Burn Permits | Brooklin Fire Dept.

You do not need to print and sign the permit as long as you have it on your phone by either:

You also do not need to call the burn line if you get the permit online. The state sends us a notification

Brooklin Town Wildfire Warden

Note that we can no longer issue permits by phone nor text,

we will need your signature in person if you contact one of the following for a permit:

Name Title Phone Usual Daytime location

Peter Gray Fire Warden 610-3791 yard office at Hammond Lumber in Blue Hill or Ellsworth

Jerry Gray Deputy Fire Warden 460-0896 various job sites around Brooklin

Scott Holden Deputy Fire Warden 479-1355 various job sites in and out of Brooklin

Tommy Morris Deputy Fire Warden 272-3360 North Brooklin

BURN INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

You may only burn on days when the fire danger is low or moderate in Zone 11. The fire danger is updated at 9:00 AM each day
You may not burn if winds or wind gusts will be more than 10 miles per hour at any time during your burn
- Click here for a good visual of the current wind speed in Brooklin
- and here is a good near-term forecast

The fire chief and fire warden may choose to not allow burns at other times regardless of the state fire danger

The ONLY permissible burns in Brooklin WITH a permit are:
- Recreational campfires kindled when the ground is not covered by snow
- Burning for agricultural purposes, which include but are not limited to open burning of blueberry fields, potato tops, and hay fields and prescribed burning for timberland management
- Out-of-door burning of wood wastes and unpainted wood from demolition debris in the open. Acceptable wood wastes are:
  - Brush
  - Stumps
  - UNTREATED and UNPAINTED Lumber
  - Bark
  - wood chips
  - shavings
  - slabs
  - edgings
  - slash
  - sawdust
- Open burning of leaves, brush, deadwood and tree cuttings accrued from normal property maintenance by the individual landowner or lessee of the land
You must have on hand at all times the tools, water and personnel that are checked off on your permit. Hand tools are a steel rake and shovel.
You must have at least one person present per burn pile. Do not leave any burn pile unattended at any time
You must leave a message on our Burn Line each time you are about to begin a burn
- Call 619-BFD0 (619-2330) and state:
  - The name on the permit
  - The street address/private road that provides the nearest vehicle access to the burn
  - The time you are starting and the time that you expect to finish the burn
  - A phone number where you can be reached during the burn