- No update weather forecast for area
- Forecast does not agree with prescription
- Poor visibility
- Personnel or equipment stretched thin
- Burning large area using ignition
- Communications for all people not available
- No backup plan or forces available
- No one notified or plans to burn
- Behavior of test fire not as prescribed
- A smoke-management system has not been used
- Smoke-sensitive area downwind or down drainage
- Organic soil present
- Daytime Dispersion Index below 40
- Not enough personnel or equipment available to control an escaped fire
- Personnel on fire not qualified to take action on escaped fire.
Debris burning - in addition to the above:
- Area contains windrows
- A lot of dirt in piles
- Poor nighttime smoke dispersion forecast
- Have not looked down drainage
- Mixing height is below 1,650 feet (500 meters)
- Debris was piled when wet
- Pile exteriors are wet
If any of the following conditions exit, stop burning and plow out existing
fire.
- Fire behavior erratic
- Spot fire or slop-over occurs and is difficult to control
- Wind shifting or other unforeseen change in weather
- Smoke not dispersing as predicted
- Public road or other sensitive area smoke in
- Burn does not comply with all laws, regulations, and standards
- Large fuels igniting and burning, not enough personnel to mopup before dark
and likely to smoke in a smoke sensitive area.
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