Burning Permits

 

Burning permits are now available at Station 1, 48 Lothrop Street.

Permits are only valid between 1/15/2013 and 5/1/2013.

Burning shall only be allowed between the hours of 10AM through 4PM.

Permission must be obtained for each day of burning by calling (508)230-0788. Do not call before 8:30AM. This a recorded line please leave your permit number after the message. 

Open air burning may be halted at any time due to weather conditions. You will hear a message on the recorded line that there is no burning in the Town of Easton.

The Fire Department may revoke any permit at any time.

The permit does not release any party from damage liability.

You are allowed to burn brush, cane, driftwood and forestry debris from other than commercial or industrial land clearing operations from January 15th through May 1st under the following conditions:

  1. Burning must be at least 75 feet from all dwellings

  2. Burning must be carried out between 10am and 4pm

  3. Burning must take place on land closest to the source of material to be burned

  4. Fire must be attended at all times by permit applicant or designee

Prohibited from open burning:

Grass, hay, leaves, and/or stumps or tires also any brush, trees, cane, and driftwood from any commercial or institutional land clearing operations.

Violators shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 plus the cost of suppression or by imprisonment for not more than one month or both.

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