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]

The party worked out perfectly.

On the day of the party I visited all of the neighbors who were home again, and left them my phone number in case the noise ended up being too much, or if they had any safety concerns. Also invited them to come over to watch the performances, but none took me up on that.

The noise level was ok with the neighbors that I have spoken to so far. I'm going to have a barbecue soon and invite them over, to work on the neighborhood feeling.

As for the party itself - there were a decent number of fire performances, and no safety issues or injuries occurred during any of them. People went home happy around 3am after having hot mulled cider, a few pies, and some beautiful fire performances.

Couldn't ask for better really