The Bay Area Air District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Thursday, banning wood burning in the region because of a forecast for high levels of pollution.
On Spare the Air days, it is illegal for Bay Area residents and businesses to use their fireplaces, wood stoves, outdoor fire pits or other wood-burning devices unless they have an exemption, such as being a home without permanently installed heating, according to the air district.
People who violate the wood burning ban will be encouraged to take a wood smoke awareness course if it is their first offense. Violators who don’t take the course will receive a $100 ticket, and subsequent violations will bring higher fines.
Air district officials said particulate matter pollution is harmful to breathe, particularly for young children, seniors, and those with respiratory or heart conditions.
Planes, trains, automobiles, construction equipment and ship traffic is ok? BBQ businesses? ’cause Air district officials said particulate matter pollution is harmful to breathe, particularly for young children, seniors, and those with respiratory or heart condition. Can someone drive down 680 or 24 or 4 on a non-spare the air day and see if every other chimney is producing smoke. They make it sound that way. Let’s save some money and ban BAAQD, we have the EPA.
… it was those candles from the other day that started a fire in Concord … I knew it 🙂
Dang it, usually start pellet stove first thing in the morning.
At least can get a few hours out of it.
Time for a nice outside bonfire.
I can tell you NO ONE in Clayton pays attention to these! Today was crazy smokey here and outside temps were 62+ and they got their fireplaces going..crazy!