Comments on: Burn Ban In Effect For Escambia County

By: Wanda Harne

Wanda Harne — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 16:15:51 +0000

We have a firepit for cooking…use only wood…hot dog and smores night…the cooking rack is like a mesh(ish) cover over the pit…can we legally do this? Wednesday the 21st?

By: Teresa

Teresa — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:34:12 +0000

I just wanted to clarify something, and before I do state it, like everyone else I have 8 bonfire’s worth of debris waiting for the ban to be lifted.
It seems to me the Majority of responses aren’t quite grasping why there would be a ban due to respiratory issues and feel it’s just due to people complaining.
It’s literally about the air quality which is measured regularly for pollen etc. When the air quality across the entire county reaches dangerous levels of anything that can be controlled well then they try to.
It’s not about your particular fire bothering a neighbor. It’s about 50,000 fires burning at once accross the county and literally affecting the counties air quality to the point of being hazardous. When we burn the smoke and particles accumulate and the breeze just pushes them around.
For instance, on a larger scale, if yellow stone volcano were to erupt a huge part of the catastrophe would be smoke and particles that literally would drift around the earth and block out the sun affecting most of the globe. The smoke doesnt just continue to rise till its off to space. It hits a level and sits till its blown elsewhere or sperated enough to not be a hazard anymore.
So when you see air quality issues please try to understand that its literally an air quality issue that affects everyone that lives in that area and once it climbs to dangerous levels it will affect you even if you dont have respiratory issues..
Like most of the earth’s current environmental problems, it’s a combination of too many individual people doing something that affects the environment on a mass scale. It was literally too many fires over a very short amount of time….

By: Steven Connor

Steven Connor — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:06:25 +0000

Tired of smelling smoke!!!!! Neighbor burns everyday. He’s not bbqing either. 4 ft from my fence. Night, day. Doesn’t matter to him. Absolutely no consideration for me and the family. Authorities have gotten involved but he still burns. I agree with a burn ban for residential areas

By: Renee

Renee — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:51:50 +0000

I have a mini forest in my back yard and no front yard to sit the debri because I live in a culdisac. Therefore I have no choice but to burn and now I can’t. I currently have a 20′ wide, 5′ high pile of wet leaves and limbs that has become home to lizards and bugs.

By: Bob West

Bob West — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:21:19 +0000

Sitting here looking at numerous small limb/leaf piles that have now gotten soaked due to the rain yesterday. Shame I couldn’t have already burned it when it was dry due to the burn ban. Now there will be much more smoke and I will be dealing with snakes and vermin. First time in 25 years that I am not already done with the debris clean up….

By: RuthTalbott

RuthTalbott — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:34:46 +0000

The amount of trees and brush have kept us busy working for the past two weeks. We have piled tarp after tarp out for ECUA and they have started picking up on Friday. We worked all day trying to get as much as possible out before they continue in the morning. I have no idea what we are going to do with the rest as I am sure they will not make a second run. We purchased 2 burn barrels today and have a cleared grassed 1/2 acre ajoining our home. .NOW A BURN BAN! WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSE TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE TREES AND BRUSH? I know the clean up is overwhelming for the County, but what are we suppose to do if we can only put small piles out weekly from here on. I also have fence pieces that I hope they will return to pick up! The workers seem to be selective. NOW ANOTHER HURRICAN FORCASTED FOR THE GULF!.

By: Good Grief

Good Grief — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 03:30:15 +0000

Keeping your windows shut if you have breathing problems so the rest of us can clean up our land isn’t a big deal, seems to me you just want a reason to gripe. As far as cleaning up ashes I’d rather clean that up than all these trees on my property.
The pile of leaves with the moisture underneath is creating mold so all the people griping about smoke what about the piles of leaves.
As far as the limbs being picked up it must be only 4 ft sections since I had a section left, even though it was probably no more than 5 to 6. If they don’t allow burning then don’t set a restriction on the size.

By: Jesus believer

Jesus believer — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:39:12 +0000

Well if this is what the county wants, then I’ll just move all of my debris by the road, on the road, wherever I can fit it, not on my property. Let’s put all the pressure on the county to clean it up and see how much there really is to deal with. Jesus be with yall

By: Tee

Tee — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 20:47:24 +0000

I was just burning debris, decided to take a break and was searching the net. Oh crap!!! I didn’t know it was a burn ban. On another note, if someone is burning and it’s disturbing you, just let them know, a decent person wouldn’t mind not disturbing someone else. I think it’s futile to be petty.

By: Know The Law

Know The Law — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 22:09:18 +0000

Re: Lisa
Residential burning is also regulated and enforced by the Florida Forest Service. Blackwater Forestry Center is responsible for Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa Counties. Regardless of burn ban in effect, all residential burning must meet the regulations – which many residential areas do not.