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The Hermitage Department of Fire/Rescue is headed by the Fire Marshal, assisted by the deputy Fire Marshal, and consists of over forty highly-trained, certified volunteer fire fighters, EMTs, instructors and investigators. The Department also employs a full-time administrative clerical position and laborer/maintenance position. It operates from three stations - the main (central) station at 2511 Highland Road where administrative offices and training facilities are located, a station at 119 Superior Street in the Patagonia (western) area of the City, and one located at 541 Mercer Avenue (southern). The Department provides full fire and rescue services to the community including fire fighting, rescue operations of all types, fire safety education programs, fire safety inspection services, fire safety code enforcement, training, haz-mat services and fire incident investigation. In addition, the Department maintains the City's Emergency Operations Plan and Emergency Weather Notification System and operates an extensive training facility. The Department also has a vast array of modern fire fighting and rescue equipment including a fully-equipped mobile command post and mobile air cascade equipment. It responds regionally under mutual aid agreements and with other communities and works closely with the Office of the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal and related agencies.  WWW.HERMITAGEFIRE.COM


Relevant Forms and Documents

  Burning Ordinance


 

Hermitage Burning Regulations

1. Burning hours for the City of Hermitage are 6:00 AM to noon.
Exclusion: Burning may be accomplished between the hours of 6:00 AM and 6:00 PM if the fire location is 300 feet away from any occupied building.

2. Days of burning are Monday through Saturday.
Prohibited Days: Sundays, Legal Holidays.

3. Material that may be burned is limited to "ordinary household class A debris," which is wood, paper, cloth, and related materials that do not create noxious odors and heavy smoke.
Prohibited materials: Any material that creates noxious odors and heavy smoke, such as leaves, grass, shrubbery, and household garbage, or creates a justified neighborhood disturbance.

4. All household burning must be in a container approved by the fire department. A five-foot square area around the burning container must be free of burned debris (maintained) and other combustible debris.

5. Special burning permits may be issued by the fire department for material not considered household debris. Such permits will be issued for burning during the hours of 6:00 AM and noon, after which the fire must be allowed to burn out. There shall be no smoldering fires permitted after 6:00 PM.

6. No burning shall be permitted without a permit, except for the burning of household trash during the established burning hours.

7. General conditions for burning with or without a permit are:

    A. No fire shall be permitted within 15 feet of any structure or property line. Burning on property lines is permissible when agreed to by adjoining property owners.
    B. No open flame or smoldering fire shall be permitted to burn unattended.
    C. No fire shall be started when wind or other factors are such to cause a hazardous or unsafe condition.
    D. No fire shall be started unless the permit holder has provided both manpower and equipment to extinguish the fire.
    E. Recreational fires for outdoor cooking are permitted. Bonfires for recreational cooking or outdoor camping may be no larger than 5' x 5' x 5' and burn no longer than three hours. The Fire Official may order the extinguishment of such when it is a nuisance.
    F. Applications for special burning permits, as called for in the Hermitage Fire Code, require a 10-day notification in writing to the fire department prior to the date of permit issuance. The 10-day notification period may be waived by the Fire Official.
    G. The Fire Official may issue or deny all special burning permit requests and assign conditions to the issuance of the burning permits.
8. Warnings will no longer be issued for violations of the Hermitage Fire Code when a justified complaint is received by the enforcing agency. The violator will be:

    A. Advised to immediately extinguish the fire.
    B. Advised of the Hermitage Burning Rules and Regulations.
    C. Advised that a citation will be issued for the violation.
(The listed rules and regulations for outdoor burning have been excerpted from Section F-300 of the Hermitage Fire Code Ordinance. The complete ordinance is available for review at the Hermitage Central Fire Station at 2511 Highland Road, Hermitage; or, contact the fire department at 724-342-0669.)
 

For more information, contact:

Mr. Robert Goeltz, Fire Marshal
2511 Highland Road
Hermitage, PA 16148
Admin: 724-342-0669
EMERGENCY: 9-1-1
bgoeltz@hermitage.net

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