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Please check the burn ban status to see if a temporary burn ban is in effect.
Some residents live in a permanent burn ban zone and are not eligible to apply for burn permits.
Burn Ban – Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue

When do I need an outdoor burn permit?

Outdoor burning permits are required for all outdoor burning, except for recreational fires (see description below). Much of the Central Kitsap area has been designated a “NO BURN ZONE” including all of Silverdale and much of the area to the East and Southeast towards Bremerton.  If you live outside of the “NO BURN ZONE”, and are within the CKFR limts, you can apply for a burn permit.

  • No permit is needed and they are allowed in the “NO BURN ZONE”.
  • Means cooking, camp and bonfires 3 feet or less in size for cooking, pleasure, and ceremonial purposes.
  • Must be situated 25′ away from any structures.
  • Only charcoal or dry firewood may be used.
  • NO milled lumber, treated or untreated, is allowed.
  • Fires must be in a designated fire pit.
  • Permissible only outside “No Burn Zones”.
  • Permit is required and valid through the last day of the calendar year.
  • Burn pile must not be larger than 4’L x 4’W x 3’H.
  • The burn pile must be 10 times the diameter of the pile from any structure.
  • No fire will be ignited before sunrise, and no material will be added to the fire after sunset.
  • The fire may NOT contain materials hauled from another property.
  • Burn only natural vegetation such as leaves, clippings or prunings.
  • Permissible only outside “No Burn Zones”.
  • Permit is required and valid for 14 days.
  • Burn pile must not be larger than 10’L x 10’W x 7’H.
  • The burn pile must be 10 times the diameter of the pile (to a maximum of 50 feet) from any structure.
  • No fire will be ignited before sunrise, and no material will be added to the fire after sunset.
  • The fire may NOT contain materials hauled from another property.
  • Burn only natural vegetation such as leaves, clippings or prunings.