Check Before You Burn
Particulate matter pollution is a serious health threat. Wood smoke from fireplaces is the single largest contributor to air pollution in Sacramento County during the winter. It causes over 50 percent of of the fine particle pollution that we breathe each season. From November through February, the Sac Metro Air District wood burning law, Check Before You Burn, restricts or prohibits residential wood burning on days when fine particle pollution (PM2.5) is forecast to be high.
To protect public health and comply with the law, you should Check Before You Burn in any indoor or outdoor fireplace, wood stove, firepit or chiminea that burns wood, pellets, manufactured firelogs or any other solid fuel.
This law applies to residents and businesses in:
- Unincorporated Sacramento County
- Citrus Heights
- Elk Grove
- Folsom
- Galt
- Isleton
- Rancho Cordova
- Sacramento
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