Spanish Peaks Volunteer Fire Department is not issuing burn permits today.
The weather forecasts for this week show the potential for high winds, and gusts as high as 50 MPH are expected on Friday. We may issue permits on Thursday, depending on the wind forecasts.
Even though you may still have snow on the ground, if an ember from your controlled burn gets into the trees, it will not take long for the winter-dry trees to flare and a fire can spread quickly through only the treetops. Once that fire gets to areas where there is no snow on the ground, the results can be devastating. Las Animas County has already experienced at least two wild land fires in January. While these were small and fairly quickly contained, the potential for a damaging fire is still there.
Also please remember that our District is a large one. Forecasts for our protection area as a whole may show wind, although some areas, primarily mountain valleys and canyons, may not experience much wind. While spot weather forecasts are possible, they are very time consuming and it is simply not feasible for our volunteers to put these together.
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