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Fire chief urges new reporting system as commissioners debate trash-burning enforcement
Summary
Abernathy fire chief Justin Johnson told the Cleburne County Commission work session recurring household trash burning is creating public-health and service burdens and urged a photo-based reporting system and clearer use rules for convenience centers.
Justin Johnson, who identified himself as the Abernathy fire chief, told the Cleburne County Commission work session that repeated incidents of household trash burning are taxing emergency and environmental services and diminishing neighborhood air quality. "It's just smoking up the neighborhood," Johnson said, describing 911 calls that do not rise to emergencies but consume staff time and provoke community complaints.
Johnson and commissioners discussed gaps in enforcement when residents do not have active trash service or live in unregistered…
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