Yorba Linda, CA Fire Regulations: Outdoor Burning (2026)
Outdoor burning rules in Yorba Linda, CA, also called the burn ban, open burning, or fire restriction ordinance, set when you can burn yard waste, debris, or run a recreational fire.
Key Facts
- Enforcing agency
- Orange County Fire Authority
- Wind/humidity trigger
- Sustained wind over 8 mph, humidity under 25%
- Absolute wind cutoff
- 20 mph sustained winds, any fuel
- Rubbish burning
- Approved incinerator only
- Governing code
- California Fire Code Section 305.6
Summary
In the City of Yorba Linda, open fires burning wood or solid fuel are banned whenever sustained winds exceed 8 mph with relative humidity under 25%, a red flag condition is declared, or the fire code official posts a warning. No outdoor fire of any fuel type is allowed once winds exceed 20 mph or the fire code official finds it hazardous.
305.6 Hazardous conditions. Outdoor fires burning wood or other solid fuel are not allowed when any of the following conditions applies: 1. When predicted sustained winds exceed 8 MPH and relative humidity is less than 25%, or a red flag condition has been declared. 2. When an official sign was caused to be posted by the fire code official, or a public announcement is made. No outdoor fires using any fuel type are permitted when predicted sustained winds exceed 20 MPH or when such fires present a hazard as determined by the fire code official.
Full Breakdown
Yorba Linda Municipal Code Section 15.08.050 adds California Fire Code Section 305.6, Hazardous Conditions, prohibiting outdoor fires burning wood or other solid fuel when predicted sustained winds exceed 8 mph and relative humidity is below 25%, when a red flag condition has been declared, or when the fire code official has posted an official sign or made a public announcement. The section further bars any outdoor fire, regardless of fuel type, once predicted sustained winds exceed 20 mph or when the fire code official determines the fire presents a hazard.
The same amendment adds Section 305.7, requiring that rubbish, trash or combustible waste material be burned only within an approved incinerator and in accordance with Section 307.2.1. Section 327.1, also added locally, restricts welding, cutting torches, tar pots, grinding devices and similar spark-producing equipment within or near forest, brush or non-irrigated grass-covered land in Wildfire Risk Areas, requiring a thirty-foot clearance of flammable material or an AHJ-approved alternate method, plus a serviceable shovel and backpack pump fire extinguisher on site during the work. The Orange County Fire Authority enforces these hazardous-conditions and open-burning restrictions under the 2025 California Fire Code as locally amended.
Violations & Fines
Igniting or maintaining an outdoor fire in violation of the wind, humidity, red-flag, or posted-warning conditions in Fire Code Section 305.6 violates Municipal Code Section 15.08.050. Under Section 113.4, any violation of the Fire Code is subject to penalties under the OCFA Prevention Field Services fee schedule, with each day of a continuing violation deemed a separate offense; Section 113.4.2 makes it a misdemeanor to fail to immediately abate a fire hazard once ordered to do so by the fire chief or an authorized representative.
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