<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Drainville, Kathryn" <KathrynDrainville@polk-county.net><br><b>Date:</b> May 28, 2021 at 10:35:21 EDT<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: FIRE WEATHER AND BURN BAN ISSUED</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Abernathy, William <billyabernathy@polk-county.net>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 28, 2021 5:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Abernathy, William <billyabernathy@polk-county.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FIRE WEATHER AND BURN BAN ISSUED <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Polk Fire Rescue Issues Burn Ban<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bartow, Fla. (May 27, 2021) —
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Due to lack of rain,<b> </b>
Polk County has experienced dry weather conditions for an extensive period of time, therefore Polk County Fire Rescue has issued a burn ban.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The increase in risk of brush fires and uncontrolled fires are a threat to the public health, safety and general welfare of Polk County. There are also no signs of abatement
of these dangerous <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">fire conditions anytime soon.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The burn ban includes, but is not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Campfires
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bonfires
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Unpermitted controlled burns
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Burning of yard and household trash
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and the total fuel area does not exceed 3 feet in <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">diameter and 2 feet in height.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“We have held off as long as we possibly can on issuing this burn ban,” said Fire Chief Rob Weech. “But conditions are favorable for the rapid development and spread
of brush fires and we need to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">take every step necessary to ensure the safety of everyone. We also don’t want anyone to lose property or investments due to fire.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Currently the average on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) for Polk County is at 508 with a minimum of 420 and a maximum of 597. The KBDI index is used as an indicator
to determine the <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">likelihood and severity of brush fires. While high KBDI values are an indication that conditions are favorable for the occurrence and spread of wildfires, drought is
not by itself a prerequisite for such <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">fires. Other weather factors, such as wind, temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric stability, play a major role in determining the actual fire danger.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The burn ban applies to all unincorporated Polk and all municipalities except Lake Wales.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anyone who refuses to comply or violates this burn ban shall be in violation of County Ordinance 08-015 and can be punished by a fine not to exceed $500 or by imprisonment
by a term not to exceed <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">60 days in the county jail or both.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">3 DAY PRECIP FRCST<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Dry air with humidity values falling into the 30 to 40 percent range combined with high ERC`s will again support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">elevated fire dangers across interior sections of west central and southwest Florida today through Saturday, but
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">10 to 15 mph range will support locally high dispersion indices across the region today and again on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">trough moving into the southeastern U.S. and eastern Gulf and an attendant cold front sinking south into the area
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">will help to increase much needed rain chances with scattered diurnal sea breeze driven showers and storms expected<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">Billy Abernathy</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">Polk County Emergency Management<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0">1890 Jim Keene Blvd. Winter Haven Fla. 33880<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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