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slight breeze can carry them hundreds of feet into the woods, where the embers can start wildfires. The person doing the burning may not even be aware of the wildfire until it has gotten too big to put out without help.
Later in the spring, the green grasses and underbrush begin to develop, which are harder to ignite and inhibit the spread of fire. That’s why the ban ends on May 15, the warden said.
Unless we get more rain or snow, Mr. Jenkins suggested, it might be best to put off burning those brush piles until mid-summer, when the winds are calmer and there’s plenty of green around to inhibit wildfire. Even if there’s more precipitation, he noted that the only safe time to bum is while the snow is thick on the ground or the rain is still falling. “Then, it's usually pretty tough to get the fire to start.”
There are other burning laws as well. Failure to completely extinguish a fire before leaving the burning area causes problems for the foresters each year. The law requires that a fire be dead out before leaving it.
There are also laws to prevent carelessly and negligently set fires, like dumping hot ashes in a dry field or failing to clear a firebreak around a bum pile.
For more information on the state’s burning laws, advice on how to safely bum outside, or for a current recommendation on whether it’s safe to bum, call Tippy Jenkins, 987-8837, or Buck Kline, the area forester, at (703) 948-5341.
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