Burn it up

[slowrev]

I believe the ban on burning rubber , shingles, tires is a federal thing and can coust you up to a 20k fine or so if caught.
My burning restrictions are pretty much like yours. Mostly just common sense stuff.
Ben

 

[Highbeam]

Yep. Over 4' in any direction requires a 50$ permit though. Our burn bans are based on dry conditions or bad air.

My logger got a permit for a big fire and the conditions allowed 50' in any direction and a fire fan must be used to reduce smoke.

The pictured fire would likely be 4' by the time the FD arrived.

 

[3RRL]

We are allowed to burn here as well (surprised?). We have to get a burn permit too and only during a designated time of the year. In additon to that, before fire season officially arrives, we have to clear and area 100' around buildings or get fined. Clear out dead grasses, branches etc. Live shrubs and trees and fire resistant plants are OK.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Not to imply anything, but your comment on being a pyro... We've had several instances around here where volinteer firefighters would set fires, then "show up to become the hero". One was a couple winters back, when a long time firefighter in Bedford Kentucky set the firehouse on fire. It got out of control faster than he anticipated. They lost a couple new fire trucks and an ambulance that'd never made the first run.

 

[Highbeam]

I like to keep the distinction between pyro and arson.

I certainly have noticed that firemen can be big pyros. Earlier this year I went to a party at a fireman's house and after dark he busted out a big box of fireworks. That's good, out of season but good. He then laughed about how the fireworks had been confiscated from kids. It made me think about what cops do with the drugs they confiscate.

 

[dooleysm]

I was talking with a volunteer fireman who lives near a moderate sized city. He said they have learned through the years to be very careful about taking younger guys as members and to never take them in groups. He said every time they would take in a group of young firefighters they would always end up making runs to put out old barns in the middle of nowhere.

 

[stevenf]

In Boerne, we just had our burn ban lifted because of a little bit of rain. If you get caught burning anything outside of a BBQ pit and totally covered on top it is a $500 fine, no questions asked, no excuses and thats if the sheriff catches you, if the fire department is called as well the fines will easily exceed $2,000. When they lift the burn ban after it rains the entire county looks like its on fire from all the smoke from people that have been saving their piles for months and adding to them. We always call dispatch before burning and most of our best bonfires have been Boy Scout driven, our best was a few years back at its greatest height it was over a hundred feet into the air and lit up a mile of valley. I've attached some pictures of it before it got really big, it had just started raining and everyone put up their cameras to protect them. The closest anyone could get to the fire once it got going was about 50 yards away.
Steve

 

[Adron]

I really meant it as a joke. Since pyromania is the uncontrolled urge to set something on fire, and the key word being "uncontrolled". I guess I don't really qualify.

I was a captain and an arson investigator for a full time department. As an investigator, certain pattens would suggest themselves when a new string of small time arson fires would suddenly occur. As a matter of fact the "hero" syndrome is specifically mentioned in arson investigation training and extends to law enforcement and others who discover more than their share of fires.

Most every good investigator and firefighter I knew was interested all facets of fires big and small. Nothing gave me more pleasure than busting someone who had put my men in danger and nothing was much more frustrating than "knowing" (s)he did it and not being able to prove it.

 

[ByronBob]

I'm in a rural area of WNY. Although we have a burn ban people do it. The rule basically is if nobody calls to complain then they turn the other cheek.
My neighbor did stop by once to discuss my smoke going into his house so I moved it all out back. No issues now. If my town had more open hours for garbage I'd just take it there. But I burn when it's convenient for me.

 

[Buck]

I was born near you. I live in upstate NY near Rochester. We do not have a burn policy if you live on more than 10 acres.

However, it is hard for me to believe that someone could burn a house down and not attract some sort of friction.