Fire-Safety Burn Bans now in effect throughout region
Residents who have yard waste to dispose of should look into clean alternatives to burning. Alternatives such as chipping and composting help keep our air clean and healthful. Those alternatives can also be used all summer, unlike burning.
Because of wildfire and public safety concerns in our wooded counties, seasonal burn bans are now in effect throughout ORCAA’s jurisdiction
Prohibitions on residential outdoor burning are now in effect in Jefferson, Clallam and Thurston Counties. Land Clearing burning is now prohibited in all six ORCAA counties (Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Pacific and Thurston) due to a summer-long ban called state-wide by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
These seasonal bans continue through the summer.
The restrictions on outdoor burning during the summer and early autumn has resulted in a significant drop in brush fires and property damage each of the past couple years, according to fire officials.
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