All fire performance venue permits will be revoked in the city of Portland by Dec 31, 2012 because of the new provisions of Administrative Rule FIR-3.07, which sets for extreme limits on fire performance. These limits are completely detached from any realistic possibility of continued fire performance. According to the new permit, ARB-FIR3.07, no venue in Portland meet these spacial requirements.

COMPLAINTS ABOUT FIRE CODE LIMITS: 
1. 25-foot distance between audience and performers 
2. 30 feet from a “non-combustible background” on three sides 
3. 50 feet away from any “combustible background” 
4. Max 3 performers at a time with 5’ extra in every direction 
5. 12-foot ceiling rule 
6. Two spotters per performer 
7. Open ended “large audience” and fire marshals discretion clauses 
8. List of “allowed for indoor use” fuels contains dangerous fuels, including biodiesel and kerosene.

FIRE PERFORMANCE COMMUNITY SOLUTION: Form a professional association that will allow venues to circumvent the new fire code, The Portland Association of Fire Artists( PAFA). PAFA provides certification classes for fire performers and safeties, including first aid as indicated in FIR-3.07 If a venue agrees to hire only PAFA-certified performers and safeties, then the sections of the new code indicated 
above don’t apply to them.

We, the undersigned, demand a realistic solution to the dilemma of FIR-3.07. We want cooperation and coordination between the Portland Fire & Rescue and The Portland Association of Fire Artist certification as the solution. We demand safe fire performance allowances in indoor venues in Portland!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION AND PLEASE SHARE THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IF YOU CARE ABOUT FIRE DANCING OR THE PRESERVATION OF CREATIVE ARTS IN GENERAL. Please! This is not another spam post about something dumb! This is REAL. 

http://www.change.org/petitions/portland-fire-chief-save-portland-fire-entertainment

The Phoenix Staff is Born!! <3<3<3 From the ashes of a beautiful staff stolen by the hand of  a no good thief, a new fire bird rises, with a red orange grip ablaze like the sun. <3

If you’ve ever wondered who you should aspire to be if you want to be awesome, here’s a pretty solid example.

nick13:

Sneak peek of the forthcoming video for “Carry My Body Down”. Photo by Ryan Downey.

I am dying.

You have sucked the life out of me,
Every day since you came back.

My green leaves, 
Are drying,
Longing for the water you once gave.

Only tears remain,
And evaporate quickly into the salt that
Dehydrates me,
And makes my death beautiful enough
For pressed glass.

Raw footage from my most recent video shoot. Happy with my technical improvements. Hope you enjoy. :) <3

Digicat breaks in new poi, and I spin for good measure.

Few things are more beautiful than poi burning for the first time.

Been tweeting more lately. Follow me there if you’re among the birds.

http://twitter.com/hausofultra

Tearing it up at my birthday burn party. :) <3 

Tiny green tendrils come up from the dead
Streets in the valley where ice once was
Now it is full of damp dirty rock
A breeding ground of things anew
An oasis broken and spread like green snow
Flakes on a wet cement city

From white, to black, to green
The earth reminds us in a clever way
That nothing ends, just becomes something else
And something else, and something else.

I progress like a tree, post lightning-strike
Mangled in a strange and beautiful way
Hunter-colored hope from a grey defeat
Bursting forth with the audacity to live

I am the flower, in between two pavement slabs,
Reaching for light, alive against all logic.

A practice set in my back yard getting ready for my birthday burn! <3 <3