Smoke Nuisance
This page provides information about Smoke Nuisances.
Please be considerate of your neighbours before lighting fires. Click here to view the Smoke Nuisance Brochure.
When a fire ban or restricted fire season is in force, please contact us before you light a fire of any type outdoors.
What is a smoke nuisance?
A smoke nuisance is caused when one neighbour burns a fire, which creates smoke that could jeopardise the comfort or health of another neighbour.
Minimise the risk of a smoke nuisance
If you want to burn rubbish, please follow these guidelines:
- Talk to your neighbours first, and light the fire at an agreed time, eg when they are going to be away for the day.
- Make sure the wind is blowing in the direction where the smoke will not cause a nuisance.
- Don’t burn green vegetation.
- Don’t burn plastics, rubber, old clothes or other materials which may generate noxious smoke.
- Make sure that the material to be burnt is dry. Damp fires generate smoke.
- Use an incinerator; even a large drum with an air vent cut out of the bottom will help the fire burn more cleanly
Smoke nuisance complaint
Firstly, ask your neighbour if they can put the fire out. If they won’t and the smoke nuisance continues, please contact us and ask for a Request for Service (RFS) to be logged.
Page created/updated: 12 January 2009 at 3:46 pm
