CalFire sent a reminder to us that as of May 1, 2013 that fire permits are required
in the Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit of the Stanislaus National Forest.
Now they are calling it the State Responsibility Areas of Tuolune county, Calaveras County Eastern Stanislaus County and Eastern San Joaquin County.
Unit CalFire stations are fully staffed later in the season, permits will be avsailable only during business hours Monday through Friday at the following locations:
CalFire headquarters 785 Mountain Ranch Rd in San Andreas (closed from noon to 1 PM)
Twain Harte FFS 22978 Meadow Drive in Twain Harte
Station 51 at 1950 Hillsdale Drive, Momo Village in Sonora
Blanchard FFS 2990 Hwy 132 in La Grange
Groveland CSD, 18930 Hwy 120 in Groveland
Ebbetts Pass FPD, 1037 Blagen road in Arnold
Ebbetts Pass FPD Station 3 at 40 Canyon View Drive in 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 mizimum 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 condition 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 or 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 excape 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 responsiblitiy to check burn day status by calling your local Sir Pollution control District with jurisdiction over your area.
Calaveras County 209-754-6600, Tuolumne 'County 209-533-5595, and 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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