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Pike County volunteer firefighter Jonathan Corbitt creates a fire break to prevent a forest fire from spreading.

Burn ban begins May 1

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Rachel McDaniel
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Thursday, April 28. 2011
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Georgia’s outdoor burn ban goes into effect May 1. Residents who plan to burn hand-piled brush must go to www.gatrees.org or call 1-877-OK2-BURN to obtain a burn permit. Burning conditions and fire weather forecasts are available on the gatrees.org website.

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#1 Disha on 04/28/11 at 06:30 PM
Don't forget and mark it on your calander. In our rural county we do not want our smoke to spoil the air of Atlanta or Clayton County. It would not be good for the cars on the interstate or the grass around Sandy Springs.

Had it with government control!
#1.1 Agreed!?!?! on 04/30/11 at 04:19 PM
Disha, you are correct in your statement about government control. The burn ban, however, relieves a HUGE amount of pressure on local fire departments as well as the Forestry Service by eliminating a huge portion of brush fires during the dry summer months. It's not just about air quality. If folks who wish to burn outdoors would be willing to pay for the man and equipment costs incurred when their incompetence and/or irresponsibilty causes resources to be deployed then they could burn. Are you prepared to pay?
#1.1.1 Disha on 04/30/11 at 06:42 PM
Prepared to pay????
You gotta be kidding!
I own the firehouse on Hollinville Road.
I even feed the trainees there.
Get a life!
#1.1.2 Anonymous on 05/05/11 at 06:26 AM
Where is it written that counties in the banned area are exempt from this ban if the fire department is paid? This sounds like someone had tried to present an opinion as fact........again.
#2 Public Service Announcement on 04/28/11 at 06:37 PM
The statewide burn ban does not pretain to those using fire to cook. So, keep the hotdogs and marshmellows close by to continue burning.
#3 Edd Sanders on 05/01/11 at 02:04 PM
I regret interupting this exchange, but: anyone in Pike wanting to send any personal hygiene items, water, etc.. to storm victims in Lamar can drop items off at prison and I will have them transfered to staging areas in Bville.
Edd Sanders
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