Maury Volunteer Fire and Rescue offers tips on fire security under dry conditions

Greenville, NC (Witn) – As we saw several fires in the east on Saturday, Witn spoke to the Maury Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association from Greene County about what the residents can do to prevent the risk.

“Brush and grass fires are a constant threat in a rural area,” says Chief Neil Jarman.

With heavy windy and dry conditions, there were take place in East Carolina in East Carolina on Saturday.

Greene County's fire brigades ask the residents not to burn.

“I know that everyone strives to go outside, to get up all the limbs and leaves that have fallen during the recent ice storms, now that we have a very nice day, but this humidity and this wind increases the probability of the fire and not only endangers their own, but also its neighbors,” says Chief Jarman.

According to Witn's first alarm team, a first weather day was issued on Saturday, since a high risk of fire and red flag warnings were spent on part of the area.

“With the lack of precipitation that we saw last week, we didn't really get enough to give these floor levels back where they have to be for this season, and even until Sunday we could see a high risk of fire again,” says Witn's first alarm forecast Dustin Staples.

With an extreme fire risk in parts of East Carolina, Chief Jarman says that security was not burned.

“Be very careful with other possible ignition sources: devices that you may operate outside outside of grills, cooking equipment outside,” says Jarman.

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