San Andreas – On Sunday, May 1, 2011 , at , the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE ) will require burning permits within State Responsibility Areas of Tuolumne County, Calaveras County Eastern Stanislaus County Eastern San Joaquin County
Since May 1st falls on a Sunday Unit Chief Mike Noonan has extended the expiration on existing burn permits to June 1, 2011 for those permits which would have expired at the end of April 2011.
Until CAL FIRE stations are fully staffed later in the season, permits will be available only during business hours Monday through Friday, at the following locations:
· CAL FIRE Headquarters, 785 Mountain Ranch Road , San Andreas (closed from to )
· Twain Harte FFS , 22978 Meadow Drive , Twain Harte
· Station 51, 1950 Hillsdale Drive , Mono Village , Sonora
· Blanchard FFS , 2990 Highway 132, La Grange
Please remember personnel may be away from the station for extended periods of time when they are responding to emergencies.
Burn permit terms include limiting pile size to a maximum of 4 feet by 4 feet in diameter, and clearing all flammable material and vegetation 10 feet from the outer edge of a burn pile. Burn hours will remain open until further notice, but outdoor burning may be done ONLY on burn days.
Chief Noonan reminds everyone conducting outdoor burning to remain in attendance of their burning project at all times, have the tools and water necessary to suppress any escape from their burning operation, and to never burn on windy days.
It is your responsibility to check burn day status by calling your local Air Pollution Control District with jurisdiction over your area.
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