- 1). Apply for a burn permit. Different permits are required for different types of burns. Apply for an agricultural burn permit if you need to burn a field that covers more than 1/2 acre. Apply for a pile burn permit if you need to burn to control a documented pest emergency or if you need to burn isolated piles of agricultural vegetation. Apply for a spot burn permit to burn areas 1/2 acre or smaller. Apply for a bale agricultural residue permit if you need to burn broken, mildewed or pest-infested bales of vegetation. Pay the required fees with your application.
- 2). Get approval from authorities on the day you want to burn. You need approval from both the Department of Ecology and your local fire department. Register for email notifications or designated burn days or call the Department of Ecology to hear a prerecorded message that announces which areas are approved to legally burn that day. If the Department of Ecology designates the day as a burn day, contact your local fire department for permission to burn that day.
- 3). Burn your field, pile or bale. Keep track of the time you ignite your burn and the time it burns out.
- 4). Submit your Post Burn Report Blue Card electronically via the Department of Ecology's website. Report your name, your permit number, the time the burn started and ended, the wind speed and direction, and the number of acres, piles or bales you burned.
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