CLARKSVILLE — Pink River commissions voted to put the county beneath a right away 90-day burn ban throughout its assembly Monday within the Courthouse Annex.
“I’m not telling you to situation one or not, simply what the circumstances are,” mentioned Kevin Boyd, of the Texas A&M Forest Service. “It’s scorching and dry so issues are going to burn.”
He advised commissioners that he went again over information and 2011 was one of many hottest within the area.
“Situations are the mirror picture at this time that it was in 2011,” he mentioned.
He introduced the July report from the Nationwide Interagency Hearth Middle to the commissioners which says, partially, that there’s an above regular hearth potential round Texas.
“Excessive hearth conduct on a number of latest fires have been noticed on the southern Plains and parts of central and japanese Texas amid the background drought,” the report mentioned.
He additionally introduced graphs from the Nationwide Climate Service exhibiting that the realm is abnormally dry.
Phyllis Stanley, president of the Pink River County Firefighters Affiliation, was glad to see the ban put in place.
“I’m extraordinarily completely happy as it’s getting drier and drier,” she mentioned. “It’s harmful for firefighters to be on the market in 104 diploma climate preventing fires. It isn’t a great state of affairs.”
She added that previously week Pink River County volunteer firefighters have battled 35 fires.
The ban doesn’t prohibit outside burning associated to public well being and security resembling firefighter coaching; public utility, pure fuel pipeline, or mining operations; planting or harvesting of agricultural crops; or burns which can be carried out by a prescribed burn supervisor licensed beneath Pure Assets Code.
Violators of the ban, which is Class C misdemeanor, are topic to a high quality to not exceed $500.
Commissioners additionally authorised a bond for District Clerk Brenna Williams and appointed Chris Harvey to the Pink River County Appraisal Board of Administrators to fill an unexpired time period that ends Dec. 31, 2023.
The courtroom additionally authorised the calendar of holidays for all county staff for the approaching calendar 12 months.
