State Wide Burn Ban in Wa
All lands that come under state DNR protection now have a burn ban in effect. This includes fires in designated pits and includes campgrounds public and private. We are getting mixed signals about...
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Faux Fires (propane kind) are under concern here also, not because they are a wildfire concern but because uninformed others see them and assume they can have a wood fire.
Last summer when we had a campfire ban a guest lit up their propane faux campfire. In minutes I had a phone call from a neighbor passing by to alert me, in the next ten minutes another guest lit up a wood fire, claiming well, they have a fire. as I was explaining to that guest about the ban on open burning and extinguishing the wood fire the sheriff arrived who grudgingly acceded that the faux fire was within the letter of the law, but not within the intent. The guests, with the faux fire, who were perfectly legal and aware of the restriction, were none the less discomfitted by the lawmans attention. What is it to be?
I graciously dismissed the deputy to let me work with my guests, within the letter of the law.
In meeting this spring with our county emergency services director he proposed that future bans include all forms of open flame outside any structure. My challenge to him was to provide evidence that a campfire ,or any open flame device in a licensed inspected camp has EVER caused a forest fire in SD. No. Not one.
The consequenses of those well meant intentions, if left unchallenged will not be to your liking.
Last summer when we had a campfire ban a guest lit up their propane faux campfire. In minutes I had a phone call from a neighbor passing by to alert me, in the next ten minutes another guest lit up a wood fire, claiming well, they have a fire. as I was explaining to that guest about the ban on open burning and extinguishing the wood fire the sheriff arrived who grudgingly acceded that the faux fire was within the letter of the law, but not within the intent. The guests, with the faux fire, who were perfectly legal and aware of the restriction, were none the less discomfitted by the lawmans attention. What is it to be?
I graciously dismissed the deputy to let me work with my guests, within the letter of the law.
In meeting this spring with our county emergency services director he proposed that future bans include all forms of open flame outside any structure. My challenge to him was to provide evidence that a campfire ,or any open flame device in a licensed inspected camp has EVER caused a forest fire in SD. No. Not one.
The consequenses of those well meant intentions, if left unchallenged will not be to your liking.
