BURN REGULATIONS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Due to the impact on air quality, local Fire Departments, and in agreement with the Davis County Fire Board of Appeals, consisting of the City Fire Chiefs and County Fire Marshal in Davis County, there will NOT be a time period set aside for open burning in Davis County for the year 2011.

Exemptions to this are as follows: Farm and horticultural operations may burn as established under current law and air quality rules.  In Davis County , a farm or horticultural operation is defined as:

1) Fruit orchards of 25 or more fruit trees on a continuous two acre parcel of property, or

2) Agricultural activities of 2 or more cultivated acres on single or contiguous parcels of property.  

They may only burn products incident to horticulture or agricultural operations, defined as: prunings, diseased plants, stubble and irrigation ditch banks.

Important notes:

-Open burning shall not be conducted within 50 feet of any structure or other combustible material. Conditions which could cause the fire to spread within 50 feet of a structure shall be eliminated prior to ignition.

-Owners are required to have some type of fire–extinguishing equipment readily available (garden hose connected to a water supply or similar.)

-Burning material shall be constantly attended. All open burns are required to have an attendant supervising the burning material until the fire has been extinguished.

Recreational Fires

Recreational fires are permitted by Local Ordinance, as long as they have prior authorization from the local Fire Department.  

Local Ordinances are as follows: The fire has to be contained in a fire pit and flames cannot exceed two feet in height.  The fire pit has to be 25 feet away from any structure and 10 feet from any property line.  The Syracuse Fire Department recommends if you have a fire pit, call the Fire Department on the days/nights you plan to have a recreational fire to find out the burn index for the day.

Homeowners may not burn anything, including prunings, rubbish, debris, or garbage in their yards.  Homeowners may have fires in devices for the primary purpose of preparing food such as outdoor grills, and they may also have recreation fires in approved non-combustible BBQ pits not located within 10 feet of combustible walls, roofs or other combustible material. Chimeneas fall under this same standard except clearances to combustibles increases to 15 feet.

Homeowners should contact the fire department prior to lighting any recreational fire, and must have a garden hose, bucket of water or a 4A rated fire extinguisher readily available for use before burning.