San Joaquin: Current Air Quality & Burn Ban Status

Resources

Alliance for Green Heat. Solutions and Technology for Efficient Burning. Clean Renewable and Local

Clean Air World, Directory of Governmental Air Agencies

Chimney Safety Institute of America. Locate a CSIA certified Chimney Sweep.

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Check Before you Burn Status.

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is made up of eight counties in California's Central Valley: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin portion of Kern. The Check Before You Burn program is in effect November 1 through the end of February.

Current Burn Status

County	02/22/2019	02/23/2019
San Joaquin
Stanislaus
Merced
Madera
Fresno
Kings
Tulare
Kern (SJV Air Basin portion)
Sequoia National Park and Forest
Kern (Greater Frazier Park Area)

The Episodic Curtailment Program is a forecasting system in which the use of older, more polluting wood-burning devices such as open-hearth fireplaces will be prohibited more often than cleaner, lower emission devices.

No Burning For All Curtailments: When the PM2.5 concentrations are forecast to be more than 65 µg/m3, no residential wood burning devices may be used.

No Burning Unless Registered Curtailments: When PM2.5 concentrations are forecast to be greater than or equal to 20 µg/m3 but less than or equal to 65 µg/m3,registered, clean-burning devices (wood burning heaters) may be used.

No Restrictions: Burning is discouraged but not prohibited when PM2.5 concentrations are forecast to be below 20 µg/m3.

Health Air Living, Valley Air Quality Toolbox

Healthy Air Living is an initiative that provides a list of small changes you can make that will result in big improvements in our air quality. .

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Resources

Current Burn Status