Burn Permits are required by State Law for most outside burning. During 3 seasons of the year, volunteer lookouts scan southern Maine for smoke. These volunteers staff the few remaining Fire Towers, all in York County. If you burn without a permit, chances are pretty good that eventually someone will find your fire, even if it's fairly small. Burning without a permit is a Class E crime, but the biggest problem is it wastes lots of time and money for someone to look for the source of the smoke that was spotted by the tower lookout. Please get a permit. Get them from: Chief Harold Smith - 636-2914 Lorraine Yeaton - 636-3839 (Town Offices) Peter Smith - 636-1746 Robin Ham - 477-8153 David Langley - 636-3701 Or you can usually get them at The Acton Trading Post