Due to recent rains, higher humidity and cooling temperatures, per order of the Fire Chief, New Salem and Wendell will end its outdoor burning ban effective Tuesday at midnight. Residents may again have small, contained cooking fires. If residents have questions as to what constitutes a safe fire pit, please contact the fire station.
A reminder the outdoor brush burning season begins January 15 and ends May 1. Permits are required from fcburnpermits.com.
Trash and debris are never allowed to be burned. Illegal burning may result in fines.
We thank you for your cooperation in what was an extremely busy fall fire season. As part of the mutual aid system, New Salem and Wendell firefighters on the Franklin County Hand Crew, which is specially trained to fight wildfires with difficult access and requiring extensive hiking, deployed to fires in Holden, Monson, Northfield, Warwick, Great Barrington, and Sheffield this fall.
Joseph Cuneo
Fire Chief
978-544-3345