Redding, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)

Outdoor burning around Redding involves three overlapping authorities. (1) Inside Redding city limits: Open burning of weeds, brush, and rubbish is generally prohibited; Redding Municipal Code Chapter 9.36 (Weed and Rubbish Abatement) requires residents to dispose of cleared vegetation through approved means (curbside green-waste collection, Solid Waste Transfer Station, or a CAL FIRE chipping event) rather than burning. (2) Air-quality layer: Redding is within the Shasta County Air Quality Management District, which declares each day either a Burn Day or a No-Burn Day; burning is prohibited on No-Burn Days, and the AQMD prohibits burning of trash, leaves, lumber, plastic, tires, and treated wood year-round. (3) State wildland layer: For parcels in CAL FIRE State Responsibility Areas surrounding Redding, a CAL FIRE Shasta-Trinity Unit burn permit from burnpermit.fire.ca.gov is required before any outdoor burn and is suspended during the annual fire-season closure (typically May 1 through fall rains). Permitted burn hours below 1,000 feet elevation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with the fire fully out by 5 p.m.; above 1,000 feet, 9:00 a.m. to midnight. Recreational fires meeting California Fire Code Section 307.4.2 are treated separately and remain available outside no-burn periods.