Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on April 21, 2008, 07:44:54 AM

Title: Methinks Its Time To Ban Grass Fires Until We Get Some Rain
Post by: Henry on April 21, 2008, 07:44:54 AM

Not sure what our Fairfax Fire Department has encountered for Grass Fires, but it is mighty, mighty dry out there.  Saw a couple of people burning yesterday and they certainly weren't that far away from houses.  They are supposed to be having some kind of a meeting today to determine if they should ban all burning - I feel we need green grass and a little rain before they allow people to start burning, permits or not.

Title: Re: Methinks Its Time To Ban Grass Fires Until We Get Some Rain
Post by: Chris Santee on April 21, 2008, 07:49:04 AM

I agree.
I have a pile of brush to burn, but haven't called Duane yet.

Thanks to Fairfax Fire Department.
I love all of you but don't need to see you at my house today.

Title: Re: Methinks Its Time To Ban Grass Fires Until We Get Some Rain
Post by: Loctavious on April 21, 2008, 08:33:45 AM

Had a fire on friday up from my house a bit on Goose Pond.  Pretty irritating when your neighbors ignore warnings and then go and burn up their yard.  From the looks of it, it could've been much worse as it didn't look like the fire made into the woods around that neighbors house - if it did.... well hopefully it wouldn't have gone far enough to burn the houses and trailers on the other side of those woods.
I'm a neighborlay type of guy, but if my neighbors causes my house to burn down.... well let's just say they'll be paying that bill when it comes in the mail.

As if the billowing smoke wasn't lesson enough, my other neighbor continued to burn his debris pile all weekend.  Not sure what he's burning - sometimes it smells like hickory - other times like plastic - none-the-less, burning at a dangerous time of year.