While certain exemptions are found in each rule, it is important to note that there is no exemption from burns that create a public nuisance per Sac Metro Air District Rule For burn day status, information about outdoor burning, or for more information about burning call our Burn Day Status line at BURN Sac Metro Air District staff are not first responders and do not extinguish fires.
Contact your local fire department for any safety or hazard concerns related to fires. Agricultural burning is the burning of agricultural waste material by growers who are producing an agricultural commodity.
The agricultural material being burned must come from the same agricultural property it was grown on. Before burning, you must first obtain an annual agricultural burn permit.
Permittees must verify it is a legal burn day and receive authorization prior to burning by calling the burn day status line below after 8 AM AM. Prescribed burning or controlled burning is conducted by trained personnel to meet specific objectives such as resource management benefits, fire personnel training, or fire hazard reduction. Prescribed burns are also required to obtain an agricultural burn permit through the Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner's Office see above or the Sac Metro Air District.
Open burning is illegal in most parts of Sacramento County, including all cities within county boundaries. To report a complaint or suspected violation, call It is illegal to burn any solid fuel, including wood, manufactured logs and pellets. An update will be provided on Friday, December The daily air quality forecast is provided for ground-level ozone. Due to the unpredictable nature of wildfire smoke, the particulate matter levels are provided on the Current Conditions page.
There is also a wildfire page where you can see PM readings from both the permanent air monitors and temporary air monitors that have been deployed in the area. Please click on the fire page link above. Air quality has improved, but changing wind directions and fire conditions in Northern California, Oregon and Washington make it difficult to predict which part of the region could be affected by smoke at ground-level or haze aloft.
Please continue to be aware of air quality conditions in your area. If you can see smoke at ground-level or smell it, you should go indoors and avoid unnecessary outdoor activities. Click on Current Conditions to view the latest hourly readings at the Sacramento region's monitoring sites. Click on the PM 2. Parts of the Sacramento region will continue to see slightly elevated particulate matter levels during the overnight and morning hours due to drainage from the fire.
If you can see or smell smoke in your area, you should go indoors and avoid all unnecessary outdoor activities. The Sacramento region's 20th Spare The Air summer ozone season is underway. The Current Conditions page displays ozone monitoring site readings in the Sacramento region, but you can still view PM 2.
A very large grass fire is burning near Cal Expo. Heavy smoke is in the area. Follow local television and radio news for the latest updates on the situation. Summer sports are here! Air pollution poses a health risk to everyone, but especially to children because their lungs are still developing. The risk for everyone depends on your age, current health status and the length of exposure to the pollution. Pay attention to air pollution levels in the afternoon and early evening hours when our highest ozone readings are typically recorded.
Help reduce pollution levels. Reduce driving and postpone errands that can wait until air quality improves. In addition, a wildfire burning northeast of Foresthill is causing smoky conditions in the foothills of both Placer County and Yuba County. A wildfire burning northeast of Foresthill is causing smoky conditions in the foothills of both Placer County and Yuba County. Ground-level ozone is expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups category in several communities on Saturday, but it will not trigger a Spare The Air advisory for the Sacramento region.
Children, the elderly, and those individuals with pre-existing lung disease, heart disease or respiratory problems like asthma should take special care to limit afternoon outdoor physical activity.
Ground-level ozone is highest during the afternoon and early evening hours. A Spare The Air advisory in our region will be issued when the AQI for ground-level ozone is forecast to reach or above.
Our website is redesigned and ready for the summer. Check out the new updated AQI forecast display, graphs for each monitoring site on our Current Conditions page, and a list of community events on Scooter's Corner.
Our website's PM2. We anticipate the downtime will be 30 minutes or less. The maps will not be available during this time. Thank you for your patience. The low pressure system is keeping the atmosphere well mixed and dispersing pollutants. Particle levels will remain good in the region. Today, ground-level ozone pollution is forecast to reach - Unhealthy on the Air Quality Index. Calm winds, hot temperatures and a strong temperature inversion throughout the region yesterday resulted in higher than expected ozone levels in the Sacramento area.
Similar weather conditions are expected today. Despite a light to moderate Delta breeze dispersing some pollutants in the late afternoon hours, ozone levels will be Unhealthy. Thursday and Friday, the upper-level ridge of high pressure will weaken and AQI levels will drop. Sign up today and start receiving an email with the daily air quality forecast.
Air Alert is an easy way to stay aware of air pollution levels all year long. Pay attention to air pollution levels in the afternoon and early evening when our highest readings are typically recorded during the summer. Although days are getting shorter, ozone pollution still lurks in our air. We also continue to experience elevated particulate matter pollution readings due to smoky conditions from several wildfires burning in surrounding counties. If you smell smoke, or see smoke around you, please take precautions and consider restricting your outside activities.
This is especially important for children, the elderly, and people with respiratory or heart ailments. The Current Conditions page defaults to the region's ozone air monitoring sites. For particulate matter monitoring site readings, go to Current Conditions and click on the link "View PM 2. For more health information, please click on the "health effects" button to the left. This week our region is expected to have higher readings of ground-level ozone pollution, also known as smog.
That is a health concern for everyone. Pay attention to the daily air quality forecast. In addition, there will be smoke in parts of the Sacramento region due to wildfires. Breathing smoke is unhealthy. If you see or smell smoke you should remove yourself from the area or go indoors.
If you want to see the latest hourly pollution levels at the region's monitoring sites, visit the Current Conditions page of this website.
Cut back on trips, carpool to work or recreational activities and do your part to Spare The Air all summer long. Stuart Gibbons Park. Big Break Regional Shoreline.
The short answer is, yes! Fire pits are legal in most cities, however each city in Southern California has different ordinances for building fire pits , and it's good to check the laws for your city before building. In fact propane and natural gas are a more environmental alternative to wood burning fire pits. Sacramento -area air districts have issued a Spare the Air alert effective Tuesday due to a poor air quality forecast, the fifth such warning of A Spare the Air day is automatically triggered when the forecast for the day's ozone air quality index exceeds Tuesday is expected to reach a reading of Water is made up of two elements, hydrogen and oxygen.
Hydrogen is flammable, but oxygen is not. You can 't burn pure water , which is why we use it to put out fires instead of starting them. You can , however, break it down into hydrogen and oxygen by putting energy into it, in the form of an electric current. Keep your yard waste fire no more than 4 feet in circumference and 3 feet high and create a fire break -- a bare dirt area the same height and circumference as the fire -- around the burn area.
Add to the fire as it burns down rather than creating one massive pile. Use newspaper and matches only to light the fire. You can have a bonfire at any time on any day of the week but there are times when it is more courteous to others to do so.
Having your fire in the early morning or early evening in a bid to avoid causing a nuisance. Lighting up at midnight might not win your any friends. The Air Quality Management District says burning wood, pellets and manufactured fire logs in residential fireplaces , stoves and fire pits is prohibited until midnight Monday. Falling debris, water streaks, excessive soot or heat, and strong smells from your fireplace are warnings that you may have a problem with your fireplace.
If you experience a smoky smell inside your home when you light a fire, it is the most indicative sign that you may have a blockage in your chimney.
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