Effective immediately October 11, 2016, there is an NO BURN ORDER inside the City Limits of Haleyville.   That means you can be ticketed for starting a fire inside the city limits.

A FIRE ALERT is now effect for the remainder of Winston County, the four surrounding counties to include Cullman, Walker, Marion and Franklin Counties and 41 others in Alabama.

The reason the Alabama Forestry Commission issued the alert is the current drought situation, continued lack Of precipitation, high probability of fuel ignition, and a shortage of available firefighting manpower and resources. With this extremely dry weather, conditions are such that any fire can quickly spread out of control, cause damage to our forests and a threat to homes. Over the last seven days, 307 wildfires have occurred across Alabama burning approximately 3,698 acres.

The fire alert will remain in effect until rescinded by the State Forester after conditions change.    Just don’t burn anything outdoors right now!