Zones and seasons
Draw burn zones, set seasonal windows and attach your terms and conditions.
For agencies
Bring Before You Burn to your agency.
Publish today's burn status, your local rules and fire danger in one place. Every resident in your boundary sees it, and you can see who checked.
Built for fire agencies
Close burning in one step.
With Status Control, your Status Coordinators close burning and cancel closures from any device. The change reaches every zone, resident and status badge on your site at once.
- Close burning and cancel closures in seconds
- Fire danger from ODF automatically, raised locally when you need to
- Regional alerts that cascade to local agencies
- See who is burning, where and when
- Fewer calls from residents asking whether they can burn
The PFS Portal
Run your agency in one place.
Admins, Agents and Status Coordinators each get the tools their role needs. PFS hosts and maintains it for you.
Alerts that cascade
Post OK, Info, Warning or Alert notices that pass from regional to local agencies.
Fire danger from ODF
Oregon agencies get the ODF level automatically, with Smokey Bear signage.
Burn registrations
See every registered burn, cancel or add burns, and export the data.
Broadcasts
Message active burners and every follower, now or on a schedule.
Press releases
Publish seasonal openings and safety news from ready-made templates.
Agency coordination
Link regional and local agencies so they publish the same status and alerts.
Fire weather
Show the fire weather forecast beside burn status in each zone.
Asset library
Download logos, status badges and fire danger signs for your materials.
Why agencies use PFS
Less phone time. One record.
One operational view
Zones, status, weather and fire danger together, with access set by role for chiefs, coordinators and admins.
Fewer burn calls
When residents can look up status and rules themselves, your phones ring less.
Reporting without spreadsheets
Export burn activity, status history and compliance data whenever you need it.
Status on your own site
One line of code shows live burn status and alerts on your agency's website.
Most-restrictive rule wins
Federal, state, county and local rules resolve for every address, automatically.
A record of every change
Every status change is logged, for leadership reports, auditors and the public.
In sync with the Oregon Department of Forestry
Fire danger, straight from ODF.
Oregon agencies get fire danger from ODF automatically. Your agency can raise the level for local conditions but never set it below ODF's.
Low
Fuels don't ignite easily. Burning is usually allowed where your zone is open.
Moderate
Fires can start from most sources. Watch the wind and stay with your burn.
High
Fires start easily and spread fast. Many zones restrict or close burning.
Extreme
Fires start and spread explosively. Expect burning to be closed.
Fire safety and air quality
Safer burns. Cleaner air.
When fire agencies, Oregon Department of Forestry and the Air Quality agencies coordinate through Before You Burn, residents get one answer that covers both fire danger and air quality.
Fire safety
- Residents burn only when status is open and fire danger allows
- Agencies know where and when each registered burn happens
- One closure reaches every registered burner at once
Air quality
- Burn decisions account for air quality as well as fire danger
- Neighborhoods get less smoke on poor air days
- Residents find fire and smoke rules in one place
Better together
Fire districts and air quality regulators publish one message from one platform. Residents check once, agencies field fewer calls, and communities see fewer escaped burns and less smoke.
Talk to us about coordinating142
Oregon agencies publish their burn rules through Before You Burn
Source: Before You Burn statewide feed
9,400
debris burns reported to fire agencies in the past 12 months
Source: Before You Burn statewide feed
1
shared source of truth for residents and agencies
Plans
Start free. Upgrade when you need to.
Most agencies are set up within one business day. Your primary contact gets sign-in instructions and help with onboarding.
Start now, at no cost
Free Plan
No commitment, and you can stay on it as long as you like. Your agency is visible to residents as soon as setup is done.
- Appear in Before You Burn results for your jurisdiction
- Show residents the right contact information
- Say whether outdoor debris burning is open or closed
- Send residents to the right agency for guidance
For permits, zones and reporting
Pro Plan
For agencies that issue burn permits, manage several zones, or want automated alerts and reporting. Pricing is set in conversation.
- May already be covered by a statewide or regional partner
- Or by a county or multi-agency authority, or an approved sponsor
- We review eligibility and coverage with you after you sign up
- Sponsorship never affects your agency's burn policy authority
FAQs
Questions from agencies.
Local Fire Districts
How does our agency get started?
Request agency access. Your agency starts on the Free Plan, and most agencies are set up within one business day. Your primary contact gets sign-in instructions and onboarding help, and our implementation team verifies your details and answers setup questions.
What does it cost our agency?
You can start on the Free Plan at no cost and stay on it as long as you like. It puts your agency in Before You Burn results for your jurisdiction, shows residents your contact details, and tells them whether debris burning is open or closed.
The Pro Plan is for agencies that issue burn permits, manage several zones, or want automated alerts and reporting. Pricing is set in conversation, and it may already be covered for your agency by a statewide or regional partner, a county or multi-agency authority, or an approved sponsor.
Can we reach the people who are burning?
Yes. Residents register burns with their contact details and a mapped location. Your staff can see active burns in your district and message burners individually or as a group, including weather updates, warnings and shutdowns by text message.
State Forestry Departments
How does fire danger from ODF reach local agencies?
Oregon agencies receive fire danger from the Oregon Department of Forestry automatically. A local agency can raise the level for local conditions, but can't set it below ODF's.
Air Quality Agencies
How do air quality agencies use Before You Burn?
Air quality agencies issue advisories that restrict burning in the zones they affect. Residents see the restriction alongside fire danger and local rules, so they get one answer covering both.
Federal Land Managers
How does Before You Burn work on federal land?
Federal land managers can coordinate prescribed burns on BLM, Forest Service and other federal land, with the local agencies around them kept informed. Where federal and local rules overlap, the most restrictive applies.
Counties and Metro Areas
What happens where jurisdictions overlap?
Every address is matched to all the agencies with authority over it: county, fire district, state forestry, air quality and federal land. Where their rules overlap, the most restrictive closure or rule applies automatically. Counties can also set county-wide restrictions and coordinate with the fire districts inside them.
Give your community a clear answer.
We set up your district, load your rules and train your staff. Residents can start checking in the same week.