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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
229 PM EDT WED APR 2 2025
...STATE FORESTER'S BURNING BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR ALL SOUTH
CAROLINA COUNTIES...
THE STATE FOREESTER'S BURNING BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED FOR GREENVILLE,
HORRY, OCONEE, PICKENS, AND SPARTANBURG COUNTIES, EFFECTIVE AT
NOON TODAY.
THE PREVIOUSLY STATEWIDE BURNING BAN WAS LIFTED FOR THE 41 OTHER
SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES ON MONDAY, MARCH 31ST. THE BAN IS BEING
LIFTED FOR TWO REASONS. WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT PROMPTED THE MARCH
21ST BAN, INCLUDING DANGEROUSLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY
WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED.
ADDITIONALLY, TREMENDOUS PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON CONTAINING THE
TWO WILDFIRES MAKING UP THE TABLE ROCK COMPLEX IN GREENVILLE AND
PICKENS COUNTIES WHICH WILL ALLOW THE RELEASE OF RESOURCES TO
RETURN TO THEIR HOME UNITS FOR RESPONSE TO NEW WILDFIRE IGNITIONS.
THE TABLE ROCK COMPLEX AND THE COVINGTON DRIVE FIRE CONTINUE TO
BE MONITORED USING LOCAL RESOURCES.
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS STILL WARRANT THE NEED TO BE EXTREMELY
VIGILANT WHEN BURNING OUTDOORS, AS ABOVE-AVERAGE FIRE DANGER AND
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH APRIL, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY SEEN
THE WORST, MOST DAMAGING AND COSTLY WILDFIRES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
ANYONE WHO BURNS OUTDOORS AND ALLOWS THEIR FIRE TO ESCAPE WILL BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
THE LIFTING OF THE BURNING BAN IN ALL SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES
ALLOWS CITIZENS TO ONCE AGAIN CONDUCT SAFE, RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR
BURNING, PROVIDED THAT ALL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES ARE FOLLOWED
AND PROPER PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. THIS TIME OF YEAR AFFORDS A LIMITED
WINDOW FOR FOREST LANDOWNERS AND FARMERS TO CONDUCT PRESCRIBED
BURNS, WHICH ARE NECESSARY TOOLS FOR FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE
PURPOSES.
CITIZENS WHO MAY PLAN TO CONDUCT OUTDOOR BURNING OR RESIDENTIAL
YARD DEBRIS OR PRESCRIBED BURNS MUST STILL NOTIFY THE FORESTRY
COMMISSION BEFORE DOING SO. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES AS WELL AS
MANDATORY PRECAUTIONS FOR CONDUCTING BURNS MAY BE FOUND ON THE
SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION WEBSITE AT:
SCFC.GOV/PROTECTION/FIRE-BURNING/
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