Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Burn Permits suspended 6-13-12

CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE
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.

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