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5/29/2019 34 APPENDIX D Prescription Burn Guidelines Permits are needed from DNR and applications are completed online. File in form for equipment, personnel, clear zone issues, smoke direction and nearest structures. Notify residents/businesses of intentions. Use USDA Standard Fire Behavior Fuel Models: A Comprehensive Set for Use with Rothermel’s Surface Fire Spread Model, and National Wildfire Coordinating Group Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide for MNDNR Permit. Notify Cambridge DNR and Lino Lakes Police and Fire Notify residents if there could be possible close smoke issues All required equipment must be inspected. For larger burns, use Ranger/Kubota for tank and pump/hose Use backpack cans, shovel, rakes, and chainsaw The City has trained burn specialists. Have one person in charge (fire boss), one with a torch to direct fire, flank and sometimes end personnel with water cans. Make sure required fire breaks are in place Must have a 10 foot clear zone around burn area. Some course work in Fire Weather is important for this function. The DNR also offers a wild land fire fighter certification (week). Must have 1 person in charge that knows how to run a control burn. Without this person, contract control burns out. Weather • Temperatures above 68 F are desirable for total fuel consumption. • Hottest parts of the day is usually between 11:00 and 4:00 PM. • Steady winds between 5 to 18 MPH most desirable. • Calm days to 2 MPH not necessarily the best. Takes longer, fire can create its own weather and may change its own direction, heat will dissipate more slowly and cause damage to non-target plants. • Persistent winds from a constant direction safest. • Obtain probable wind directions. Northwest winds most persistent.