Safe Burning in Alaska"Learn Before you Burn!"
- Burn Permits are required in Alaska from April 1st to August 31st.
*Burn permits are required state-wide unless area is covered by a more stringent local or federal permit. - Small Scale Burn Permits are required for burn barrels, burning a maintained lawn of less than 1 acre, and a brush pile of organic material not exceeding 10 feet in diameter by 4 feet in height.
- Large Scale Burn Permits are required for any burning of wooded debris that exceeds the size and complexity of the small-scale burn permit including agricultural parcels, land clearing, and logging operations. Additional equipment and site inspection may be required.
- Campfires less than 3 feet in diameter do NOT require a Burn Permit.
