Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 837 - DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
Division 110 - FIELD BURNING AND PROPANING RULES
Section 837-110-0155 - Traffic Safety

(1) May allow a field to burn next to a state highway without designated buffer zones or next to an arterial route as long as there are trained flaggers and warning signage on the road at both ends of the field during the time that the burning is occurring, in order to assure driver safety and stop or divert traffic if necessary. Burning may occur next to a state highway with out designated zones or an arterial route only if there are no combustibles or brush between the edge of the field and the highway or route.

(2) May allow a field to burn next to a rural collector road as long as there is signage on the road at both ends of the field informing drivers that burning is occurring ahead and they should be prepared to stop. Trained flaggers shall be available in the vicinity to immediately respond with flagging signs to the road at both ends of the field during the time that the burning is occurring, in order to assure driver safety and stop or divert traffic if necessary. Burning may occur along a rural collector road only if there are no combustibles or brush between the edge of the field and the rural collector road.

(3) May allow a field to burn next to a rural local services road as long as there is signage on the road at both ends of the field informing drivers that burning is occurring ahead. Trained flaggers shall be available to be on the road at both ends of the field during the time that the burning is occurring, in order to assure driver safety and stop or divert traffic if necessary.

NOTE: For purposes of these rules, state highway, arterial routes and collector roads are defined by the Federal Highway Administration and the Oregon Department of Transportation. Before burning a field, contact your county road authority for road designation and county regulations.