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The Albany Fire Department wants you to have a safe & fun summer. While enjoying your out- door activities this summer please remember: Section 197-5 of the City Code:  Forbids making or keeping fires in any yard or building unless the fire is in a wire, steel, concrete, brick or other fireproof en- closure or receptacle;  Requires that any fire kindled or built outside of any building shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from any wood structure, and in no event shall such fire be built within ten (10) feet of any type of structure;  Fire must continuously be under the care of a competent adult from the time it is kindled until it is extinguished; and  It is at the discretion of the Fire Department personnel having been authorized by the Chief of the Department to prohibit or caused to be extinguished any fire deemed hazardous. If you see a questionable fire in use...call 911 Barbeque & Outdoor Fire Safety Department of Fire & Emergency Services 26 Broad Street • Albany, NY 12202 • (518) 447-7879 www.facebook.com/FDAlbanyny www.twitter.com/FD_AlbanyNY