{"id":274420,"date":"2013-08-22T17:18:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274420"},"modified":"2013-08-23T17:12:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T22:12:49","slug":"burn-ban-issued-for-smith-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274420","title":{"rendered":"Burn Ban Issued for Smith County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=274421\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-274421\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/08\/thumb_burn-ban_1.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_burn-ban_1\" width=\"146\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-274421\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; Smith County Judge Joel Baker has issued a burn ban for Smith County, effective immediately, due to extremely dry conditions. The burn ban is effective for seven days, and may be renewed upon review of conditions next Thursday.  \u201cWe have been monitoring the situation closely and have determined that a burn ban is necessary. Many factors are considered prior to the issuance of a burn ban, and I always consult with the County Fire Marshal in evaluating the issuance of such an order,\u201d Judge Baker said.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>Factors in determining the need for a burn ban include:<br \/>\n\u00b7         The Keetch-Byram Drought Index<br \/>\n\u00b7         The current temperature, humidity, and wind speed<br \/>\n\u00b7         The weather forecast<br \/>\n\u201cWe also consider the type and volume of calls for emergency services concerning fires,\u201d Judge Baker added.<\/p>\n<p>The current drought index is 654, and the county historically issues burn bans when it is at or near 700.  Unusually high temperatures, lack of rainfall and low moisture levels have contributed to need for a ban to be issued. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Smith County Judge Joel Baker has issued a burn ban for Smith County, effective immediately, due to extremely dry conditions. The burn ban is effective for seven days, and may be renewed upon review of conditions next Thursday. \u201cWe have been monitoring the situation closely and have determined that a burn ban is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=274420\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Burn Ban Issued for Smith County<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 07:54:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274420"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274423,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274420\/revisions\/274423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=274420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=274420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}