Manatee County Burn Ban In Place Because Of Dry Conditions: Officials

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — An outdoor burning and use of fireworks and sparklers ban is in place as of Tuesday in Manatee County, according to a news release from the county.

The ban includes items containing any explosive compound, sparklers, any item or product using or containing any amount of pyrotechnic composition, flares, open burning, and campfires because of the increasingly dry conditions in the county.

“It’s been a very dry season,” Jodie Fiske, public safety director, said. “Our Emergency Management Division regularly talks with our Fire Chiefs Association and Forestry, and they are all in agreement that we need to enact a burn ban.”

The following will be allowed during the ban:

• Outdoor cookers or grills if they are always attended by a responsible adult while the unit is in use.

• Any agricultural, silvicultural or land-clearing burn that has been authorized by the Florida Forest Service and it has been determined that there will be sufficient fire-suppression equipment and personnel on site.

• Properly permitted public fireworks displays with adequate fire-suppression equipment and personnel on site.

• Flares discharged over the Gulf.

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