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Did you know that residential outdoor burning and burn barrels are prohibited in the Yakima Urban area?

Posted on April 21, 2017

Within the city limits and urban growth area in Yakima, it is illegal to burn garbage, debris or yard waste. You can be fined for illegally burning, don’t be that example! To learn more, visit

https://www.yakimacleanair.org/services/compliance-public.html

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/outdoor_woodsmoke/residentialburn.htm

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Phone: For life-threatening emergencies, dial 911
Non-emergency number: (509) 575-6060

Address
401 North Front Street
Yakima, WA 98901

Office Hours:
8am – 5pm, Monday-Friday

Alarm Totals

Fire:715
EMS/Rescue:9,682
Rupture/Explosions:12
Service Call:1,113
Good Intent (report of fire/other hazardous conditions):286
Hazardous Condition:179
False Call:575
All Other Calls: 11
Responses for 2023:12,573
Total Responses for 2015: 8,989 / 2016: 9,318 / 2017: 9,690 / 2018: 10,065 / 2019: 9,087 / 2020: 11,605 / 2022: 12,994

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