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House approves measure allowing controlled burns for municipal firefighter training
Summary
The House passed HB 247 to allow municipalities to conduct up to two controlled burns a year (with an air‑quality exemption) to train local firefighters; an amendment limits burns during weather inversions (U.S. weather service clearing index threshold), and the bill passed the House 68–2.
House Bill 247, a measure requested by the League of Cities and Towns, passed the Utah House on Feb. 15, 1991, with the stated goal of permitting municipalities to conduct limited controlled burns to train volunteer and municipal fire personnel.
Sponsor Representative Tanner explained the bill allows communities that normally do not have frequent structure fires to conduct up to two…
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