Hot Weather Has Increased Wildfire Potential. Tok Suspends Burning Permits
Tok Is The Next Community From Ours Toward The Canada Border Ten years ago, on June 22nd, 2016, this poster was taped to a wall in Tok. (...
Tok Is The Next Community From Ours Toward The Canada Border
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| Ten years ago, on June 22nd, 2016, this poster was taped to a wall in Tok. (Journal archives) |
Tok Fire Prevention Area suspends Burn Permits
Burn Permits are suspended effective as of Saturday morning, August 1st starting at 9:00 AM, in the Tok Fire Prevention Area. Burning of debris piles, lawns, or utilizing a burn barrel is prohibited. Please note that cooking and warming type fires are still allowed but extreme caution must be used due to high wildfire potential should an ember escape, a fire be left unattended or it’s not completely extinguished.
This suspension will remain in place until conditions change. Permit holders need to be aware of changing conditions and are required to call the area’s Permit Hotline for the current status. Tok (907) 883-1413 ext. 2303
State law requires those wanting to conduct any open burning on state, private and municipal lands from April 1 through Aug. 31 to get burn permits from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection either online or at your local Forestry office. This includes burning brush piles, using burn barrels, agricultural burning and burning of maintained lawns. Burn permits are NOT required for camping, cooking or warming fires less than three feet in diameter with flame lengths less than two feet high. However, it’s not suggested during windy days or when and where there are red flag warnings.
You can also find more information about the Forestry Burn Permit program and suspensions at https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn
For current information on DFFP Burn Permits, call the hotline at DFFP Area Offices:
