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Spare the Air Status

Friday 8/14

There is no Spare the Air alert in effect Today.

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Air Quality Fact

When the weather is warm and stagnant, high concentrations of ozone can form. Ground level ozone irritates the lungs and is unhealthy to breathe, especially for people with repiratory problems, children, the elderly, and anyone who exercises outdoors.

Open Burning

Open burning is generally prohibited in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District with the exception of seventeen (17) types of fires which are allowed by Regulation 5 Open Burning.

Each allowable fire type may only be conducted during its permissive burn period. The Air Pollution Control Officer may extend the burn periods for orchard pruning and crop replacement fires. In addition, most allowable fires are limited to Burn Days, as declared by the Air District.

Any proposed burn may also be restricted by local fire or other officials.

In addition, the fire types that require notification to the District prior to ignition and the public official who has the authority to approve a proposed burn are also presented in Permissive Burn Periods tables.

Prior notification to the District must be made by faxing a completed Open Burning Prior Notification Form to the Air District's office in San Francisco at (415) 928-0338 or by mailing the completed form to:

Compliance and Enforcement Division
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
939 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

Note: mailed notifications must be postmarked at least five days prior to burning.

Open Burning Forms

Form Name Division Downloads
All Allowable Fires ENF All Allowable Fires
Hazard Reduction Fires ENF Hazard Reduction Fires
Marsh Burn ENF Marsh Burn Smoke Management Plan Form and Instructions
Prescribed Burn Smoke Management Plan Form and Instructions ENF Prescribed Burn Smoke Management Plan Form and Instructions
Pruning Attrition ENF Pruning Attrition
Vineyard or Orchard Pruning and Attrition Fires ENF Vineyard or Orchard Fires

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