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Pittsburg County emergency management warns of higher fire risk, reports repeater outage and recent incidents

Pittsburg County Board of County Commissioners · January 5, 2026
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Summary

Deputy Director Denton Cossey told county commissioners on Jan. 5 that dry conditions could raise wildfire risk and noted a central radio repeater outage over Dec. 28–30; Cossey summarized December events and upcoming emergency-management trainings and exercises.

Deputy Director Denton Cossey of Pittsburg County Emergency Management told the Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 5 that dry weather could lead to increased wildfire activity across the county if rain does not arrive soon. "If we do not get rain soon, they expect to have lots of fires," Cossey said while presenting the agency's monthly report.

Cossey reviewed December…

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