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Motor Vehicle Accident
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
1353 hours - Fire Stations 27 and 34 and EMS units 925 and 821 were dispatched to RT 715 and Hay RD for a motor vehicle accident with vehicle into a tree and on fire.1354 hours - EMS 1820 was passing ...
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Vehicle Fire
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
1910 hours - Fire Stations 27 and 34 and EMS unit 925 were dispatched to Big Pocono State Park by the Fire Tower for a tour bus on fire. Additional calls report trees catching fire.1913 hours - With E...
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Vehicle Fire (Mutual Aid)
Monday, June 28th, 2021
0807 hours - Fire Stations 34 and 27 and EMS units 921 and 925 were dispatched to I-80, east bound near the Crescent Lake Rest Area for a reported tractor trailer on fire.
Automatic Fire Alarm
Sunday, June 27th, 2021
1501 hours - Fire Station 27 was dispatched to 204 Miller RD for alarms ringing.1507 hours - With 27-8 and 27-S-1 on scene, system malfunction, all units were returned.
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Keystone State Fire Apparatus News
Saturday, January 1st, 2005
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The attached is from the quarterly book that was published in January - March 2005
Open Burning

Open Burning

Jackson Township
Monroe County, Pennsylvania
 
Ordinance No. 2000-100

Burning Times and Conditions:Exceptions

A. Outdoor burning may be kindled or maintained during the following days and times:

Monday through Friday........................................9:00 AM to 8:00 PM
Saturday..............................................................9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Sunday................................................................Not Permitted
Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4th......................Not Permitted

 

B. Open burning of leaves and / or brush on private lands with consent of the landowner or person in charge of the property is permitted during the following times:

Monday through Saturday....................................6:00 AM to 8:00 PM Sunday..................................................................Not Permitted
Labor Day, Memorial Day, July 4th......................Not Permitted
 

      All fires must be attended to at all times by a responsible adult with a readily available means of extinguishing the fire. No fire shall be started or maintained unless cinfined withi a noncombustible container covered with a noncombustible mesh screen having one (1) inch or smaller mesh.

 

C. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the use of family-size outdoor barbeque equipment for household cooking purposes when any flame is properly confined, supervised and extinguished.

 

Burning of the following items is prohibited: Plastic containers and plastics of any kind, diapers, styrofoams of any kind, tires and rubber of any kind.

 Thank you.

 

 

This page was last updated on April 2, 2021
 

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