Burn Ban In Effect Immediately!!

Extreme Importance For Immediate Release

The City of Louisville and the City of Louisville Fire Department has determined that the weather conditions of recent weeks have presented a
SEVERE FIRE HAZARD
THERFORE:
THERE IS AN OPEN BURNING BAN FOR ALL OF THE FIRE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
The means no burning of any natural vegetation such as grass, wood, limbs, straw or hay in the open is allowed.
This excludes outdoor confined fire places, Grills and Bar-B-Ques.

This includes all properties within 5 miles of the center of The City of Louisville MS from the intersection of Main Street and Columbus Street.

It is Your responsibility to help keep our community safe and free from unnecessary Life Lost or Property Damage.

In accordance with the Mississippi Codes Amended 1972 § 17-17-9
Prohibits the Burning of Trash and Garbage
No garbage, or rubbish containing garbage or other putrescible materials, or hazardous wastes shall be burned except in approved incinerators meeting the necessary temperature requirements and air pollution controls as now established or may later be established. The open burning of rubbish shall be permitted only under controlled circumstances where sanitary landfill and landfill is not feasible, and not in proximity to sanitary landfill or landfill operations where spread of fire to these operations may be a hazard in the opinion of the controlling agency.

45-11-111. Penalties.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall knowingly and willfully violate the terms or provisions of the Mississippi Fire Prevention Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction therefor shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), and in case of continuing violations without reasonable effort on the part of the defendant to correct same, each day the violation continues thereafter shall be a separate offense.


Chief Terry Johnson
City of Louisville Fire Department