With the warmer, windier weather comes the beginning of fire season.
"When conditions get like this, it takes hardly nothing to start a fire," said Gary Young, chairman of the Taylor County Rural Fire Committee.
With humidity levels low, the risk of fire becomes higher, and the wind makes it worse by spreading flames more rapidly in more ways than one.
"Not only from the direct flame itself but from the embers that come off a fire," said Young. "Many times traveling a great distance and reigniting in many other locations."
Causing bigger fires that can start with a smaller spark.
"All of them start as a single spark, and in these conditions, will spread so rapidly that in most cases people are unable to contain them if they have not taken measures prior to that activity to prevent that fire from starting," he explained.
A common misconception is that there will be fewer fires after rain, but that isn't always the case.
"When the sun comes outs and hits these dried grasses, and their humidity is low, they're ready to burn then," he said.
But Young said that it's never a bad thing to be too careful in conditions like this.
"Even the most innocent of activities will start a fire," Young said. "It's not a question of if it will, it's how many places will it start and what's it going to take to get it back under control."
"When conditions get like this, it takes hardly nothing to start a fire," said Gary Young, chairman of the Taylor County Rural Fire Committee.
With humidity levels low, the risk of fire becomes higher, and the wind makes it worse by spreading flames more rapidly in more ways than one.
"Not only from the direct flame itself but from the embers that come off a fire," said Young. "Many times traveling a great distance and reigniting in many other locations."
Causing bigger fires that can start with a smaller spark.
"All of them start as a single spark, and in these conditions, will spread so rapidly that in most cases people are unable to contain them if they have not taken measures prior to that activity to prevent that fire from starting," he explained.
A common misconception is that there will be fewer fires after rain, but that isn't always the case.
"When the sun comes outs and hits these dried grasses, and their humidity is low, they're ready to burn then," he said.
But Young said that it's never a bad thing to be too careful in conditions like this.
"Even the most innocent of activities will start a fire," Young said. "It's not a question of if it will, it's how many places will it start and what's it going to take to get it back under control."
