Burn Permits Required May 1st
San Andreas – Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at 8AM, 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 and Eastern San Joaquin County.
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 noon
to 1PM)
·
Twain Harte FFS, 22978
Meadow Drive, Twain Harte
·
Station 51, 1950 Hillsdale Drive, Mono Village, Sonora
·
Blanchard FFS, 2990
Highway 132, La Grange
·
Groveland CSD, 18930 Highway 120, Groveland
·
Ebbetts Pass FPD, 1037 Blagen Road, Arnold
·
Ebbetts Pass FPD Station 3, 40 Canyon View Drive, Hathaway
Pines
Remember that 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 four feet by four feet (four
feet in diameter, and four feet high) and clearing down to bare mineral soil 10
feet from the outer edges of burn piles. Burn hours will remain open. Weather conditions will be monitored daily and
when conditions warrant, burn hours will be restricted or burning will be
suspended. Outdoor burning may be done ONLY on permissive burn days. Remember burn
day status is determined on the basis of air quality: how quickly smoke will
disperse. Therefore, many permissible burn days are very windy. “Even if it is a permissible burn day never
burn on windy days. Remain in attendance of your burn project and have tools
and water close by in order to suppress any escape from your burning
operation,” says Acting Unit Chief Steve Lawshe.
Wildfire is coming.
Are you ready? “Getting your property ready for the
coming fire season by creating and maintaining 100 feet of defensible space
around all structures is an excellent way to protect not only your home, but
your neighborhood and community as well,” Chief Lawshe says.
It
is your responsibility to check burn day status by calling your local Air
Pollution Control District with jurisdiction over your area.
Calaveras County: 209/754-6600
Tuolumne
County: 209/533-5598
San
Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties: 877/429-2876
For
more information on creating defensible space zones visit: www.fire.ca.gov or www.readyforwildfire.org
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