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