What Are The Safety Requirements for Outdoor Fires?
The Tribes Air Quality Protection Ordinance lists several safety requirements for outdoor fires. These include: • The fire must consist of natural vegetation only resulting from maintenance of land immediately adjacent and in close proximity to a human dwelling. • Burning may only be conducted on the lands on which the materials originated. • The fire, of natural vegetation only, shall not contain rubber products, plastics, asphalt, garbage, dead animals, petroleum products, paints or similar materials that emit dense smoke or create offensive odors when burned. • The fire pile must not be larger than four (4) feet in diameter and three (3) feet in height. • A person capable of extinguishing the fire must be in attendance at all times and must fully extinguish the fire prior to leaving it. • No fires are to be within 50 feet of a structure(s) or within 50 feet from any forest trees. • Only one (1) pile may be burned at a time. Each pile must be fully extinguished before lighting anothe
