Lacombe County has issued a fire ban due to recent dry, hot conditions.
Effective immediately, the county will not issue new fire permits or firework permits and has cancelled existing permits.
What’s prohibited during the ban:
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No burning barrels are permitted under this ban.
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Gas and propane stoves, barbeques, and portable propane fire pits are permitted but must be always attended to.
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Any outdoor fires, including campfires, presently burning within Lacombe County must be extinguished immediately.
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The ignition of all outdoor fires within the boundaries of Lacombe County is prohibited.
The ban does not apply to fires that are contained within cooking and heating appliances, which are fueled by fluids, gases, charcoal briquettes, wood pellets, and propane-fueled fire pits.
Lacombe County and the Lacombe County Fire Services remind the public to use caution when:
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Operating Off-Road Vehicles or farm equipment, as hot exhaust pipes pose a fire hazard.
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Disposing of cigarette, as they can easily light dried brush and grass.
In addition, Lacombe County Fire Services encourages all landowners who have had burn permits in the last six months, to check their burn locations to ensure fires are fully extinguished.
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