Outdoor Burning

You can convert dead leaves and grass clippings into healthy food for your landscape. Composting is a convenient and affordable way to manage yard waste, creating nutrient rich mulch that will improve your soil and the health of your plants. Home composting also serves as an invaluable educational tool, teaching youngsters about conservation, the cycle of life, and inter-connectedness of the natural world.

Items Ideal for Composting

● Grass clippings
● Leaves
● Prunings
● Wood chips

For more recycling and composting

information go to

www.your.kingcounty.gov/solid waste

Recreational Fires and Rule Burning *

Are defined as cooking fires and charcoal BBQ’s, campfires and bonfires that occur on private property for cooking, pleasure or ceremonial purposes. Fires lit in chimneys, fire bowls, and similar free-standing devices also fall under this definition.

Fires must not exceed three feet in diameter or two feet in height. Only dry firewood, charcoal, or manufactured fire logs may be used. The area should be clear of vegetation that could allow the fire to spread and must be at least 25 feet away from any structures.

Recreational Fires are prohibited during an air quality or fire danger phase 2 burn ban. *

"Rule Burning” is allowed without a permit on the 1st and 2nd weekends in April and the 3rd and 4th weekends in October. Rule burning must meet all of the same requirements as residential burning.

Contact the Fire Department before you burn to determine if there is a burn ban in effect or if the regulations have changed in your area - 425-222-5841.

King County Fire District 27
4301-334th Pl SE, Fall City, WA 98024

Compost it Instead

Recycling Yard Debris
Tree, brush, yard debris and non treated wood
can be recycled at the following locations for
a nominal fee:

Rainier Wood Recyclers

33216 Redmond - Fall City Rd SE, Fall City, WA 98024

425-222-0008 www.rainierwoodrecyclers.com

Cedar Falls Transfer Station

16925 Cedar Falls Rd SE, North Bend, WA 98045

206-296-4466 King County Solid Waste-Cedar Falls

Cedar Grove Composting

17825 Cedar Grove Rd, Maple Valley, WA 98038

1-877-764-5748 www.cedar-grove.com

Yard waste pick-up

May be available from your local refuse company.
Contact Allied Waste Disposal 1-800-221-4508.

Fire District 27 does not endorse the providers listed.
The list is provided as a courtesy to the public

Unlawful Outdoor
Burning

Illegal materials:
Garbage, asphalt, petroleum products, paints, rubber, plastics, dead animals, cardboard, paper (other than what is necessary to start a fire) treated wood, demolition and construction debris, metal, or any substance that releases toxic emissions, dense smoke, or obnoxious odors.

It’s illegal to smoke out your neighbor, the emissions of smoke from the fire cannot be detrimental to the health or safety of any person, cause damage to property or business, or create a nuisance.

Outdoor residential burning is not allowed in any urban growth area or in any high density areas with populations of one thousand persons per square mile.

Land clear burning is prohibited

as of July 1, 2008 in King, Pierce and Snohomish Counties.

Violations Carry Stiff Penalties

If you violate outdoor burning regulations you can be fined a minimum fine of $2,000 plus the cost of the Fire Department’s response.

Burn Barrels are illegal

Frequently Asked
Questions

Do I need a permit to burn?
Yes - Outdoor Residential yard debris burning requires a permit from the Fire Department. A recreational fire does not require a permit.

Is there a permit fee? No

What are the size limitations and setback requirements for a residential yard debris burn pile? The burn pile cannot exceed 4 feet in diameter by 3 feet in height and the fire must be at least 50 feet away from any structure.

What materials can I burn? Only natural vegetation, yard debris, clippings and branches originating from your property.

Are there times when burning is not allowed? Yes, during an air pollution episode, impaired air quality, fire danger ban or if the wind is blowing in excess of seven mph.

Other Rules that Apply: The person responsible for the fire must contact the Fire Department each day to inquire about burning conditions prior to igniting the fire. A person capable of extinguishing the fire must attend it at all times, and it must be extinguished before leaving it. Burning is to be conducted during day light hours only.