Burn Ban in Effect

A burn ban has gone into effect for Story County, here is the press release.

Burn Ban Issued for Story County

NEVADA- A Burn Ban has been issued beginning at 5pm Monday April 4th, 2011 for all of Story County.

Due to increasingly dry and windy conditions, the Fire Chief’s of Story County have unanimously requested that a burn ban be placed in effect for all rural and urban areas of Story County until further notice.

Chapter 100.40 of the Iowa Code advises that the State Fire Marshal may prohibit open burning at the request of the local fire departments. Violation of a prohibition issued under this section is a simple misdemeanor.

Open burning in Story County will ONLY be allowed if the Fire Chief of that jurisdiction has issued a permit allowing open burning; or for outdoor fireplaces, barbeque grills, properly supervised landfills, or the burning of trash incinerators or trash burners made of metal, concrete, masonry, or heavy one inch wire mesh with no openings greater than one square inch.


Further information can be found at: http://www.dps.state.ia.us/fm/main/burnbans/index.shtml or at www.storycounty.com/emergencymanagement