Whatcom County Fire Marshal's Office

Whatcom County Fire Marshal's Office This is the official page for the Whatcom County Fire Marshal's Office. This page is not monitored 24/7.

To report any fires or outdoor burning, please dial 911. It is the mission of the Whatcom County Fire Marshalโ€™s Office to protect our citizens, visitors and their property from the perils of fire, explosions, unsafe construction and other hazardous conditions. This mission will be accomplished through fire prevention education, fire investigations, compliance inspections, predevelopment review of

structures and emergency apparatus access and egress by following the applicable regulations of Whatcom County and the State of Washington.

A joint statement from the Whatcom County Fire Marshals Office and Whatcom County Fire District 14 regarding the residen...
02/09/2026

A joint statement from the Whatcom County Fire Marshals Office and Whatcom County Fire District 14 regarding the residential structure fire earlier this morning.

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšจ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž:โ€œ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐ˆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐˜๐จ...
10/07/2025

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšจ
๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž:
โ€œ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‹๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ-๐ˆ๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐žโ€

๐Ÿ”‹ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
Lithium-ion batteries power many of the devices we use every day โ€” phones, laptops, e-bikes, power tools, and toys. But when used improperly or damaged, these batteries can overheat, catch fire, or even explode.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ: ๐๐”๐˜ โ€ข ๐‚๐‡๐€๐‘๐†๐„ โ€ข ๐‘๐„๐‚๐˜๐‚๐‹๐„

๐Ÿ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ
Look for safety certifications when purchasing batteries or battery-powered devices such as UL, ETL, or CSA.

๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž

- Use the charger that came with the device or one recommended by the manufacturer.

- Charge batteries on a hard, flat surface โ€” not on beds, couches, or under pillows.

- Donโ€™t overcharge. Unplug the device or remove the battery when itโ€™s fully charged.

๐Ÿ‘. ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ฒ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ
Never toss lithium-ion batteries in the trash or standard recycling bins. Take them to a proper battery recycling center. Visit call2recycle.org to find a recycling spot near you.

๐Ÿ“… ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐–๐ž๐ž๐ค:
Each day, weโ€™ll share helpful tips, resources, and updates to help you and your family stay fire safe. Look out for:
โœ… Fire safety checklists
โœ… Tips for safe battery use in your home
โœ… Fun and educational content for kids

Letโ€™s work together to reduce the risk of fire in our homes and community.

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€” ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐๐”๐‘๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐€๐“๐”๐‘๐ƒ๐€๐˜, ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก๐Ÿ”ฅEffective ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก, the ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ...
09/29/2025

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐๐”๐‘๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐‹๐ˆ๐…๐“๐„๐ƒ ๐’๐€๐“๐”๐‘๐ƒ๐€๐˜, ๐Ž๐‚๐“๐Ž๐๐„๐‘ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก๐Ÿ”ฅ

Effective ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐ก, the ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐.

We appreciate everyoneโ€™s cooperation during the burn ban period. With improved weather conditions and reduced fire risk, residents are will soon be permitted to resume outdoor burning in accordance with local regulations.

โœ… ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ:

- Open burning (yard debris, brush piles, campfires, etc.) will be allowed.

- A burn permit is required for anything bigger than a 4x4 pile. This can be found on our website: https://www.whatcomcounty.us/DocumentCenter/View/1477/Burn-Fire-Operation-Permit?bidId=

- Use caution and never leave fires unattended.

- Be mindful of wind conditions and have water or equipment nearby.

๐Ÿš’ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ! Even though the ban is lifted, responsible burning is still essential to help prevent wildfires.

Please share this information with your neighbors and community. Stay safe and thank you again for helping protect our county!

We want to remind residents that ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐กโ€”๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐งโ€”๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐’€ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ...
09/05/2025

We want to remind residents that ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐กโ€”๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐งโ€”๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘บ๐‘ป๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ต๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐’€ ๐‘ซ๐‘ฐ๐‘บ๐‘ช๐‘ถ๐‘ผ๐‘น๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ๐‘ซ due to the extreme risk of fire spread.

Already this year, fire department crews have responded to ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ that started from w**d burning activities, including ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ that caused serious property damage.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:

โœ… ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ? Yes, technically. Propane torch w**d burning is allowed during a Stage 2 burn ban under current regulations.

โš ๏ธ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž? Not necessarily. Even in controlled conditions, these flames can ignite dry grass, mulch, fences, and nearby structures in seconds.

๐Ÿ’ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ: If your fire escapes and damages a neighborโ€™s property, you could be held ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž for the damageโ€”including homes, vehicles, landscaping, and fencing.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Even a small flame can have ๐›๐ข๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

We urge residents to consider safer alternatives like:
โ€ข Pulling w**ds by hand
โ€ข Using w**d whackers or flame-free w**d control
โ€ข Applying environmentally safe herbicides

Your safetyโ€”and your neighborโ€™s propertyโ€”are worth the extra precaution.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‹๐€๐† ๐–๐€๐‘๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ*Update as of 3 PM 9/3/25* The red flag warning has been extended until 9 PM on Thursday 9...
09/03/2025

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‘๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐‹๐€๐† ๐–๐€๐‘๐๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

*Update as of 3 PM 9/3/25* The red flag warning has been extended until 9 PM on Thursday 9/4/25*

The US National Weather Service Seattle Washington has issued a ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐  ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  for ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐™๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ– ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ— โ€” covering the ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ญ โ€” from ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ— ๐๐Œ ๐๐ƒ๐“ ๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ due to ๐ก๐จ๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:

- ๐‘๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: As low as ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ%

- ๐“๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ: Up to ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽยฐ๐…

- ๐€๐ข๐ซ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐”๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, increasing fire risk

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ:
These conditions ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ. Even a small spark can lead to rapid fire spread, and ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ. This also puts ๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ at risk in surrounding areas.

