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Prescribed Fire or Planned Ignition Burns
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Prescribed fire or planned ignition burn permits are issued year-round to land management agencies.
- Prescribed fire or planned ignition burn permits allow land management agencies to burn:
- Less than 10 acres of grass or less than 5 acres of other vegetation.
- Less than 50 piles of slash piles per project (i.e., branches less than 6
inches in diameter).
Note: If you are burning more than the above thresholds, you must apply for a burn permit
with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Air Pollution Control Division.
Please visit their website at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/smoke/Index.html.
Notification
- For all burns, you are required to contact
- Your local
fire department on the day of the burn.
- Boulder County Communications at 303-441-4444 on the day of the burn.
- Boulder County Public Health on or before the
day of the burn (email
or call 303-441-1174).
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Restrictions
- Burns must adhere to the submitted burn plan or smoke
management plan.
- Proper communication must be made to the public of the burn, especially
to the smoke-sensitive areas listed on the permit.
- Burning is not allowed when a
red pollution advisory is in effect
during the high pollution season (November 1 – March 31).
- Between November 1 and February 28, burning is NOT allowed at altitudes below 6,400 feet.
- For burns between 6,400–7,000 feet from November 1
– March 31,
applicants must comply with the air quality forecasts of
red/blue days.
Call 303-758-4848 or visit
http://apcd.state.co.us/psi/main.html.
- For burns above 7,000 feet from November 1 – March
31,
the burn may occur on red or
blue days if local dispersion conditions are “fair" or better. Local fire managers are responsible for obtaining information about local dispersion conditions.
- If the burn occurs from April 1 – October 31, applicants must comply with the
burn index and ozone action alert day restrictions. Call
303-782-0211 or visit
http://apcd.state.co.us/psi/o3_advisory.phtml.
All applicable state and local regulations must be met. The permit is
for compliance with the state air pollution control requirements only
and must not violate any existing state or local laws, rules,
regulations, or ordinances regarding fire, zoning, or building.
All permit requests will be evaluated by BCPH in accordance with the following policy:
If a practical alternative method of disposal exists for any
material being requested to be open burned, then an open burning
permit may be denied. In making such a determination, it should be
remembered that a practical alternative method of disposal does not
have to be as convenient or as cost-effective as open burning. The
size of the burn and impact on local air quality will also be taken
into consideration.
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