Jo Smith on sat 15 jan 05
Ivor,
are you saying there is a period of time you cannot fire, do to a fire ban?
We occasionally have fire bans here (Arkansas) never thought I might not be
able to fire (if I ever get the gas kiln hooked up) don't know what my
friends do around here never heard them complain.
Jo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
> Got to get my burners out and five them a bit of a polish for when the
> fireban season end (30th April)
> Best regards,
> Ivor Lewis.
> Redhill,
> S. Australia.
>
Ivor and Olive Lewis on sun 16 jan 05
Dear Jo Smith,
I was speaking about a kiln situated in the open. But even with my gas
kiln which is in a shed I would not fire on a day when the forecast
temperature was above 30=BA Celsius
We are forbidden to light fires in the open from 15th November to 30th
April. That is the "Bushfire Season". My big kilns are in the open.
Even with a bare area 3 metres wide around them, as is allowed for
garden incinerators I would not use them. Nor may you light a garden
incinerator or use any device out-of-doors that could ignite a fire on
a day proclaimed as a "Fire Ban Day". I would be totally liable and
completely uninsured for any damage caused by a stray spark.
I'm not sure if last weeks bushfires on the York Peninsula were
reported on the international news. I think thirteen people died
including a former colleague and potter friend of mine. The wind took
the fire thirty kilometres east and about fifty kilometres north, from
one side of the peninsula to the other. Some people had to flee into
the sea to escape. Stock losses run into tens of thousands. Farmers
have had to shoot injured sheep and cattle. We are about two hundred
kilometres from there but the horizon to our west was blanketed with
smoke so dense we could not see the sky line. Olive thought we might
have had a local out break. I contacted the police for information but
there was no cause for alarm.
A couple of years ago we had a shopping expedition to Adelaide. As we
returned home I noticed a black scar running along the ridge above our
property . Story was that a person working in an enclosed area with an
angle grinder had let sparks stray through the door from his working
area inside a building We were lucky the wind as directly from the
north. Had it been more easterly we might have lost everything.
Several acres of crops were burned. Had there not been a dirt road to
break its path the fire would have run for at least eight kilometres.
We are fortunate to have a fine and dedicated volunteer Country Fire
Service who proved protection. I support them by being sensible.
I hope that clears up any confusion.
Best regards.
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Smith"
To:
Sent: Sunday, 16 January 2005 1:25
Subject: Re: Distillate Firing..fire ban
> Ivor,
> are you saying there is a period of time you cannot fire, do to a
fire ban?
> We occasionally have fire bans here (Arkansas) never thought I might
not be
> able to fire (if I ever get the gas kiln hooked up) don't know what
my
> friends do around here never heard them complain.
> Jo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
>
> > Got to get my burners out and five them a bit of a polish for when
the
> > fireban season end (30th April)
> > Best regards,
> > Ivor Lewis.
> > Redhill,
> > S. Australia.
> >
>
>
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Wes Rolley on sun 16 jan 05
At 05:29 PM 1/15/2005, you wrote:
>Story was that a person working in an enclosed area with an
>angle grinder had let sparks stray through the door from his working
>area inside a building We were lucky the wind as directly from the
>north. Had it been more easterly we might have lost everything.
>Several acres of crops were burned.
That is not so unusual a story. Two of the largest fires in Northern=20
California last year had such accidental causes. One was from a rancher=20
who was "target" shooting. The bullet created a spark when hitting a rock=
=20
and several thousand acres burned in a wilderness area E. of San Jose. The=
=20
other was caused by a mower blade sparking when it hit a rock. Over 7,500=
=20
acres burned along with 67 homes near the E. shore of Shasta Lake. The=20
area was being mowed to reduce the fire danger.
Those who have never lived in such an area can not fully appreciate what=20
little it takes to start a fire. We lose a number of cars each year when=20
people pull off the road into an area with dry grass and the heat from the=
=20
catalytic converter starts the grass burning.
"I find I have a great lot to learn =96 or unlearn. I seem to know far too=
=20
much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am=20
getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Wesley C. Rolley
17211 Quail Court
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024
"I find I have a great lot to learn =96 or unlearn. I seem to know far too=
=20
much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am=20
getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Wesley C. Rolley
17211 Quail Court
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(408)778-3024
Leonard Smith on sun 16 jan 05
On 16/1/05 1:55 AM, "Jo Smith" wrote:
> Ivor,
> are you saying there is a period of time you cannot fire, do to a fire ban?
> We occasionally have fire bans here (Arkansas) never thought I might not be
> able to fire (if I ever get the gas kiln hooked up) don't know what my
> friends do around here never heard them complain.
> Jo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ivor and Olive Lewis"
>
>> Got to get my burners out and five them a bit of a polish for when the
>> fireban season end (30th April)
>> Best regards,
>> Ivor Lewis.
>> Redhill,
>> S. Australia.
>>
I can not speak for Ivor in South Australia, (which by the way has just had
a horrendous bush fire on the Eyre peninsula, I hope Ivor was not in that
area) but we have total fire bans regularly here in NSW in summer. When we
lived in a rural area we had our main gas kilns in a barn with the wood kiln
externally located. We would never fire them on those days, even if it were
safe. Too dam hot for that sort of work. And always the risk of a spark.
The kilns that were in the barn were considered to be Industrial Ovens and
you may find your local authorities will let you fire them, Industry doesn't
stop! But again we tend to taper back over the summer not firing much and
use winter to build up our stock.
Leonard Smith
Rosedale Street Gallery
2A Rosedale Street
Dulwich Hill NSW Australia 2203
Email: Leonard@rosedalestreetgallery.com
http://www.rosedalestreetgallery.com
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