Burn ban implemented
BY ALYSSA MEIER
Editor
For the fifth year in a row, McLean County Commissioners approved a fire emergency declaration and burn ban for the county, forbidding fires or fireworks on days when the danger rating is red or orange.
Emergency manager Noelle Kroll approached the commission during its meeting Tuesday, requesting the approval for a county-wide fire ban. The ban, which Kroll said has been put in place every year since at least 2015, restricts the use of fire and fireworks to days in which the fire danger rating is low, moderate or high.
According to the fire emergency and burn ban declaration, when the fire danger rating is very high or extreme or the county has issued a Red Flag warning, farm or crop land ignition, campfires, fireworks, charcoal grill use and garbage burning are prohibited. Violating the ban is a Class B Misdemeanor.
The commission approved the declaration, which takes effect immediately and extends through Nov. 1.
The North Dakota Rural Fire Danger Guide can be accessed at mcleancountynd.gov, or by calling the McLean County Sheriff’s Office.
