{"id":106374,"date":"2025-12-31T16:04:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106374\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:04:40","slug":"burn-ban-issued-for-travis-county-ahead-of-new-years-eve-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/106374\/","title":{"rendered":"Burn ban issued for Travis County ahead of New Year&#8217;s Eve fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A burn ban has been issued for unincorporated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Travis County<\/a> ahead of New Year&#8217;s Eve fireworks.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The ban will be in effect through Tuesday, Jan. 6, unless lifted by the county judge or fire marshal.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Residents can also receive burn ban status updates by texting TCBURNBAN to 888777.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The burn ban is a preventative safety measure due to fluctuating temperatures between near-freezing cold and record-breaking heat in December and freeze-cured grass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The Travis County Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office says that freeze-cured grass is grass that has lost a lot of moisture due to low temperatures and therefore lost its ability to retain moisture.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">&#8220;This burn ban is a proactive step to reduce the risk of wildfires as vegetation remains dangerously dry,&#8221; said Chief Fire Marshal Gary Howell. &#8220;Freeze-cured grasses can ignite easily and allow fires to spread rapidly even when other conditions may appear safe. Acting now helps safeguard residents, property, and first responders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> What does the ban apply to? <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The ban applies to outdoor burning in unincorporated areas of Travis County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">It does not affect:<\/p>\n<p> Prescribed burns done under the supervision of a certified prescribed burn managerOutdoor welding, cutting, grinding, or other operations when conducted in accordance with TCFMO guidelines <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TCFMO is encouraging all residents to not use their own fireworks at home. Fireworks started more than 32,000 fires in 2023, according to the National Fire Protection Association.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">TCFMO are also urging caution when grilling and barbecuing outdoors, including having a water source or fire extinguisher nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Anyone who sees a possible out-of-control fire is urged to call 911.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this report comes from the Travis County Fire Marshal&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travis County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/holidays\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas &#8211; A burn ban has been issued for unincorporated Travis County ahead of New Year&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1046,1972,223,394,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-106374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-holidays","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-travis-county","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}