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| GOT CANS? Help us help the children of the Low Country. Bring your empty aluminum cans to our Fairlawn Station (1201 Edward Drive) and place them in the can trailer out front. We’ll take your cans to be recycled and 100% of the money will go to help burnt children of the low country. - Please remove any bags when leaving cans. |
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Burning Yard Debris:
State law requires that you notify the Forestry Commission prior to burning outdoors. In most cases,
the law applies to burning leaves, limbs and branches that you clean up from your yard. The
notification law does not apply within town or city limits.
Just dial 1-800-895-7063 (for Berkeley County), listen to the message, and leave your name, address
and phone number.
The law requires that you clear a firebreak around the burning site and have the right equipment
available to keep the fire under control.
Other Tips:
Clear the area around the burn site at least 10 feet away from any materials that may potentially be
flammable.
Have a water source and tools handy in case the fire gets out of control.
Monitor the weather conditions.
Avoid burning on windy and low humidity day.
Do not burn within 200 feet of any woodland, brush land, or field that may contain dry grass and
shrubbery.
Never leave a fire unattended and stay with the fire until it is completely burned out.
Be responsible and take every precaution possible to avoid a fire from getting out of control.
There are many people out there with respiratory health issues so we ask that you take every
precaution not breathe in the smoke from the materials you are burning. We recommend wearing
some type of facial mask and avoid standing in the direction the smoke is blowing.
Also be respectful to your neighbors and don’t burn in areas that may expose them to the smoke.
You must also stay with the fire until it is completely safe.
Sources: Georgetown Times; South Carolina Forestry Commission
State law requires that you notify the Forestry Commission prior to burning outdoors. In most cases,
the law applies to burning leaves, limbs and branches that you clean up from your yard. The
notification law does not apply within town or city limits.
Just dial 1-800-895-7063 (for Berkeley County), listen to the message, and leave your name, address
and phone number.
The law requires that you clear a firebreak around the burning site and have the right equipment
available to keep the fire under control.
Other Tips:
Clear the area around the burn site at least 10 feet away from any materials that may potentially be
flammable.
Have a water source and tools handy in case the fire gets out of control.
Monitor the weather conditions.
Avoid burning on windy and low humidity day.
Do not burn within 200 feet of any woodland, brush land, or field that may contain dry grass and
shrubbery.
Never leave a fire unattended and stay with the fire until it is completely burned out.
Be responsible and take every precaution possible to avoid a fire from getting out of control.
There are many people out there with respiratory health issues so we ask that you take every
precaution not breathe in the smoke from the materials you are burning. We recommend wearing
some type of facial mask and avoid standing in the direction the smoke is blowing.
Also be respectful to your neighbors and don’t burn in areas that may expose them to the smoke.
You must also stay with the fire until it is completely safe.
Sources: Georgetown Times; South Carolina Forestry Commission
| SC Fire-Rescue Conference July 12-20, 2009 Myrtle Beach Convention Center |