Request Residential Burning Permit

Step 1.Why Do I Need a Burn Permit

To keep you and your family safe from danger of fire it is necessary to review reference material and regulations.

Step 2.What Are The Regulations?

•  The approved permit shall be in possession of person doing burning or available for immediate inspection.
• Burn is only allowed during daylight hours. Fires must be extinguished at sundown.
• No burning during periods when surface wind speed is less than 5mph or more than 15mph.
• No burning during inclement or foggy conditions or on very cloudy days (ceiling less than 2000')
• No burning within 50 feet of any structure.
• No burning of heavy smoke producing materials including heavy oils, tires, tarpaper, or any material which gives off offensive odor or smoke that is of soiling soot content.
• The Fire Chief or his designee reserves the right to modify or revoke this permit at any time.
• A competent person shall constantly attend open fires and bonfires until such fire is extinguished. This person shall have a garden hose connected to a water supply or other approved fire extinguishing equipment readily available for use.
• Fire Dispatch will be notified prior to lighting the pile for authorization at 785-368-9514
• Fire Dispatch will be notified once the fire has been extinguished at 785-368-9514
• Burning operations shall meet the minimum requirements stated above and the open burning regulations of the State of Kansas: K.A.R. 28-19-645 – 28-19-648.

Step 3.What Can I Not Burn?

The following is a list of items which ARE NOT allowed to be burned within the city limits or within Shawnee County. The list includes, but is not limited to:

• Leaves
• Grass Clippings
• Paper
• Pallets
• Shingles
• Vinyl siding
• Masonite siding
• Wood paneling
• Primed or Painted wood
• Plywood
• Varnished or finished wood
• Housewrap (tyvek)
• Paint cans, rollers, brushes, trays
• Carpet and padding
• Linoleum
• Oriented-strand board (OSB)
• Wafer and Particle boards
• Caulking tubes
• Electrical wires
• Conduit pipe
• Junction boxes
• PVC pipe
• Plastics
• Insulation, fiberglass, foam, styrofoam
• Trash (residential or commercial)
• Treated Lumber (CCA)
• Railroad ties
• Telephone poles
• Wet or green timber
• Household furnishings
• Household hazardous wastes
• Asbestos material
• Petroleum products
• Dead animals
• Metals
• Tires
• Oil
• Aerosol cans

Step 4.Apply For Residential Burn Permit

Apply for Permit

Step 5.Thank you

Thank you for submitting your request.  The Fire Department will be in contact with you.