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Residential Burning Regulations:

It is required that you have a burn permit to burn within the boundaries of Fire District 22.  You may obtain a burn permit at Station #68, 8424 99th Ave NE at any time.

Land clearing permits are no longer issued in the boundaries of Fire District 22  

  1. The person(s) responsible for the fire must contact the Department of Ecology and the Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency and/ or any other designated source for information to determine whether burning is permitted and under what conditions the burning is permitted.
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  3. A fire shall not be ignited, and must be extinguished, if an air pollution episode impaired air quality condition, or fire danger burn ban is declared for the area.
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  5. The fire shall not include garbage, dead animals, asphalt, petroleum products, paints, rubber products, plastics, paper (other than what is necessary to start a fire), cardboard, treated wood, construction / demolition debris, metal, or any substance (other than natural vegetation) that normally releases toxic emissions, dense smoke or obnoxious odors when burned.
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  7. If any emission from the fire is detrimental to the health, safety, or welfare of any person, if it causes damage to property or business, or if it causes a nuisance, the fire shall be extinguished immediately.
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  9. A person capable of extinguishing the fire shall attend it at all times, and the fire shall be extinguished before leaving it.
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  11. Attendant shall have immediately available an adequate water supply capable of extinguishing the fire (minimum 10 gallons of water in buckets or a charged hose line capable of reaching all sides of the fire with 10 feet of reserve slack), and shall have at least one shovel on hand.
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  13. No fires shall be within 50 feet of structures, timber, dry grass, or roadway.
  14. The area must be cleared to bare mineral earth around the perimeter of the pile, the width of which shall be adequate to prevent the escape of fire.
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  16. Permission from a landowner, or owners designated representative, shall be obtained before starting an outdoor fire.
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  18. Burn piles shall not be larger than four feet, by four feet, by three feet.
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  20. Only one pile at a time shall be burned, and each pile shall be extinguished before lighting another.
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  22. If an outdoor container is used for burning, it shall be constructed of concrete or masonry with a complete enclosed combustion chamber and equipped with a permanently attached spark arrester constructed of iron heavy wire mesh, or other noncombustible material with opening not larger than one-half inch.
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  24. No fire shall be ignited within five hundred feet of forest slash.
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  26. Burning shall be done during periods of very light air movement.
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  28. Residential burning permits shall be issued for a period of 365 days.
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  30. Residential burning permits shall be issued at no cost to the property owner.

All burning shall be conducted in a manner that does not create a fire safety hazard or a nuisance for your neighbors.

The party(s) Burning and/or the property owner(s) are liable for the cost of fire suppression as a result of escapement of fire. Fees may be charged for Snohomish County Fire District No. 22 response to fire, which is determined to be not in compliance with state and local regulations.

The permission to burn as evidenced by these regulations, may be revoked by the Fire Chief of District #22 and or his/her Designee, or by any Federal, State, County or Regional agency having statutory authority and or jurisdiction, without reason, at any time and without prior notification.