Perris, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Perris adopts the California Fire Code through Title 20 of the Perris Municipal Code, enforced by CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire. Under California Fire Code Section 307.1, no person may kindle or maintain open burning unless it is conducted and approved in accordance with Sections 307.1.1 through 307.5, and Section 307.2 requires a permit from the fire code official for recognized silvicultural, range or wildlife-management burning. Section 307.4 sets the baseline that the location for open burning must be not less than 50 feet from any structure, with conditions that could cause the fire to spread eliminated beforehand. Section 307.3 authorizes the fire code official to order extinguishment where open burning creates a hazardous situation or where a required permit was not obtained. Separately, because non-desert Riverside County including Perris is in the South Coast Air Basin, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) regulates open burning and routinely issues mandatory no-burn (Check Before You Burn) orders when fine-particle pollution is forecast to be high. Burning household trash, construction debris, and most yard waste is not permitted, and even agricultural or hazard-reduction burning is limited to permissive burn days authorized by the air district. Practically, this means Perris residents cannot legally burn leaves, brush piles or rubbish in their yards; vegetation should be disposed of through green-waste collection rather than burned.