As of Monday, July 25, 2022, at 7 am, all fire agencies within Washington County have enacted a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban, based on a recommendation made by the Washington County Fire Defense Board. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.
A City of Hillsboro ordinance provides residents and visitors with cleaner air and a safer community by limiting indoor burning during periods of poor air quality and banning outdoor burning of trash and yard debris year-round. Visit our Burning and Air Quality webpage to learn more.
The burn ban prohibits all the following:
- Backyard or open burning (branches, yard debris, etc.)
- Agricultural burning (agricultural wastes, crops, field burning, etc.).
- Any other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris, or controlled burning.
- Small outdoor cooking, warming, or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.
- Barbeque grills, smokers, and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.
Fire chiefs in Washington County encourage the public to use extreme caution with activities that could start a fire. It is everyone’s responsibility to prevent and be prepared for wildfires. Washington County fire agencies include Banks Fire District #13, Cornelius Fire Department, Forest Grove Fire Department, Gaston Rural Fire District, Hillsboro Fire & Rescue, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue.
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