Council committee backs amendment to require UL‑listed devices and clearer open-burning rules

The Pawtucket City Property Committee and the council considered an amendment to the city's fire prevention code intended to modernize open-burning rules and provide enforcement authority. Fire Department leadership (speaker 4) described changes that prohibit burning in unlisted or homemade devices (for example, 55-gallon drums), require use of UL-listed devices for permitted open burns and cooking equipment, and impose minimum clearances: 50 feet from structures for open burning and 10 feet for cooking devices under overhangs.