PLEASE BE CAREFUL !
The county's fire chiefs have requested a countywide burn ban.
ON MARCH 11, 2024, THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL RECEIVED A REQUEST PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE 100.40(1) (1995) FROM KAYLA HAGEN, REPRESENTING EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVING ALL OR PART OF THEIR FIRE DISTRICT WITHIN PALO ALTO COUNTY, THAT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL PROHIBIT OPEN BURNING IN PALO ALTO COUNTY. UPON NVESTIGATION THE FIRE MARSHAL FINDS THAT CONDITIONS IN PALO ALTO COUNTY ARE SUCH
THAT OPEN BURNING CONSTITUTES A DANGER TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT NO PERSON SHALL ENGAGE IN OPEN BURNING IN PALO ALTO COUNTY, EFFECTIVE MARCH 11, 2024 AT 11:00 AM EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED BY IOWA CODE 100.40(3) UNTIL SUCH TIME AS KAYLA HAGEN, REPRESENTING EACH FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVING ALL OR PART OF THEIR FIRE DISTRICT WITHIN PALO ALTO COUNTY, NOTIFIES THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL THAT SUCH CONDITIONS DANGEROUS TO LIFE OR PROPERTY NO LONGER EXISTS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE 100.40(2) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS
PROCLAMATION ORDER IS A SIMPLE MISDEMEANOR.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Dan Wood
State Fire Marshal