MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES–The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective at 8 a.m. Wednesday, November 15th, hazard reduction burning will be allowed, with a valid CAL FIRE burn permit, in Madera, Mariposa, and Merced Counties. Burn permits can be obtained online by visiting Burnpermit.fire.ca.gov or by visiting your local CAL FIRE station. Burn ...
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CAL FIRE Suspends Burn Permits
MARIPOSA– After another wet winter and above average snowpack, warming temperatures and winds are quickly drying out the abundant annual grass crop. The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of ...
Read More »Mariposa and Madera Counties Burn Permits Required May 1st
MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES—The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective at 8 a.m. Monday, May 1 all hazard reduction burning in Mariposa and Madera Counties will require a CAL FIRE burn permit. For piles larger than 4×4, residents can obtain an LE-5 burn permit from any local CAL FIRE station. MADERA COUNTY Will ...
Read More »CAL FIRE Launches New Online Burn Permit Application
SACRAMENTO– The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has launched a new Online Burn Permit application platform that offers the public a user-friendly way to request a burn permit. Burn permits that are available on this platform include the following: • Residential Burning (LE-62A) is burning outdoors at a single or two-family dwelling unit or ...
Read More »Burn Permit Requirements Lifted In Mariposa County
MARIPOSA COUNTY–The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit has lifted burn permit requirements in Mariposa County — Effective Monday, December 19 at 8 AM. The burn permit requirement in Mariposa County will be lifted and residents will be able to resume burning on permissible burn days. Cooler temperatures, higher humidity, and winter weather have helped ...
Read More »Yosemite Declares End Of Fire Season
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK— Yosemite National Park (YNP) has recently experienced widespread precipitation and snow accumulation which has led to the closure of the fire season. The closure of the fire season occurs when there is a season-ending precipitation event totaling two inches or more. This also allows for residential pile burning to return. Helicopter 551, Yosemite’s helicopter that was ...
Read More »Cal Fire Lifts Burn Permit Requirement For Mariposa County
MARIPOSA — Cal Fire Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced that the burn permit requirement in Mariposa County has been lifted as of Monday, Jan. 22, at 8 a.m. Open burning will be allowed on “Permissive Burn Days” as established by Mariposa County Air Pollution Control District, without a Cal Fire burn permit. Permits are still required in Madera County. MMU would ...
Read More »Permit Required For Burning In Mariposa County
MARIPOSA COUNTY — The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit (MMU) has announced effective at 8 a.m. Monday, May 1, all hazard reduction burning will require a permit in Mariposa County. Permits are required year round in Madera County. The following guidelines are required when conducting a hazard reduction burn: Property owners conducting hazard reduction burning ...
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