Burn Day Tools

1.   Are today's smoke conditions OK for burning? 

• Weather forecasts relevant to smoke, including air quality alerts
• Sunset Timetables. For local time between the 2nd Sunday in March and the 1st Sunday in November (summer plus), add one hour to what the table shows.
• Federal Holidays, which are no-burn days for a few permits; link 

2.  Do the paperwork. 

• Download forms
• Notify county smoke contact.
• Colorado smoke program procedures

3.  Monitor smoke. 

Monitor smoke visually.

• Estimating particulate concentrations
• Smoke Monitoring Log (one example)

Monitor particulates with an instrument. 

• DustTrak Users' Guide (2.4 Mb)
• eSampler Operating Instructions, with link to a video
• DataRam Users' Guide
• Federal RXBs may borrow monitors from the national cache.

4.  Program manual, a reference for topics not covered above 

5. Learn more about managing smoke well.  

• Request or anticipate a site visit for shared learning.
• Smoke's Best Management Practices
• APCD's Photo Gallery