Safety Tip #2

Draw an Escape Plan of Your Home

Whether you live in a house, apartment or mobile home, make an escape plan. Include all doors, windows, hallways and stairways. Indicate two exits form every room. Alternate exits are needed in case primary exits are blocked by smoke or fire. Select a safe meeting place outside your home and mark it on the plan.

Links

How to Get a Burn Permit

For information on obtaining a burn permit, please visit the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources web site, or visit the District 11 Office, which is located on the East side of NC Hwy. 86, about 1 mile South of I-85 (District 11 serves 8 counties, including Durham and Orange Counties).

District 11 Office:
3314 NC Hwy 86 South
Hillsborough, NC 27278-8711
Voice: 919-732-8105
Fax: 919-732-4005
Email: john.howard@ncmail.net

If you visit the web site and decide to request a burn permit online, you will be asked to review the air quality regulations related to outdoor burning. It is very important that you are aware that burning within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling is regulated by county authority (i.e., your fire department), not by the NCDFR.

 

Fire Department Links

Caldwell Fire Department
Rougemont, N.C.

Carrboro Fire-Rescue Department
Carrboro, N.C.

Chapel Hill Fire Department
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Durham Fire Department
Durham, N.C.

Mebane Fire Department
Mebane, N.C.

Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company
Hillsborough, N.C.

Orange Rural Fire Department
Hillsborough, N.C.

White Cross Volunteer Fire Department
Chapel Hill, N.C.