Spring is Here!!!

3/20/2015 – As you may have heard today is the first day of Spring! Along with spring cleaning inside your house don’t forget to tidy up outside. Clearing the area around your home and making “defensible space” is crucial to aid in saving your home from devastating wildfires. There is still time to obtain burn permits and take care of any debris that has built up around your property, irrigation ditches or weeds before the winds pick up.  If you are planning to get some spring cleaning done make sure to contact your local fire department, police department or if your residence does not fall under a fire district contact your county or tribal emergency management department for more information. You MUST call before burning to make sure it is safe. Always keep a source of water nearby with a shovel and plenty of dirt, keep piles small and you are required to stay with any burning material at all times until it is completely extinguished.

A few departments have permit forms online and most cost nothing or minimal fee to obtain.  Below is a list of places or websites to get your burn permit.

In person:

Holbrook area – City of Holbrook, 465 1st Avenue

Joseph City – Contact Chief DeSpain at (928)587-5641

Pinetop area – Pinetop Fire Station 110, 1845 S. Pine Lake Rd

Snowflake and Taylor area – Snowflake-Taylor Police Department, 602 S. Main Street

Winslow area – Winslow Fire Department, 215 N. Taylor Ave

Online permits

Timber Mesa Fire – https://ww04.elbowspace.com/secure/20130611100039599152

Heber-Overgaard Fire – http://www.hofdaz.com/burning-guidelines.html

Navajo County (*outside of any other fire district)

http://www.navajocountyaz.gov/emergencymanagement/Burn.aspx

**hours for burning may vary so you much check with your area

 

 

 

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