CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Tuolumne - Calaveras Unit
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Tuolumne - Calaveras Unit
CONTACT: Katrina Blumer, Battalion Chief Prevention Bureau, 209/532-7424 x120
RELEASE DATE: June 13, 2012
Burn Permits Suspended
San Andreas – 8AM,
Monday, June 18, 2012 the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit (TCU) of CAL FIRE
will suspend all burning permits within State Responsibility Areas of
Tuolumne County, Calaveras County, Eastern Stanislaus County and Eastern
San Joaquin County. The official proclamation is attached.
This
declaration rescinds all previously approved Dooryard Burn Permits
(LE-62a) and large-scale Project Burn Permits (LE-5). As of June 18, 2012, property owners wishing to burn landscape debris on their property will be prohibited
from doing so unless their project is approved by CAL FIRE for health
and safety reasons. Any such burning must be inspected and approved
before a permit may be reissued. Weather conditions will continue to be
monitored and the burn suspension will be lifted when soaking, wetting
rains return to our region, typically in October or November. Campfires
are allowed in designated campgrounds with permission of the
jurisdictional authority.
CAL
FIRE TCU Unit Chief Brian Kirk explained, “The extended weather
forecast shows that our region is entering the typical hot, dry, summer
weather pattern. Suspending debris burning is an effective way of
preventing wildfires caused by escaped debris burns, especially as
California enters this period of hotter and drier weather.” As an
alternative to burning consider recycling, chipping or composting your
defensible space debris.
