Kirkland Fire Department Terminates Fire Safety Burn Ban

Published on October 24, 2022

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Media Contact:
Mark Jung
Battalion Chief, Fire Marshal
mjung@kirklandwa.gov
(425) 587-3623

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Effective immediately, the Kirkland Fire Department (KFD), in coordination with the King County Fire Chief’s Association and the King County Fire Marshal’s Office, is terminating a Fire Safety Burn Ban that went into effect September 9.  Due to recent precipitation and cooler weather, wildland fuels have recovered moisture and the local wildland fire danger has reduced to a level where it is safe to resume all properly regulated fires.

Termination of this Burn Ban means recreational and residential fires are now allowed in the City, per KFD’s Fire Prevention Bureau outdoor burning requirements. This means recreational fires are allowed without a permit, as long as:

  • The fire is no larger than three feet in diameter and two feet in height.
  • Recreational fires are not within 25 feet of a structure or combustible material, such as a wooden fence, trees, brush, or tall grass.
  • Recreational fires are continually attended to until the fire is completely extinguished.
  • Some means of extinguishing the fire is readily available, such as a portable fire extinguisher, dirt, sand, a water barrel, or water hose.
  • The driest wood available is used in order to produce the least amount of smoke possible.  If the smoke from your fire is an irritant to neighbors, you may have to extinguish the fire. 

See more about outdoor burning requirements in Kirkland from KFD’s Fire Prevention Bureau.