06/11/2026
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป
Beginning Monday, June 15, 2026, at 12:01 am, all fire agencies within Washington County will enact a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban, based on a recommendation made by the Washington County Fire Defense Board and in alignment with the Oregon Department of Forestry. Washington County fire agencies include: Banks Fire District #13, Cornelius Fire Department, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Gaston Rural Fire District, Hillsboro Fire & Rescue, and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.
The burn ban prohibits all the following:
- Backyard or open burning (branches, yard debris, etc.).
- Agricultural burning (agricultural wastes, crops, field burning, etc.).
- Any other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris, or controlled burning.
The burn ban does not prohibit:
- 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.
- Barbecue 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 in violation of this burn ban may be immediately extinguished. If a fire agency responds to a fire that has been 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.
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒโ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐.
