Spokane County Fire Pit Regulations

Before you burn check whether you need a permit if the type of burning you want to do is allowed in your area and if there is a burn ban.

Spokane county fire pit regulations.

To protect air quality we oversee various types of outdoor burning. City of spokane valley. Are a fire menace to life and property. This includes land clearing residential yard waste burning and some fire training burns.

A person capable of extinguishing the fire must attend it at all times and the fire must be completely extinguished before leaving it. If you reside within the boundaries of spokane county fire districts 2 5 11 or 12 and outside urban growth areas you may be eligible to purchase a written permit to burn from your fire district. Visit spokane county s fire district 13 website. Outdoor wood fueled recreational open fires fire pits must be a minimum of 25 away from any combustibles and structures.

Megan phillips fire marshal 509 625 7040. Spokane county state protected lands. Spokane valley fire department. Current burning conditions outdoor burning restrictions in effect.

City of spokane fire department. Spokane regional clean air agency 509 477. Although not always immediately obvious the common threads that tie our enforcement activities together are the construction use occupancy and maintenance of buildings and structures the use of land protection of critical areas and grading activity on private properties within the unincorporated areas of spokane county. Fire protection agencies and local officials may restrict outdoor burning during fire danger conditions typically summer into fall.

Spokane county fire district 8 provides a full range of services that include fire suppression emergency medical services fire prevention education and investigation and associated support and maintenance services to our 22 351 citizens in a 110 square mile area in south spokane county. Cities and fire agencies want to keep area communities safe. Rcw 76 04 005 exception. James moore building official 509 477 3675.

Online services view available services. Stand guard and extinguish. When we issue burn restrictions or another agency does and notifies us we publicize this on our website see blue box on right of our webpage and on our burn ban status hotline. A sample notice is on the back.

During summer burning is often restricted county wide due to fire danger. Wa state department of natural resources 509 684 7474. Effective july 20 2020.