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Golden Gate National Recreation Area Firefighters battling blaze during the 2004 Tam Fire.
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Current Fire Information

Wildfires:

There are no fires burning in Golden Gate National Recreation Area at this time.

Prescribed fires:

Pile burning will be done on permissible burn days throughout the winter. Visit the Spare the Air website for air quality information.  

Fires Outside the Park

Information about fires at other National Park Service sites is available on NPS Fire News.

Information about large fires throughout the U.S. is available on InciWeb.

The national Situation Report (PDF - file size changes daily) provides a summary of fire activity across the U.S. by geographic area.

Daily Fire Danger:

Depending on the current fire danger, the following types of heat sources will be permitted (YES) or prohibited (NO):

FIRE DANGER RATING

Self-contained
gas stoves
in designated campgrounds & picnic areas
Park provided grills in designated campgrounds & picnic areas Self-contained charcoal barbeques (eg. Webers) Beach & 
Kirby Cove 
open pitfires 
in fire rings 

 

LOW

 

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

MODERATE

 

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

HIGH

 

YES

YES

YES

NO

VERY HIGH

EXTREME

-or-

RED FLAG WARNING

YES

NO

NO

NO

 


SPARE THE AIR DAY


 

YES

NO

NO

NO


Beach Fire and Campfire Regulations


Weather:

National Weather Service forecast for Muir Beach, CA

National Weather Service forecast for Ocean Beach, San Francisco, CA

National Weather Service Fire Weather Planning Forecast for the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California Coast

National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey Forecast Office Fire Weather Zones

National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey Forecast Office

National Weather Service California Fire Weather

National Weather Service National Fire Weather Page

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Last Updated: January 05, 2012 at 10:55 MST