TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND REGULATIONS
1. Someone must remain with the controlled burn at all times.
2. This permit is good for BRUSH ONLY. NO BUILDING MATERIALS. NO BURNING OF LEAVES.
3. This permit is good only for the date and time shown.
4. USE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OF ANY KIND IS NOT PERMITTED.
5. The city of Hopkinsville & the Hopkinsville Fire Department WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACCIDENTS, INJURIES, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THIS BURNING PERMIT.
6. STATE LAW FOR OPEN BURNING MUST BE FOLLOWED. ANY STATE & OR COUNTY REGULATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS WILL SUPERSEDE THAT OF THE CITY OF HOPKINSVILLE
Always call 911 Dispatch (ECC) Non-emergency for updated regulations/notifications before you burn (270) 890-1300.
401 KAR 63:005
Open Burning KRS 224.033 section 3. Prohibition of open burning. Except as provided in this section open burning is prohibited. Fires may be set for the purposes specified in the section throughout the year in any area of the commonwealth which is not designated or was not previously designated, moderate attainment for ozone pursuant to 401 KAR 51:010. If the fires do not violate KRS chapters 149, 150, 227, other laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or local ordinances. Purposes for which open burning is allowed are (1) Fires set for cooking of food for human consumption (2) Fires set for recreational or ceremonial purposes (3) Small fires set by construction and other workers for comfort heating purposes providing excessive or unusual smoke is not created (4) Fires set for the purpose of weed abatement, disease, and pest prevention (5) Fires set for prevention of a fire hazard, including the disposal of dangerous materials where no safe alternative is available (6) Fires set for the purpose of bona fide instruction and training of public and industrial employees in the methods of fighting fires (7) Fires set for recognized agricultural, silvicultural, range, and wildlife management practices (8) Fires set by individual homeowners for burning of leaves except in cities greater than 8,000 population located in a Priority ! region (9) Fires set for disposal of household rubbish, not to include garbage, originating at dwellings of five (5) family units or less, which fires are maintained by the occupant of the dwelling at the dwelling, except in cities greater than 8,000 population located in a Priority 1 region (10) Fires set for the purpose of disposing of accidental spills or leaks of crude oil, petroleum products or other organic materials, and the disposal of absorbent material used in their removal, if no other economical feasible means of disposal is available and practical, permission is obtained from the cabinet prior to burning (11) Fires set for disposal of natural growth for land clearing, and trees and limbs felled by storms, if no extraneous materials such as tires or heavy oil which tend to produce dense smoke are used to cause ignition or aid combustion and the burning is done on days when the conditions do not pose a threat of igniting a forest fire, In regions classified Priority 1 with respect to particulate matter pursuant to 401 KAR 50:020, Appendix A, the emissions from such fires shall not be equal to or greater than forty (40) percent opacity (12) Heating ropes that are set to repair steel rails during cold weather.