2) Burn Permits are only issued after an on-site inspection has been completed. AUGUST 2008 UPDATE-- NWCFD PERSONNEL, AT THEIR DISCRETION, MAY ISSUE BURN PERMITS VIA TELEPHONE. THIS BECAME EFFECTIVE IN ORDER TO DECREASE FUEL CONSUMPTION.
3) The applicant must be in legal control of the lot or parcel of land.
4) Burning will be attended continuously by a competent person of legal age, from the time of ignition to the time of extinguishment.
If the fire is left unattended, it must be extinguished.
5) Burning will be permitted only when the wind is below 15 miles per hour.
6) Adequate clearance shall be provided from readily combustible materials (example: grass to be mowed) with material(s) to be
burned located a minimum of 100 feet from ANY structure AND 10 feet from ANY property line.
7) A firebreak (mowed, tilled, or plowed) must be created of at least 20 feet on all sides of the area to be burned.
8) Only enough accelerant should be used to start the fire, not keep it going. If the wood is not dry enough, it won't burn.
9) Burning shall not create a smoke nuisance or hazard to neighboring properties or persons.
10) Precautions shall be taken to assure confinement, intensity and size of said burn.
11) Burning of ANY HEAVY smoke-producing material is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: rubber tires, plastics,
roofing, tar paper, old furniture, garbage, cloth or any petroleum base product.
12) Burning of any of the following is prohibited: tarpaper, composite roofing, any asbestos-containing material, including siding,
composite wood products, paint cans, railroad ties, landscape timbers, garbage, plastic, foams, old furniture, cloth, petroleum
products, hazardous materials, household cleaners, household trash, metals, aerosol cans, tires, or non-dried heavy smoke-producing
wet or green brush or trees.
13) Only dried clean wood and organic wastes, such as wild grasses and agricultural fields shall be allowed to be burned. Clean wood
waste includes only dry trees, brush, and dimensional, non-treated lumber (2x4's, 2x6's, etc.).
14) A garden hose or other fire extinguishing equipment shall be available at the burn location. Residents shall keep an adequate
water supply or a fire extinguisher on hand while burning.
15) Burning shall be conducted one hour after sunrise to one hour before sunset (except agriculture and other specifically approved
fires). No materials may be added to the fire 2 hours before sunset.
16) There will be no charge for Burn Permits.
17) At any time, the Fire Chief, or his designee, may revoke burn permits or ban open burning, especially when weather conditions
(high winds, low humidity) may make open burning too dangerous. The Fire Danger Forecast will be used as a guide in these decisions.
