Careless debris burning is a major cause of wildland fires. Please exercise extreme caution while doing outdoor burning.
- Avoid burning when weather is dry and windy.
- Establish wide control lines down to bare mineral soil at least five feet wide around any burn barrels and even wider around brush piles and other piled debris to be burned. The larger the debris pile, the wider the control line needed to ensure that burning materials won’t be blown or roll off the pile into vegetation outside the line.
- Keep water and hand tools ready in case your fire should spread.
- Stay with all outdoor fires until they are completely out.
- Avoid burning when your smoke will be bothersome to neighbors or sensitive locations such as highways.
Items that are NOT legal to burn in Tennessee:
- Tires & other Rubber Products
- Plastics
- Paper products & cardboard
- Paints & Chemicals
- Aerosol and Food cans
- Mobile Homes & Buildings
- Building materials
- Copper & electrical wires
- Household trash & garbage
- Leaves & trees not grown at burn site
- Asphalt shingles & oils
- Clothing & furniture
Other Key Information:
- All Residents within the City of Kingston must obtain a burn permit through the fire department.
- No burn permit is required through the Tennessee Department of Forestry.
- You must always be present while burning any outside rubbish.
- A water hose and hand tools must also be present during the burn.
- If the fire becomes out of control, contact 911 to get the fire department to your location.
- If your burn becomes a nuisance to the public you may be asked to put the fire out.
- If a permit number is requested by Kingston Fire or Kingston PD and you do not have one you may be held civilly liable for unauthorized burning.
- If you are burning material other than natural vegetation you may be held civilly liable for burning illegal material and could receive a ticket from Kingston Police Department.
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