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Dry weather prompts words of warning from Forest Service on outdoor burning

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Dry weather prompts words of warning from Forest Service on outdoor burning

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Thursday, September 26. 2019
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SOUTHPORT, Fla. – It has been 22 days since appreciable rainfall has hit the seven-county area covered by the Florida Forest Service’s Chipola Forestry Center and little relief is in the forecast. While late summer typically is a dry time of year, our area has entered a moderate drought. Wildfire activity has also increased causing the Florida Forest Service to tighten restrictions on burn authorizations until conditions improve.

Firefighters from the Florida Forest Service’s Chipola Forestry Center have responded to 29 wildfires this month so far in this area, eight in the past day alone.

Until the area receives widespread rains, officials advise using extreme caution during any outdoor burning activities.
“In simple terms, it’s getting really dry and no relief is in sight for a while,” said Mike Mathis, Chipola Forestry Center Manager. “We are placing daily restrictions for any prescribed burning or large pile burning right now, and we recommend using caution for any burning activity.”

Prescribed burning – acreage burns – and piles greater than 8 feet in diameter or for land clearing purposes require authorizations from the Florida Forest Service while piles less than 8 feet in diameter of general yard debris do not.

The Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, manages more than 1 million acres of state forests and provides forest management assistance on more than 17 million acres of private and community forests. The Florida Forest Service is also responsible for protecting homes, forestland and natural resources from the devastating effects of wildfire on more than 26 million acres. Learn more at www.FDACS.gov\FLFloridaForest.
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