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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1145 AM EDT TUE JUL 31 2007
...FIRE DANGER BECOMING A SERIOUS CONCERN ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN...
LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND FIRE AGENCIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE DANGER
ACROSS THE AREA. THE AGENCIES INDICATE THAT FIRE DANGER RANGES
FROM MODERATE TO HIGH ACROSS CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...AND RANGES
FROM VERY HIGH TO EXTREME ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.
FIRE DANGER IS TYPICALLY NOT A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AFTER GREEN UP
OCCURS IN SPRING ACROSS MICHIGAN. THE FIRE DANGER THIS SUMMER IS
ATYPICAL DUE TO THE LACK OF WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAIN OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO ONLY WORSEN
THROUGH THIS WEEK WITH THE HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...AND
AS THE THREAT FOR APPRECIABLE RAINFALL IS VERY LOW THROUGH
SATURDAY.
THE LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES AND FIRE AGENCIES SUGGEST FOLLOWING THE
SAFETY TIPS FOR PREVENTING WILDFIRES:
-CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FIRE AGENCY BEFORE BURNING TO OBTAIN INFORMATION
ABOUT THE BURNING REGULATIONS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA. STATE LAW
REQUIRES A PERMIT FOR OPEN BURNING WHENEVER THE GROUND IS NOT
SNOW-COVERED...EVEN ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY. MOST AREAS DO NOT ALLOW
BURNING ON WARM...DRY...AND/OR WINDY DAYS. ALL BURN BARRELS MUST
BE COVERED WITH A WEIGHTED METAL COVER AND WITH HOLES NO LARGER
THAN 3/4 OF AN INCH.
-EXTINGUISH ALL OUTDOOR CAMPFIRES PROPERLY...IF CAMPFIRES ARE
ALLOWED. DROWN FIRES WITH PLENTY OF WATER AND STIR TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS COLD TO THE TOUCH. DUNK CHARCOAL IN WATER UNTIL
COLD. DO NOT THROW LIVE CHARCOAL ON THE GROUND AND LEAVE IT.
-DO NOT DISCARD SMOKING MATERIALS SUCH AS CIGARETTES... CIGARS... OR
MATCHES OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE OR WHEN OUT IN THE WILDERNESS. THEY
MAY IGNITE DRY GRASS AND BECOME A WILDFIRE.
-NEVER LEAVE A FIRE UNATTENDED. SPARKS OR EMBERS CAN BLOW INTO
LEAVES OR GRASS...IGNITE A FIRE...AND QUICKLY SPREAD.
IF A WILDFIRE IS SPOTTED...MAKE SURE TO REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY.
NJJ
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