Fire Regulations in Tehama County, CA (2026)
4 rules for unincorporated Tehama County, California.
Verified from official government sources
Fireworks
Discharging fireworks, firearms, BB guns, or slingshots is banned on the grounds of any Tehama County public cemetery in the unincorporated county; no broader county-wide fireworks ban appears in the code.
Tehama County Cemetery Fireworks Ban
Significant RestrictionsTehama County Code § 13.20.020(C)
To shoot or discharge a firearm, fireworks, BB gun, pellet gun, slingshot or other type of weapon upon the premises of a cemetery. This prohibition shall not be applicable to the discharge of firearms as a portion of any traditional type of funeral or burial service.
Brush Clearance
Tehama County requires unincorporated-area property owners to keep weeds, grass, and brush from becoming a fire hazard and to maintain firebreaks, with a specific 30-foot firebreak rule for smaller unimproved lots next to developed parcels.
Tehama County Firebreak and Brush Clearance Rules
Some RestrictionsTehama County Code § 9.05.050
On parcels of urban lands that are between two and ten acres in size and unimproved with structures, and where adjacent parcels are improved with structures firebreaks shall be required adjacent to and along all parcel lines for a width of thirty feet.3.On parcels of urban lands that are improved with structures or more than ten acres the firebreak requirements shall be the same as specified in...
Outdoor Burning
Tehama County bans residential debris burning across the unincorporated area every June 1 through fire season's end (July 1 in the Mineral/Childs Meadows area), requiring an LE-62A permit outside the ban; Red Bluff, Corning, and the City of Tehama are excluded.
Tehama County Residential Debris Burn Ban
Significant RestrictionsTehama County Code § 9.12.050
All residential debris burning shall be banned during the period including June 1st to the end of the declared fire season each year in all areas of Tehama County with the exception of the following: All residential debris burning within the communities of Mineral, Childs Meadows, Deer Creek and Mill Creek shall be banned during the period including July 1st to the end of the declared fire seas...
Wildfire Zones
Tehama County's Fire Safe Regulations impose minimum wildfire protection standards, access roads, water supply, signage, and vegetation clearance, on new construction and subdivisions approved after October 1, 1991, across the unincorporated county, matching CAL FIRE's own minimums.
Tehama County Wildfire Protection Standards
Some RestrictionsTehama County Code § 9.14.002
These regulations have been prepared and adopted for the purpose of establishing minimum wildfire protection standards in conjunction with building, construction and development in the county. The future design and construction of structures, subdivisions and developments in the county shall provide for basic emergency access and perimeter wildfire protection measures as specified in the follow...
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