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Engine One at Waterfront Park
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Welcome!
Protecting lives and property in one of America's most liveable cities,
the Burlington Fire Department provides fire protection,
emergency medical services, technical rescue services, fire
prevention, and public education programs.
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The Tower in Battery Park on a Fine Spring Day |
Fire Station Two in Burlington's Old North End
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- As temperatures soar in the summer, the
frequency of outdoor fires also increases.
- Open burning is
not allowed in the City of Burlington or it’s beaches, except
for approved cooking appliances and campfires regulated by the Parks
Department. In addition to the fire hazard from flying embers and the
health risks from the smoke, campfires on the beach can cause
significant burn injuries, especially to young children and our pets.
- The City of Burlington does allow
cooking fires, provided they are contained
within an approved cooking appliance, they are constantly
attended and that they are extinguished
after the meal is cooked. A brief
cooking fire using a clean-burning fuel produces a lot less smoke than
other types of fire, which may be kept burning for several hours.
- Although folks might keep a constant
watch on a cooking fire, they might not consider that smoldering
embers left behind on a beach can cause serious burn
injuries to the unsuspecting child building a sand castle the
next morning. Buried coals can retain
significant heat for a very long time. That
leftover hot dog that you buried along with the remains of the fire
might cause significant
injury for the dog that sniffs it out later.
- As our
population ages, more or our
neighbors suffer from lung diseases such as asthma or emphysema
that make them more susceptible to breathing
difficulties caused by smoke. Young
children with lung diseases or allergies may also be adversely affected
by the neighbor’s backyard fire.
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City’s enforcement of the open-burning ordinance is complaint-driven.
As with any type of outdoor activity that may affect your neighbors,
sometimes the best practice is to check in with them first and invite
them over to the party. They will
appreciate the considerate gesture and will be less likely to complain.
- Other News and Information
- Applications
now being accepted for the Burlington Fire Deparment 2010 Recruit
Testing Cycle: Being a firefighter is extremely rewarding
and challenging. The recruit testing process is detailed on
our page.
- Proposed revisions to our Burlington Fire
Safety Ordinance are available online. The Fire Commision has now held
public hearings and the proposed revisions are moving on to the City
Council. Public comment is still welcome via US Mail to the
address below, or via e-mail to fireweb@ci.burlington.vt.us .
- Proposed Ordinance
Revisions Page
- Current Burlington Fire Safety Ordinace
Available Online: Burlington adopts the current
Vermont Fire and Building Safety Code as city ordinance. There
are some sections of the State Code that Burlington has enhanced with
local ordinances. We have proposed ordinance changes, and these
are available in the link above.
- Health
Information On-Line - Visit the new Burlington Board of
Health site.
- Vermont Community Health
Information Network provides healthcare consumers assistance in
finding quality medical and healthcare information on the Internet.
This and other online resources are available through the
University of Vermont's Dana Medical Library at Consumer
Health Information.
- Visiting
Burlington? Check Vermont
Tourism for travel planning information, and the Relocate page for Transportation
info.
- Burlington's
Housing Programs - Information on buying a home, lead paint removal
and assistance for low- and moderate-income families.
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Last Update April 27, 2009
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