Recreational Fires

  • If a fire safety ban is in effect it is OK to have a recreational fire. You must check Puget Sound Clean Air website www.pscleanair.org or call 1-800-595-4341 for burn ban information.
  • If you live in unincorporated King County or City of Redmond
  • If the recreational fire is:
    • On private property
    • In an approved fire pit
    • Small, not tall (can’t exceed 3 ft X 2ft)
    • A metal or concrete fire pit, such as those typically found in designated campgrounds.
    • Example of a metal fire pit
    • Example of a stone fire pit (external links)
    • Fueled right-Only use charcoal, dried firewood or manufactured fire logs (anything else is illegal!)
    • Attended by someone at all times who is capable of extinguishing the fire
    • Is extinguished before leaving it
    • Not a nuisance to your neighbors (don’t smoke them out!)

  • If an air pollution ban IS in effect, you CANNOT have a recreational fire. YOU must check Puget Sound Clean Air website www.pscleanair.org or call 1-800-595-4341 for burn ban information.

What is a “recreational” fire?

Cooking fire
Charcoal BBQ
Campfire
Bonfire

or

Fires lit in chimineas
Fire pits
Fire bowls
Similar free-standing devices commonly sold at home-improvement stores and mass retailers.