๐Ÿšซ Outdoor burning is prohibited.
๐Ÿšญ Avoid activities that can cause sparks (grinding, welding, target shooting, etc.)
๐Ÿ”ฅ Use extreme caution with BBQs.

Please stay alert, follow local fire restrictions, and report any signs of smoke or fire immediately.

08/25/2025

As hot, dry weather continues across the region, we want to remind our community to stay alert and take extra precautions to help prevent wildfires. Here's what you need to know:

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐‡๐„๐€๐“ ๐€๐‹๐„๐‘๐“๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“:

- ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ & ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ are under an ๐„๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Œ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

- ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ is under a ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ during the same time frame: ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Œ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ“ ๐€๐Œ.

- ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ is under a ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฅ๐š๐  ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  (critical fire conditions) from ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐Œ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Ÿ— ๐๐Œ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ–/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐’๐“๐€๐†๐„ ๐Ÿ ๐๐”๐‘๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐‘:
We are currently in a Stage 2 Burn Ban, which means:

โŒ ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ โ€” including campfires, fire pits, yard debris, and land clearing burns.

โŒ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐-๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐๐๐ฌ โ€” charcoal and propane grills are permitted, but use extreme caution.

โœ… Gas-powered fire rings and stoves are allowed, but ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž and never left unattended.

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐„ ๐’๐€๐…๐„๐“๐˜ ๐“๐ˆ๐๐’:

- Donโ€™t park vehicles on dry grass.

- Avoid using equipment that could spark a fire (chainsaws, welders, etc.) during the hottest parts of the day.

- Properly dispose of ci******es โ€” ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ toss them on the ground or out of a vehicle.

Please help protect our homes, forests, and first responders by being vigilant. Conditions are dangerous, and one small spark could have devastating consequences. Stay cool, stay safe, and stay fire-aware.

๐Ÿ“ฒ For updates and more information, visit Whatcom Ready or follow us here.

๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐’๐“๐€๐†๐„ ๐Ÿ ๐๐”๐‘๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸšซDespite the forecasted rain, we want to remind the public that the ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ...
08/14/2025

๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐’๐“๐€๐†๐„ ๐Ÿ ๐๐”๐‘๐ ๐๐€๐ ๐‘๐„๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐„๐…๐…๐„๐‚๐“ ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿšซ

Despite the forecasted rain, we want to remind the public that the ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐’๐“๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ until further notice.

โœ… ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ:
All ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ž๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐. The recent weather may bring some relief, but it is currently ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ.

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐›๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ $๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ž.

๐Ÿ”ฅ If your illegal fire escapes or requires emergency response, you ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž for suppression costs and damages.

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The Whatcom County Fire Marshal's Office is committed to keeping our community safe, and weโ€™ve made it easier than ever ...
08/13/2025

The Whatcom County Fire Marshal's Office is committed to keeping our community safe, and weโ€™ve made it easier than ever to report illegal or unsafe burning.

๐Ÿ“„ A new Burn Complaint Form is now available online for residents to report non-emergency burn concerns directly to our office. This includes issues like burning prohibited materials or frequent nuisance smoke.

๐Ÿ”— https://www.whatcomcounty.us/FormCenter/Planning-Development-Services-9/Fire-Complaint-445

๐Ÿšจ ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญโ€”๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ. Your quick action could prevent injuries or damage to property.

Letโ€™s work together to protect our neighborhoods and the environment. Thank you for helping us keep our community safe!

Per the NWCAA information page, many times, people are unaware of the effect of their behavior is having on their neighbors. So if you feel your neighbor is creating an air quality problem for you,ย we suggest talking to them first. We find that, in general, neighbor-to-neighbor talks are a helpful ...

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08/06/2025

It's raining! However, that moisture will quickly dissipate with the forecasted warmer temperatures next week. Please note we are still in a Stage 2 Burn Ban until further notice - which means no outdoor burning of any kind, including campfires.

๐Ÿšจ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ?๐ŸšจIn an emergency, ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” and one of the easiest ways you can help em...
08/04/2025

๐Ÿšจ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐–๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ?๐Ÿšจ

In an emergency, ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ โ€” and one of the easiest ways you can help emergency responders is by making sure your home is clearly labeled with ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ visible from the road.

๐Ÿš’ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ:

- In the dark, during storms, or through smoke, reflective numbers shine brightly, guiding first responders right to your door.

- If your address isn't clearly marked, firefighters, EMTs, and police may waste critical time trying to locate you.

- Delays of even 1โ€“2 minutes can make a life-or-death difference during a fire, medical emergency, or other crisis.

โœ… ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ƒ๐จ:

- Use ๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ’-๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

- Place them where theyโ€™re ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐จ๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ โ€” on your mailbox, post, or home.

- Make sure theyโ€™re ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.

- If your home is set back from the road, install a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ง๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ with your house number clearly displayed.

๐Ÿก Reflective numbers aren't just helpful โ€” in many places, theyโ€™re required by local ordinance. Check with your municipality to make sure youโ€™re in compliance.

Letโ€™s work together to keep our community safe. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ โ€” ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ!

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