under the proper conditions can be criminally or civilly held responsible.
For more information on debris burning, visit the CAL FIRE website at http://www.readyforwildfire.org/Debris-Burning/
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