Neighbors’ fire pits during Maryland burn ban
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Anonymous
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I notified a park ranger when I was camping last week and someone started a campfire. A fire burn ban is serious. I would call the non emergency number.
https://news.maryland.gov/dnr/2024/11/12/maryland-department-of-natural-resources-enacts-statewide-burn-ban/ |
Anonymous
A fire pit and a camp fire are two different things. |
Anonymous
“The law defines open-air burning as a fire where any material is burned in the open or in a receptacle other than a furnace, incinerator, or other equipment connected to a stack or chimney.” And “ Q: Are propane grilles/stoves/fire pits allowed? A: Yes, since these devices have an on off switch. However, caution is advised.” So it may depend what kind of fire it is. |
Anonymous
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They might not know
Just let them know Print out a copy of the policy maybe and give it to them |
Anonymous
| See something say something |
Anonymous
| The law in MoCo is confusing because there seems to be an exception for some "recreational" fires. But it isn't clear what is and isn't covered by that exception. |
Anonymous
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It just rained a few days ago locally. Wildfire danger is basically back to normal right now. A fire pit is totally safe at the moment.
Y’all are obsessed with panicking over sh!t. And snitching. |
Anonymous
Same here. |
Anonymous
So all just anonymous snitches? How do you live with yourselves? |
Anonymous
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OP back. I decided to let it go this time. I’m not the neighborhood snitch. But I think it’s a matter of public safety since things have been so dry.
As some have pointed out, some people don’t know about the ban. But when there are flames over a foot high, piles of dry leaves and kids running around, it seems like it should be common sense that this could pose a danger |
Anonymous
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I’m usually pretty cautious about this stuff and haven’t had a fire pit in over a hear but I honestly don’t see how my lighting a fire in the metal container that is my fire pit, on my slate patio, is going to be anything of an issue. Even if it somehow jumped out and onto dry leaves, I could quench it with my backyard hose pretty quickly. This just isn’t a scenario where it could smoulder in a forest and have a ton of fuel to burn. I’ve just never ever heard of a fire starting this way. Fires in suburbia are pretty much always started by an electrical short or by something catching onto chemicals left in the garage.
Most fiorest fires are started by lightening strike or be people that are really, really bad campers that never learned the basic rules of camping fires, including how to property extinguish a campfire. |
Anonymous
| I was just thinking of lighting up my fire pit in my backyard in the woods under huge pine trees and such. We were going to roast hot dogs and eat s'mores and look at the stars. The fire would've felt so nice against my skin. But, I will instead light up my fireplace. Thanks for the info. |
Anonymous
NP. When a safe expectation of a confrontation, these days, in a verbal altercation/assault and on an extreme is a threat of some sort of violence, hell yes I’m an anonymous snitch. Stop being an entitled glass-bowl, and follow the GD rules and laws and you won’t have to worry about it. |
Anonymous
Burn ban is still in effect in MD Drought conditions still prevail |
Anonymous
311 is only open in moco M-F 7-7. |