{"id":681,"date":"2019-12-06T00:38:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T00:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msfes.net\/shallotte\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:11:10","slug":"burn-permits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/?page_id=681","title":{"rendered":"Burn Permits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"681\" class=\"elementor elementor-681\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2fccf2ea elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2fccf2ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bf64db2\" data-id=\"3bf64db2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d864f5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d864f5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Obtaining Burn Permits<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c1a0b04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c1a0b04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e523753\" data-id=\"5e523753\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea972fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ea972fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>How to Obtain Your Permit<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d73288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d73288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Do you have questions about whether you can burn that crispy, old Christmas tree? Or maybe whether your piles of raked leaves can be set ablaze?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Gerton Fire Department will issue a burn permit&nbsp; for any legal fire. If you are a citizen of our fire district, please visit the main station any time between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and one of our staff members will be glad to write you a permit.<\/p>\n<p>Please be aware that the Department&#8217;s primary mission is to respond to emergency calls. For that reason, there may be times when our whole team is on an emergency call and not at the station to greet you. The duration of time that our Fire Department personnel are gone varies significantly depending on the circumstance, so please make note of this when you visit.<\/p>\n<p>Burn permits can also be submitted electronically through the North Carolina Forest Service website. You can access this website by clicking on the NC Forest Service patch, located below. The NC Forest Service website allows you to fill out and print off burn permits electronically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-465ad5d0\" data-id=\"465ad5d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f6d21b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72f6d21b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncforestservice.gov\/burn_permits\/burn_permits_main.htm\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/north-carolina-forest-service-logo-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1038\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d67e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d67e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For information from NCDAQ on burning for land clearing purposes, click the below<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7683493a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7683493a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-float\" href=\"https:\/\/deq.nc.gov\/about\/divisions\/air-quality\/air-quality-compliance\/open-burning\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Open Burning Policies<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278ccce6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"278ccce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md elementor-animation-float\" href=\"https:\/\/deq.nc.gov\/about\/divisions\/air-quality\/air-quality-enforcement\/open-burning\/burning-questions\/burning-debris\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Burning Debris FAQ<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obtaining Burn Permits How to Obtain Your Permit Do you have questions about whether you can burn that crispy, old Christmas tree? Or maybe whether your piles of raked leaves can be set ablaze? The Gerton Fire Department will issue a burn permit&nbsp; for any legal fire. If you are a citizen of our fire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-681","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/681\/revisions\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gertonfire.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}