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FIRE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND BURN BAN PROCLAMATION<\/p>\n
FOR STUTSMAN COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA\u00a0<\/p>\n
September 4, 2012<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0WHEREAS, Stutsman County is experiencing abnormally dry conditions coupled with significant fuel supplies resulting in an extreme fire potential; and<\/p>\n
\u00a0WHEREAS, all available resources remain committed to the protection of life and property; and<\/p>\n
WHEREAS, the existing conditions make fires a continuing threat to the health, safety, and well-being of the citizens of Stutsman County; and<\/p>\n
\u00a0WHEREAS, the cost of emergency response and inordinate wear on fire-fighting equipment may be far in excess of available County resources;<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED <\/strong>that the Board of Stutsman County Commissioners declares a Fire Emergency for all of Stutsman County including all of its incorporated cities except for the City of Jamestown, North Dakota; and<\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED<\/strong> that the Board of Commissioners proclaims that a Burn Ban is in effect when the North Dakota Rangeland Fire danger Index is in the VERY HIGH or EXTREME Index and\/or a Red Flag Warning has been issued for Stutsman County.\u00a0 The Burn Ban encompasses all open burning and includes all of the County\u2019s incorporated cities except the City of Jamestown, North Dakota with the following exceptions:<\/p>\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Propane\/gas-, kerosene- or alcohol-burning cook stoves may be used in residential areas or established recreational camping areas, provided that a person maintaining it has ready access to a fire extinguisher;<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Outdoor welding may be performed for industrial, ranching, agricultural, or other business purposes provided that a fire extinguisher is readily accessible at the time the welding is performed.<\/p>\n
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WILLFULLY VIOLATES THIS BURN BAN IS GUILTY OF A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR (NDCC 37-17.1-10.1) PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $1000.00 FINE AND 30 DAYS IN JAIL.\u00a0 THE STUTSMAN COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO VIOLATORS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>This declaration\/proclamation shall continue in effect until fire danger conditions have sufficiently improved, at which time this declaration\/proclamation shall be rescinded by vote of the Stutsman County Commission.<\/p>\n\u00a0DATED this 4th <\/sup>day of September, 2012, at Stutsman County, North Dakota.<\/p>\n_______________________\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0______________________________<\/p>\n
Casey Bradley, Auditor\/COO\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Klose, Chairman<\/p>\n
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From Stutsman County Emergency Manager, Jerry Bergquist Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News)\u00a0 —\u00a0 On Tuesday,\u00a0 September 4, 2012, at the request of all of the Fire Chiefs in Stutsman County, the Stutsman County Commission declared a Fire Emergency\/Burn Ban Proclamation. Although there has been no major outbreak of rural grass fires, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3372,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3367\/revisions\/3372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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