No incidents occurred over the weekend, but you are still encouraged to take the proper steps if you are burning outside this spring. Door and Kewaunee counties are among the 42 currently at a high fire danger level. The other 30 counties shuffled levels over the past week, with 19 counties in west central Wisconsin being upgraded to the very high fire danger level. According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources last Friday, there were over 80 wildfires across the state last week, burning 182 acres. That brings the yearly total to 244 fires burning over 500 acres, with the bulk of that starting from debris burning. When Door and Kewaunee counties first entered the high fire danger level earlier this year, Chris Hecht from the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove said there are ways you can help prevent an accidental grass or brush fire.

Burn permits are issued by individual fire departments in Door and Kewaunee counties, unlike several counties in northern and central Wisconsin that are under DNR forest fire protection regulations. Many of those counties cannot receive a burn permit because of the current conditions.