Open Burning Regulations
What type of burning DOES NOT require a permit?
- Barbeque pits - a manufactured piece of equipment or permanent structure used for the preparation of food, using only wood, charcoal, or fuel gas.
- Fires contained within outdoor fireplaces or portable outdoor fireplaces being used in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and not using a prohibited fuel. For list of prohibited fuels see below.
- Agricultural burning permitted by and subject to the restrictions of Colorado Revised Statutes.
What type of burning DOES require a permit?
- Open burning: fire not contained in an allowable device
- Recreational fires: fire not contained in an allowable device, 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height (similar to a campfire).
- Bonfires: fire not contained in a chamber, greater than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in height
- Fires for recognized silvicutural or range management
Permits will only be issued to the owner of the land where the fire will be.
What’s NOT OK to burn?
These items are prohibited in all fires and Open Burning Permits WILL NOT be issued:
- Plastics, tires, plastic tarps, electric wiring, plumbing materials, plastic irrigation pipe and ducts.
- Vehicles, trailers, mobile homes, campers, tents, or parts from these items.
- Houses, barns, animal shelters, sheds, buildings, lean-to's, garages.
- Chemicals of any kind: paint, fuels, polyurethane, thinners, solvents.
- Furniture, coated wood, manufactured wood (laminates, plywood, particle board).
- Electric wiring, boxes, electronic equipment, or anything with a circuit board.
- Green lumber, leaves, recently cut limbs and logs.
- Any compostable plant material.
- Manure, urine-soaked materials, animal droppings, corral bedding.
- Deceased animals and animal parts, offal.
- Commercially-derived materials (wastes from business entities).
How do I obtain a permit?
- Contact Fire Marshal Greg Becker at 970-339-3920 x205 or gbecker@evansfiredistrict.org.
What else do I need to know?
- Open burning, recreational fires and use of portable outdoor fireplaces should be constantly attended until the fire is extinguished. A fire extinguisher or other approved on-site fire-extinguishing equipment, such as dirt, sand, water barrel, garden hose or water truck, should be available near any burning for immediate use.
- Fire District representatives may order any fire to be extinguished based on current conditions. Any allowable burning (permit required or not) that becomes offensive or objectionable because of smoke emissions or when conditions or local circumstances make the fire hazardous, will be prohibited.
