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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
219 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2007

...FIRE WEATHER/FIRE PREVENTION AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY
WITH A LOOK AT RED FLAG WARNING - EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...

IN COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING TO
HIGHLIGHT EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN WARRANTED. RED FLAG
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHENEVER HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY
LOW...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGH...AND FOREST FUELS...SUCH
AS FALLEN LEAVES AND BRUSH...ARE DRY. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED
TOGETHER COULD RESULT IN EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LIMITED RAINFALL CAN ALSO INCREASE THE THREAT FOR WILDFIRES. WHEN
FOREST FUELS ARE DRY...CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN IGNITE TREES
AND BRUSH TO START FOREST FIRES.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT TO THE INCREASED THREAT OF WILDFIRES
DURING RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHOSE HOME IS
IN A FORESTED AREA...OR THOSE PLANNING ON VISITING AREA FORESTS. KEEP
IN TOUCH WITH LOCAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ABOUT POSSIBLE BURN BANS
AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. A GOOD WEBSITE TO VISIT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION
ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND BURN BANS IS HTTP://WWW.BURNSAFETN.ORG/. ALSO...
STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECAST FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISITING THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/OHX OR HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME DEBRIS-BURNING SAFETY TIPS TO HELP PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM WILDFIRES:

1. BEFORE BURNING...ALWAYS CONTACT YOUR LOCAL OR STATE FIRE
   AUTHORITIES TO DETERMINE IF IT IS SAFE TO BURN.

2. BECOME FAMILIAR WITH BURNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS. A STATE ISSUED
   BURNING PERMIT IS IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL MAY 15TH.

3. BEFORE YOU BURN...REMEMBER TO CLEAR THE GROUND OF FLAMMABLE
   MATERIAL AT LEAST 10 FEET FROM AROUND THE AREA TO BE BURNED.

4. KEEP TOOLS AND WATER ON HAND WHILE BURNING AND NEVER LEAVE A FIRE
   UNATTENDED!!!

5. WATCH THE WEATHER.

6. STAY WITH THE FIRE UNTIL IT IS OUT.

THE LAST TOPIC DURING THE FIRE WEATHER/FIRE PREVENTION WEEK WILL LOOK
AT OUR FALL AND SPRING FIRE WEATHER SEASONS.

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FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER INFORMATION...PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING
WEBSITE: WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/OHX/FIREWX.PHP .

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