Backyard Fire Performances in the Teele area

[sordidsky.livejournal.com]

I am a recent convert to the Boston fire spinning community, and am looking to have some backyard performances in the near future. Does anyone know how the Somerville police and fire departments react to such things?

Performance details:
* All performances on paved back yard area
* No street visibility
* All adjacent neighbors are aware, and have consented for the proposed date
* Poi, staff, fans, and hoop expected
* Single experienced performer at a time - sober of course
* Experienced safety watching that performer, also sober
* Duvetyn or thick wool blanket for smothering fire
* Two fire extinguishers present (made for flammable liquid fires)
* Secure fueling area
** fuel in empty unused paint can, nested in a bigger bucket
** wall or at least plywood in front of the fueling area to prevent a spark hitting the fuel
** fueling area separate from fire area

I expect there to be 30-50 people present, so that might attract attention in itself.

Comments

[sordidsky.livejournal.com]

Since this gathering will likely have 30-50 people already I'm going to keep it to the existing list, but if the police don't shut us down I'll gladly invite you to the next one :)