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County reinstates burn ban after firefighters urge prompt action
Summary
Callahan County commissioners voted Dec. 8 to reinstate a countywide burn ban after firefighters reported multiple recent fires and warned dry afternoon conditions heighten risk.
Callahan County commissioners voted on Dec. 8 to reinstate a countywide burn ban after members of the County Firefighters Association urged the court to act amid dry conditions and recent fires.
At the public-comment portion of the meeting, Doug Campbell, representing the County Firefighters Association, said chiefs and firefighters had asked the court to “consider reinstating the burn ban today” because grass and brush were drying by late morning and posing an elevated fire risk. The court discussed the request briefly and then adopted the ban by voice vote; the court recorded no opposition.
The action came after the sheriff’s report showing the jail and county public-safety staffing levels and followed discussion of recent incidents. Commissioners did not attach a sunset date or detailed enforcement plan in the discussion recorded at the meeting; staff did not provide amended order language on the record. The court did not record a roll-call tally in the minutes beyond the motion and unanimous voice approval.
Next steps noted at the meeting: county staff will implement the ban and circulate any formal order to relevant departments. The court did not specify a public-notification timetable during the meeting.
