Fire Marshals from Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD), City of Spokane Fire Department (SFD), Spokane County, City of Cheney, City of Airway Heights and City of Deer Park have all enacted the Fire Danger Burn Restriction effective Friday, July 22.
Campfires, backyard fire pits, and burning of fields and yard waste is not allowed. With high temperatures in the forecast, all Cities and Fire Agencies want to keep area communities safe from fire risk by reducing the number of human-caused wildfires. See Spokane County’s flyer here.
While the burn restriction is in place, any person found with a recreational fire or conducting open burning who fails to take immediate action to extinguish or otherwise discontinue such burning when ordered or notified to do so shall be charged with a misdemeanor. (IFC 109; SCC 3.02)
As of 8 a.m., Friday, October 14, local fire and county officials lifted their restrictions on outdoor burning, including recreational fires, in Spokane County (incorporated and unincorporated) that have been in place since July 22.
While restrictions have been lifted, it is important to follow requirements for specific outdoor burning programs – see https://spokanecleanair.org/burning/outdoor-burning/.
In some areas of Spokane County, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources still has restrictions on certain types of outdoor burning on state-protected lands – see https://www.dnr.wa.gov/burn-restrictions.