PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission examined the county’s burning policy during periods of dry weather like right now. Emergency Manager A-J Rounds says burn barrel fires have been behind a majority of the grassfire calls so far this year…
Rounds says he’s reached out to the county’s fire departments with mixed results…
Proper burn barrel use would be included in the education effort. Commission chair Rob Fines says too many changes could be confusing for residents…
The discussion was informational and no action was taken. Current policy is that a burn ban is effective if Hughes or Stanley County fall under a Red Flag Warning or a very high or extreme daily grassland fire danger.
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