Fire Department

  • Fire Chief: Dale Ross
  • Assistant. Chief: Shane Bugg
  • Secretary: Karla Bowen
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Help Prevent Forest Fires!

In June of 2008, the Burt Township Fire Department responded to 2 fires that could have resulted in loss of life, property, and wildlife habitats - a vehicle fire in the school forest and a wildfire near the Superior Dunes development. While neither were the result of improper burning ~ Do Your part, Help Prevent Wildfires by getting a burn permit.

Burn Permit

Get your burn permit online: www.michigan.gov/burnpermit

Who Needs a Burn Permit, Who Does Not

Burn permits are issued only for:

  • Limbs
  • Brush
  • Stumps
  • Evergreen needles
  • Leaves
  • Grass
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Ongoing burns for construction and land clearing, roadway maintenance, and uncertified party’s performing prescribed burns without a written plan require a burn permit issued by the local DNR Fire Manager.

Burn permits are NOT required:

  • Cooking or recreational campfires
  • Anytime there is continuous snow cover adjacent to your fire

Items that can never be burned due to air quality regulations:

  • Demolition debris
  • Construction materials
  • Automotive parts

Local regulations vary, please check before lighting your fire.

No burn permits issued within 1400 feet of a city or village due to Department of Environmental Quality air quality rules.