Use your Fireplaces with Care this Winter

Sacramento County will have no-burn days beginning December 1, 2007. As of next year, these no-burn days will begin in November and extend through February. On days with heavy pollution, Sacramento county residents will not be able to use their fireplaces (and other wood-burning devices) and will have to depend on other forms of heat - mainly electric.

On less severe pollution days, only those with EPA certified devices or pellet stoves will be allowed to burn.

In general, people with certified devices would not be able to burn them about 11 days a year and those without would not be able to use their fireplaces and wood stoves about 23 days a year.