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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Enacts Burn Ban, Increases Staffing (Photo) - 06/12/26

Beginning June 13 at 12:01 a.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) will enact a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban. Outdoor burning will be banned throughout TVFR’s jurisdiction, which includes portions of Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas and Yamhill counties.

 

In preparation for the hot weather this weekend, TVF&R will staff additional wildland response units to increase fire response capabilities.

 

The High-Fire Danger Burn Ban is coordinated with the Washington County Fire Defense Board and Oregon Department of Forestry. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.

 

The Burn Ban prohibits all of the following:

  1. All backyard or open burning (of branches, yard debris, etc.).
  2. All agricultural burning (agricultural waste, crops, field burning, etc.).
  3. All other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris or controlled burning.

 

The Burn Ban does not prohibit:

  1. Small outdoor cooking, warming or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.
  2. Barbeque grills, smokers and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.

 

More restrictive fire safety rules may exist on and within 1/8 mile of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)-protected land throughout much of rural Washington County. ODF restrictions may include prohibitions on campfires, smoking, target shooting, powered equipment, motorized vehicles, and other public/private landowner and industrial fire restrictions. More details about ODF fire restrictions are available at https://gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html.

 

Outdoor fires started in violation of this burn ban may be immediately extinguished. If a fire agency responds to a fire started in willful violation of this burn ban, the person responsible may be liable for all costs incurred, as well as legal fees per ORS 478.965.

 

TVF&R urges residents to use extreme caution with smoking materials, barbecues, and other open flames. Visit www.tvfr.com for more tips, including how to protect a home located in a wildland urban interface, from a potential wildfire.

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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Enacts Burn Ban, Increases Staffing (Photo) - 06/12/26

Beginning June 13 at 12:01 a.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) will enact a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban. Outdoor burning will be banned throughout TVFR’s jurisdiction, which includes portions of Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas and Yamhill counties.

 

In preparation for the hot weather this weekend, TVF&R will staff additional wildland response units to increase fire response capabilities.

 

The High-Fire Danger Burn Ban is coordinated with the Washington County Fire Defense Board and Oregon Department of Forestry. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.

 

The Burn Ban prohibits all of the following:

  1. All backyard or open burning (of branches, yard debris, etc.).
  2. All agricultural burning (agricultural waste, crops, field burning, etc.).
  3. All other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris or controlled burning.

 

The Burn Ban does not prohibit:

  1. Small outdoor cooking, warming or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.
  2. Barbeque grills, smokers and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.

 

More restrictive fire safety rules may exist on and within 1/8 mile of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)-protected land throughout much of rural Washington County. ODF restrictions may include prohibitions on campfires, smoking, target shooting, powered equipment, motorized vehicles, and other public/private landowner and industrial fire restrictions. More details about ODF fire restrictions are available at https://gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html.

 

Outdoor fires started in violation of this burn ban may be immediately extinguished. If a fire agency responds to a fire started in willful violation of this burn ban, the person responsible may be liable for all costs incurred, as well as legal fees per ORS 478.965.

 

TVF&R urges residents to use extreme caution with smoking materials, barbecues, and other open flames. Visit www.tvfr.com for more tips, including how to protect a home located in a wildland urban interface, from a potential wildfire.

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Attached Media Files: IMG_5741.jpeg,