Legal Documents of Pittman Center

Fire safety requirements are outlined as follows:

1. Location. Recreational fires shall not be conducted within twenty feet (20') of a structure or combustible material (trees, vegetation, etc.). Conditions which could cause a fire to spread within twenty feet (20') of a structure shall be eliminated prior to ignition.
2. Attendance. Recreational fires shall be constantly attended until the fire is extinguished. A minimum of one (1) portable fire extinguisher with a minimum 4-A rating or other approved on-site fire-extinguishing equipment such as dirt, sand, a water barrel, a garden hose, or a water truck shall be available for immediate utilization.
3. Allowable fuels. Only seasoned dry firewood or similar clean burning materials shall be permitted as fuel for recreational fires. Land-clearing waste and/or refuse shall not be used as fuel for a recreational fire.
4. Fuel quantity limitation. A recreational fire shall have a total fuel area no greater than three feet (3') in diameter and two feet (2') in height.
5. Extinguishment. Any person who builds a file in the open air, or uses a fire built by another person in the open air, within one hundred fifty feet (150') of any woodland, brushland, or field containing dry grass or other flammable material, shall totally extinguish the fire before leaving the area and shall not leave the fire unattended.
6. Precautions. It shall be unlawful for any owner or lessee of land to set fire to, or to procure another to set fire to, any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass, debris, or other inflammable material upon such land unless he previously has taken all reasonable care and precaution, by having cut and piled the same or carefully cleared around the same, to prevent the spread of such fire to lands other than those owned or leased by him. It shall also be unlawful for any employee of any such owner or lessee of land to set fire to or to procure another to set fire to any woods, brush, logs, leaves, grass, debris, or other inflammable material upon such land unless he has taken similar precautions to prevent the spread of such fire to any other land.
7. Neighboring property. No person shall kindle nor authorize to be kindled nor maintain any recreational fire in such a manner that will endanger the property of another. No recreational fires shall be built within twenty-five feet (25') of neighboring property lines or within twenty-five feet (25') of a public roadway. Fires should not hinder the health or quality of life of neighbors.
8. Hazardous materials. Combustible and flanunable liquids shall not be used to aid the ignition of any recreational fire. Furthermore, the application, dispensing, or use of a combustible or flammable liquid, or any other hazardous material, upon or into the fuel used in any open burning operation, including a controlled burn, bonfire, or recreational fire, shall be considered an unauthorized release of a hazardous material and is strictly prohibited.
9. Environmental conditions--high winds. No recreational fires shall be built on days with winds above eight (8) miles per hour, during periods of burning bans, or when a high wind warning is in effect. (Ord. #239, June 2011)