Submitted by Grays Harbor County Department of Public Services
UPDATED July 11, 2025
Effective 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2025. With the continued trend of warm and dry weather and increased fire danger across the region the Grays Harbor County Fire Marshal’s office and Fire Districts are enacting further restrictions on outdoor burning in Grays Harbor County until conditions moderate.
Fire safety burn bans are enacted when weather and fire fuel conditions reach a level of danger that may pose a threat to people and their property. The Department of Natural Resources has moved their fire risk on public lands in our region to ‘high’. This triggers the county’s process to enact the fire safety ban to minimize the threat of fires as much as possible.
At this time, recreational campfires, charcoal and wood burning devices, residential yard waste and land clearing burns are prohibited until further notice. The use of natural and propane gas burning barbeques, gas camp stoves and gas fire pits is allowed.
Previous release:
Effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday July 3, 2025; With the recent trend of warm and dry weather the Grays Harbor County Fire Marshal’s Office and Fire Districts will be enacting restrictions on outdoor burning in Grays Harbor County. This restriction includes residential yard waste and land clearing burning on a temporary basis until conditions moderate. All residential yard waste and land clearing burning is prohibited until further notice.
The use of charcoal briquettes and recreational campfires are allowed if built in improved barbeques, fire pits or in designated campgrounds, such as those typically found in local, county, state parks or commercial campgrounds.
On private land, campfires are permitted with the landowner’s permission if built in the following approved manner:
• The campfire shall be no greater than 3 feet in diameter and constructed of a ring of metal, stone or brick 8 inches above the ground surface, with a 2-foot-wide area cleared down to exposed soil surrounding the outside of the pit.
• The campfire shall have an area at least 10 feet around it cleared of all flammable material and at least 20 feet of clearance from structures, overhead flammable materials and fuels.
• The campfire must be attended at all times by a responsible person at least 16 years old with the ability to extinguish the fire with a shovel and a 5-gallon bucket of water or with a connected and charged water hose.
Completely extinguish campfires by pouring water or moist soil in them and stirring with a shovel until all parts are cool to the touch. The use of self-contained camp stoves is encouraged as an alternative.
For information about fires on local beaches, visit Alerts | Washington State Parks or call Washington State Parks: 360-289-3553
For more information on local fire restrictions
Fire Districts: Emergency pages of the local telephone book
Grays Harbor County: Fire Marshal’s Office at 360.249.4222
City Fire Departments: Government pages of the local telephone book
Washington State Department of Natural Resources: Pacific Cascade Regional Office at
360.577.2025, or Olympic Region Office at 360.374.2800, or their Fire Center at 360.575.5089
Olympic Region Clean Air Agency: 1.800.422.5623
Olympic National Park: 360.565.3130
Olympic National Forest: 360.956.2402
For daily updates on burn restrictions
Contact DNR at 1-800-323-BURN or visit the DNR website
Contact ORCAA at 1-800-422-5623 or visit the ORCAA website.
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