How To Properly Burn Garbage In The Country

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

There are plenty of branches, foliage, construction residues and other combustible waste in the country. Many people burn it, not knowing the laws of open fire in the countryside. Let's deal with the legislative postulates. Read the details of what and how to burn and for what we can be fined

Excerpts from the law

Summer residents who have information about the PPB will avoid trouble with neighbors and competent authorities. Let us consider in detail all the requirements of fire inspectors and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

So, in orders, acts, rules it is said that when lighting a fire, the place must be equipped (on the site or next to it). Let's take a look at the details of following the rules.

Fire in the open area

• Combustion and final smoldering must be controlled by humans.

• Open fire can occur in a place with a depression or in a pit, from the ground level below 30 cm.

• If there is a coniferous forest nearby, then the distance is maintained 100 m, a forest belt of deciduous - 50, any wooden buildings 30. This is written about an open fire in the rules.

• There must be no combustible materials around the incineration site (radius 10 m).

• It is also about the presence of an edging (40 cm) fire strip and accessories for extinguishing.

• The work must be completed in such a way as to exclude smoldering (backfilling with soil, filling with water).

Fire in special containers

Requirements change significantly when burning in a barrel, outdoor stove, etc.

• The distance from buildings and forests is halved.

• Around the site where waste incineration is supposed to be free of combustible material and dry wood within a radius of 5 m.

• Provision is made for a piece of metal to block air from reaching the flame.

• Until the end of decay, a person should not leave the place of burning.

No fire:

• under the conifers;

• during the period of special regime;

• in case of strong wind (capacity - 10 m / s, open area - 5 m / s);

• in the presence of continuous burnout on the walls of the container;

• on peat bogs.

What are the penalties

A summer resident can be fined 1-1.5 thousand rubles for fire. The chairman of horticulture is an official - this is already 6-15 thousand, a garden partnership is a legal one, respectively, 150-200 thousand rubles. Similar measures are applied if harm is done to people, the environment, property. In addition to a fine, a criminal case may be initiated. Try to avoid calling the Ministry of Emergencies.

How to avoid a fine

Summer residents should know how to legally dispose of garbage. First, never try to burn prohibited materials: rubber, polyethylene, plastic, tires. Second, use the “correct” methods of incineration. There are several of them, we will consider each available.

Burning barrel

The most convenient way, which does not require the organization of a fire strip, is a barrel. Any old iron will do, preferably without a bottom. She, even with active use, will last for several years.

According to the standards, the bottom must be removed, located 25 m from the wooden structures and installed on a hole in the ground. According to safety rules, there should be a barrel lid nearby to block the fire if necessary. And also materials for quick extinguishing.

Homemade construction for incineration

You can make a durable model in the form of a furnace yourself. The starting material can be a steel tank, metal circles, cylinders, etc. The main task of the designer is capacity and tightness. Some craftsmen weld a structure made of iron sheets in the form of a box, install a chimney and a blower. The stove is mounted on concrete blocks or bricks.

Brick incineration kiln

The most durable and aesthetic option would be a stove laid out on the street. The only drawback is the small volume. The curved chimney will extinguish sparks, so fire safety is guaranteed. A place for such an object must be chosen no closer than 8 m from the buildings.

Waste incinerator

With free money, you can buy a branded waste incinerator. They are available in building materials markets and garden stores. Almost all models are mobile as they are equipped with casters. Some have a cooking stove.

A barrel without a lid will cost you 5 thousand rubles, with a chimney and wheels 9-14 thousand. A square, stackable metal stove (3 mm) with an ash pan, a hinged lid, a chimney (pipe with an umbrella) costs about 15 thousand. fully assembled, the height of such a unit is 130 cm, with a side width of 70. The capacity and performance will satisfy everyone.