Klamath County Public Health

 

Today is the last day for the Fall Open Burn inside the Air Quality Zone. The Air Quality Advisory from noon today Sunday November 11, 2018 until noon tomorrow Monday November 12, 2018 is GREEN.

The green advisory means:                             

1. All woodstoves, pellet stoves and fireplaces may be used inside and outside the air quality zone. 
2. Use only seasoned dry wood.
3. Outdoor burning is allowed in the air quality zone.  
4. Residential outdoor burning is allowed in the communities of Chiloquin, Sprague River, Beatty, Bly and Northern Klamath County. Please check with your local Fire District prior to burning. Burning within residential areas should be avoided, if the smoke impacts neighborhoods.  

The 2018 Fall Open Burning Window within the Klamath County Air Quality Zone began Saturday October 27, 2018 at 8 am, and will end at 5 p.m. today Sunday, November 11, 2018.

 

The conditions of the Fall 2018 Open Burning Window are:

·         Only residential yard waste, such as tree limbs, brush, and leaves may be burned.

·         No plastic, rubber, tar, petroleum products, treated wood or waste may be burned.

·          Burning of commercial, construction, demolition or industrial waste for these purposes requires a special permit from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.  Contact DEQ in Bend at (541) 388-6146.

·         All burning must occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. and be fully extinguished by 5 p.m.

      The Air Quality Advisory must be “GREEN and wind speed should be no more than 10mph      

 

      For air quality questions please call 541-883-5118.