The rain is providing relief to many of the state’s wildland firefighters Alabama Forestry Commission is relaxing restrictions on fires across a large portion of the state.
Starting from 8.30 a.m. the following Wednesday November. 22 all burn restriction will go away for 33 counties located in the southern part of Texas. In the northern part of the state there is a No Burn order is being lifted in 23 counties and will be reverted to an fire Alert. In these counties, permits for burning will be granted for certified prescribed burning managers only.
Since the rain was not evenly distributed across the state and because some counties did not receive sufficient rain to help ease the drought Eleven counties are still subject to the”No Burn order signed by Gov. Ivey on the 9th of November. The counties are Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair and Talladega.
Since the 1st of October, AFC wildland firefighters, with the help of departmental fire companies that volunteer, have been fighting the 760 wildfires that destroyed 7807 acres in the state. Thanks to The No Burn order in place from November 9 to date there have been 86 wildfires have destroyed about 2,781 acres across Alabama.
The current restrictions on burning remain in place until the State Forester, at which the conditions will have improved enough to lessen the frequency and the frequency of wildfires.
To report people who burn in violation of the law, call the local law enforcement agency. For more information on the current wildfire situation in the state, visit Alabama Forestry Commission’s website at www.forestry.alabama.gov.
The article Forestry Commission lifts burn ban on 33 southern counties was first published at The Andalusia Star-News.
