Dublin, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Dublin lies within the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), which covers all of Alameda County. BAAQMD Regulation 5 prohibits open burning throughout the Bay Area except for 17 narrowly defined fire types (mostly agricultural and natural-resource-management fires) that are allowed only on designated "burn days." Per BAAQMD's open burning fact sheet, it is illegal to burn residential yard waste such as leaves, grass, landscape debris, or garden trimmings, and burning garbage is prohibited anywhere in the Bay Area at any time of year. Dublin is fully urbanized and is not an agricultural-burn area, so for practical purposes residential open burning is not allowed. Most permitted burn types require advance notification to the air district and payment of a fee, and prescribed/vegetation-management burns require an approved Smoke Management Plan and a daily acreage allocation. Separately, Dublin has adopted the California Fire Code (DMC Chapter 5.08), and any open burning the fire code might otherwise allow still requires a permit from the Alameda County Fire Department and must comply with BAAQMD rules. Recreational fires and barbecues are regulated separately and are not considered prohibited "open burning." To report an illegal fire, BAAQMD operates a hotline at 1-800-334-ODOR.