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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-060900-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...
RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...
KILLINGTON
310 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 2013
...BRUSH FIRES CAN BE DANGEROUS...
THE RECENT WEATHER PATTERN HAS CREATED UNSAFE BURNING CONDITIONS.
A PROLONGED PERIOD WITHOUT RAIN HAS CAUSED THE PRIMARY FUELS FOR
WILDLAND FIRES...DEAD GRASS...LEAVES AND BRUSH TO BECOME
DANGEROUSLY DRY. FIRE OFFICIALS WITH THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTS...PARKS AND RECREATION URGE PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THIS
DANGER. THE MAJORITY OF WILDLAND FIRES IN VERMONT AND NEW YORK
ARE A RESULT OF ESCAPED FIRES FROM OPEN BURNING BY HOMEOWNERS. ALL
OPEN BURNING IN VERMONT MUST HAVE A PERMIT TO KINDLE FIRE FROM THE
TOWN FOREST FIRE WARDEN...AND FIRE WARDENS CAN RESTRICT OPEN
BURNING WHEN CONDITIONS ARE NOT SAFE. ACROSS NEW YORK...A BURN BAN
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MAY 14TH.
LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT VERMONT HAVE RESPONDED TO
SEVERAL WILDFIRES ALREADY THIS SEASON. THESE RECENT FIRES SHOULD
SERVE TO REMIND ALL THAT GRASS AND BRUSH FIRES CAN BE DANGEROUS.
DESPITE THE LACK OF WIND...FIRES HAVE SPREAD QUICKLY DUE TO THE
DRY WILDLAND FUELS.
IN ADDITION TO OBTAINING A BURN PERMIT IN VERMONT PEOPLE
SHOULD...
CLEAR THE AREA AROUND A PILE OF ALL FLAMMABLE MATERIAL... NEVER
LEAVE THE FIRE UNATTENDED... HAVE A HOSE AND TOOLS LIKE SHOVEL OR
RAKE ON HAND... BURN ONLY NATURAL VEGETATIVE MATERIAL... AND CALL
911 IMMEDIATELY IF THINGS GET OUT OF CONTROL.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS DEVELOPED AN OPEN
BURNING WEATHER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN...WHICH CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE
AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/BTV/AWARENESS/FIREWX/OPEN_BURNING.PHP
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