CAL FIRE Suspends Outdoor Residential Burning For Residents Living in Zone 1 (Below 3500’ Elevation)

San Andreas, CA…As fire danger in the region increases, CAL FIRE Tuolumne -Calaveras Unit (TCU) has suspended all burn permits for outdoor, open residential burning in Zone 1 (below 3500’) within the State -Responsibility Area of Tuolumne County, Calaveras County, Eastern Stanislaus County and Eastern San Joaquin County. This suspension takes effect Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. and bans all residential outdoor burning of landscape debris including branches and leaves for residents living in Zone 1 (below 3500’ elevation).

Property owners above 3,500 feet may continue to utilize residential burning to remove waste generated while creating and maintaining defensible space.

CAL FIRE TCU is asking residents to ensure that they are prepared for wildfires including maintaining a minimum of 100 feet of Defensible Space around every home.

Here are some tips to help prepare homes and property:
 Clear all dead and or dying vegetation 100 feet from around all structures.
 Landscape with fire safe plants and practice “hardscaping” techniques to provide spacing between planted areas.
 Find alternative ways to dispose of landscape debris like chipping or hauling it to a biomass energy or green waste facility.

CAL FIRE TCU may issue restricted temporary burning permits if there is an essential reason due to public health and safety. Agriculture, land management, fire training, and other industrial-type burning may proceed if a CAL FIRE TCU official inspects the burn site and issues a permit.

The suspension of burn permits in Zone 1 (below 3500’) for residential landscape debris does not apply to campfires within organized campgrounds or on private property. Campfires may be permitted if the campfire is maintained in such a manner as to prevent its spread to the wildland. A valid campfire permit is required and can be obtained online at PreventWildfireCA.org

For additional information on how to create Defensible Space, Home Hardening, Evacuation Planning and how to be prepared for wildfires, as well as tips to prevent wildfires, visit www.ReadyForWildfire.org.

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Docusign Envelope ID: 0DB94AF3-D6FC-4333-8CBC-A335C766192D
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8 Responses to "CAL FIRE Suspends Outdoor Residential Burning For Residents Living in Zone 1 (Below 3500’ Elevation)"

  1. Anonymous   May 20, 2025 1:11 pm - at 1:11 pm

    Cal Fire you need to do a walk through on Live Oak Dr. before you lose the town of Murphys

  2. Anonymous   May 20, 2025 3:05 pm - at 3:05 pm

    Camp Connell general store still open thought they been closed for years, never any car parked in there parking lot.

    • Anonymous   May 20, 2025 3:22 pm - at 3:22 pm

      ^^Good way to go tits up real quick.

      • Anonymous   May 20, 2025 3:24 pm - at 3:24 pm

        I lost my brown eye cherry in that parking lot years ago, Sniveler

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  5. Anonymous   May 21, 2025 7:56 am - at 7:56 am

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  6. Anonymous   May 21, 2025 9:05 am - at 9:05 am

    I need to get to the library and scrub the toilets, sniveler