Fire Danger Increases Throughout the Rawlins Interagency Dispatch Area

Fire danger is increasing throughout the Rawlins Interagency Dispatch area and fire managers are reminding public lands users to use caution while recreating outdoors. Fire managers track fire danger indices by monitoring the weather and the moisture in vegetation. Fire danger, currently moderate, is increasing with warm and dry weather and indices are now trending above normal for this time of year. Moderate fire danger means fires start easily, spread at a moderate rate and, on windy days, will burn briskly and spread rapidly in open-cured grassland. As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, visitors and residents alike are reminded that fireworks are not permitted on BLM lands at any time.