Outdoor burning rules in Idaho Falls, ID — also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance — set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Open burning is prohibited inside Idaho Falls City limits unless a Fire Code Operational Permit is obtained first. Burning leaves, trash, construction debris and yard cleanup is illegal, and burn barrels are strictly prohibited - no permits are issued for that. Bonfires and irrigation/weed-control fires require a permit; Idaho DEQ also regulates air-quality burn conditions.
Per the Idaho Falls Fire Department, open burning is prohibited within City limits unless a permit is obtained first. It is illegal to burn leaves, trash, construction debris and yard cleanup inside the City, and burn barrels are strictly prohibited - no permits are issued for those types of burning. Bonfires (any fire greater than 3 feet in diameter and more than 2 feet high) and irrigation/weed-control fires are only permissible with a Fire Code Operational Permit issued by Idaho Falls Fire Prevention. The Fire Department lists specific prohibited materials including lawn clippings, construction waste, demolition/salvage debris, tires, plastics, paints, petroleum products, treated wood, railroad ties, and household and commercial waste. Anyone in Bonneville County Fire District No. 1 doing permitted open burning must contact fire dispatch in advance with the location and time, no regional burn restriction may be in place, and the fire must be monitored with means to extinguish at all times. Statewide, Idaho DEQ (under IDAPA 58.01.01 air-pollution rules and IDAPA 58.01.06 solid-waste rules) allows residential yard-waste and recreational burning only where local rules permit and no burn ban is active; DEQ provides an interactive 'Can I Burn?' map showing current burn status.
All Idaho Falls Fire Department officials are authorized to order an individual to extinguish any open burning that creates or adds to a hazardous or objectionable situation. When officials encounter illegal burning of trash and debris inside City limits, they extinguish the fire and educate the property owner. Fire-code violations are misdemeanors under City Code 7-10-3(L). Contact Idaho Falls Fire Prevention at (208) 612-8497 or fireprev@idahofallsidaho.gov for permits.
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