With the local forecast for low humidity, higher than average temperatures and gusty winds from passing thunderstorms across Interior Alaska, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection is suspending burn permits for the Fairbanks, Salcha and Railbelt prevention areas beginning Sunday, June 16. The suspensions will be in affect until conditions improve. To see if it’s safe to burn, contact your local burn permit hotline listed below.
Burning of debris piles or utilizing a burn barrel is prohibited. Please note that cooking and warming types fires are still allowed but extreme caution must be used due to high wildfire potential should an ember escape or a fire be left unattended or not completely put out.
Please check https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn/fireareas or call the burn permit hotline listed below for the most current updates.
State law requires those wanting to conduct any open burning on state, private and municipal lands from April 1 through Aug. 31 to get burn permits from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection either online or at your local DOF office. This includes burning brush piles, using burn barrels, agricultural burning and burning of maintained lawns. Burn permits are NOT required for camping, cooking or warming fires less than three feet in diameter with flame lengths less than two feet high. However, it’s not suggested during windy days or when and where there are red flag warnings.
You can also find more information about the Forestry burn permit program and suspensions at https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn
For current information on DOF Burn Permits, call the hotline at DOF Area Offices:
- Tok – (907) 883-1413 ext. 2303
- Delta – (907) 895-5483
- Fairbanks – (907) 451-2631
- Mat-Su Area – (907)761-6312
- Kenai-Kodiak – (907)260-4269
- Southwest – (907)524-3010
- Haines (Northern Southeast Area) – (907)766-2120
- Valez/Copper River – (907)822-8665
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