Process for getting a burn permit within the Raymond Rural Fire District

Call the Raymond Fire Station at 402-783-3251 and leave the following information:

1. Property Owners Name
2. Burn Location Address
3. Phone Number
4. Person Burning and Phone Number (If you are not the property owner)
5. Dates Requesting to Burn

We request a 3-day notice. Even though we are there numerous hours, We may not be there when you call.
We try to check the answering machine every 2-3 days when the conditions are favorable.
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If a permit is issued, you will receive a phone call to let you know we issued the permit and you may pick it up at the Fire Station inside the two front doors on the bulletin board. We do not call to inform you when a permit is not issued.
 
If you do not receive a return call from us, Then we did issue a permit for the requested dates and you need to call and leave a message with new dates.

Some reasons why you did not receive a permit:

• We do not issue permits if the wind is forecasted to be over 15 mph
• We may not issue permits if the following day(s) is forecasted to be very windy
• For various staffing reasons, we will not issue a permit
• Air Quality Index is Moderate or worse
  • https://www.airnow.gov/?city=Raymond&state=NE&country=USA
• Nebraska Fire Danger Index is High or worse
  • https://weather.gov/images/oax/GridImageMaker/RFDmax_SFC.png
• A phone number was not left
• The message left on the answering machine was not understandable (possibly poor reception on you cell phone)
• Normally from approximately March 1 through May 15 we do not issue burn permits for brush piles (In 2019 due to the snow we stopped on April 2). During this time period we only concentrate on prescribed burns for CRP and grasslands. 

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ONLINE BURN PERMIT
To request a Burn Permit click the link below
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