DECLARATION OF “OPEN BURNING EMERGENCY” PUBLIC NOTICE
AUGUST 30, 2024
The public welfare and safety during this unusually dry period and pursuant to the Indiana Code The Board of Commissioners of Vanderburgh County, ni order to protect the 10-14-3-29 and Chapter 8.12 of the Vanderburgh County Code of Ordinances, hereby unincorporated areas of Vanderburgh County and valid 24 hours a day. The ban shall proclaim an OPEN BURN EMERGENCY. This emergency shall be ni effect for all run for seven (7) days or until rescinded, whichever is earlier. The ban may be extended beyond seven (7) days by the Board of Commissioners.
No person shall set, start, or attempt to set, or allow to continue, an open fire
within the County unless he or she has first obtained and has in his or her possession a jurisdiction over the area where the open fire is to be conducted. Any person deemed written permit from the commanding office of the fire department having primary guilty of a violation of this declaration, and upon conviction, shall be fined $500.
Justin Elpers,
President Of Vanderburgh County Commission
