Can the Town Forest Fire Warden use the “Permit to Kindle Fire” books to cover conditions in their town’s Municipal Ordinance for open burning? 

Yes, the Town Forest Fire Warden may write them on each permit as special conditions of the permit to kindle fire.  

Examples of special conditions that could be written on the permit: Maximum wind speed, wind direction that would limit smoke to neighbors or embers toward structures, size of material, proximity to structures or other dry fuels, nighttime burning or not, other conditions from municipal ordinances.  If “special written conditions” are written on the permit, they become part of the permit and are enforceable.  

If “special written conditions” are written on the permit, they become part of the permit and are enforceable.  Violation of the conditions of the permit would result in the permit being invalid, essentially the same as burning without a permit.  A “Vermont Fire Prevention Ticket” could be issued for burning without a permit by the Fire Warden.  

There is no size limit for materials. However, larger fuels can create increased smoke creating a public nuisance that could violate air pollution control laws. Fire wardens can limit size of fuels under the special conditions of the permit to kindle fire.