Thanks Xera .. what I have been doing ..
Greene: we can use it as a controlled burn as we are unincorporated and the fire dept is less than 4 blocks from us !LOL
Hubs was thinking about using Kerosene, but just not sure of it ..
We too have to get a permit for a controlled burn, but if its not going to be anything big then we can have a hose handy, or two LOL