Permit Process:

You may come into the fire station to sign your completed Burn Permit or if you cannot come into the fire station, a copy can be printed from below. You must SIGN and RETURN a completed copy to the fire station before burning.

East Umatilla Fire & Rescue
422 W Mill St.
​PO Box 411
Weston, OR 97886
​(541) 566-2311

Burning Regulations for Umatilla County - Outside Open Burn Control Area
The following requirements apply to any burning, when allowed:

• You are responsible for any fire, smoke or odors created from open burning and for any damage that results from your fire.
• A responsible person must constantly attend any open burning.
• This person must be capable of and have the equipment to extinguish the fire.
• This person must also completely extinguish a fire before leaving it.
• The burning must be conducted between the hours of 7:30 AM and two hours before sunset.
• The fire cannot create a nuisance or a hazard to public safety.
• No burning can occur during a period when prohibited by the Department of Environmental Quality or the State Fire Marshal because of adverse fire safety, meteorological or air quality conditions.
• If you plan to move debris from one site to another and burn it you need a DEQ permit.

Smoke from the burning of the materials listed below are especially hazardous to people's health and the environment. These materials can never be open burned:

• Wet garbage
• Plastic
• Asbestos
• Wire insulation
• Automobile parts
• Asphalt
• Petroleum treated materials
• Painted wood and wood treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol
• Rubber products including tires
• Animal remains
• Animal or vegetable matter resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or service of food
• Any other material that emits dense smoke or noxious odors

 You need to apply for a letter permit with DEQ to burn the following types of material:

• Industrial - Includes the burning of waste, including process waste, produced as the direct result of any manufacturing or industrial process. 

You do not need a DEQ permit but must receive permission from your local Fire Department to burn the following types of material:

• Yard Debris - Includes wood, needle or leaf materials from trees, shrubs or plants from the real property immediately adjacent to a dwelling of not more than four family living units.

You do not need a DEQ permit, but need to contact the Department of Forestry to burn the following types of materials:

• Slash - Includes forest debris or woody vegetation to be burned that is related to the management of forestland used for growing and harvesting timber.