Oakland, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

4, titled '"Red-flag" and other high fire risk conditions,' to the Oakland Fire Code. It states that open burning, including recreational fires and fires within portable outdoor fireplaces, is not permitted on 'red-flag' or other days that pose a high fire risk, as determined by the Fire Code Official. 4, this is a categorical, day-specific ban: it doesn't matter whether a fire is 15 feet from a structure or otherwise compliant, if the Fire Code Official has flagged the day as high-risk, no open burning of any kind covered by this section is allowed.

020 and the Bureau's administrative authority over Title 15's fire-safety chapters. Red-flag warnings in Oakland typically track the National Weather Service's fire-weather alerts for the East Bay hills, but the ordinance gives the Fire Code Official independent authority to declare 'other days which pose a high fire risk' even absent a formal NWS red-flag warning, meaning the City can restrict burning during dry, wind-driven conditions the Weather Service hasn't specifically flagged. Because the section sits inside the broader 2025 California Fire Code adoption (Ordinance No. 12 violations.