10/23/2026
🚨🔥 HIGH FIRE DANGER – BUFFALO COUNTY 🔥🚨
Fire danger is HIGH, with warm temperatures and breezy conditions expected this weekend.
đźš« Avoid outdoor burning! Fires can spread rapidly in these conditions and put lives and property at risk.
⚠️ Please take this warning seriously and help keep our community safe!
Our fire danger map is showing blue and yellow, but it’s not for the Brewers – it’s to show elevated fire conditions this weekend, today through Sunday, Oct. 25.
If you’re planning to head outside this weekend to enjoy the beautiful fall weather, check on the latest fire restrictions before going out. Anyone who decides to have a campfire or warming fire should maintain at least a 3-foot clearing around the fire and keep the fire small. Always keep water and a shovel handy, and keep the fire attended. When you’re finished burning, drown and stir the fire with a shovel until the fire is out. Check the ashes with the back of your hand for any warmth and repeat the wetting process until the fire is 100% out.
Improper ash disposal is another common cause of wildfires. When disposing of ashes from a stove or fireplace, foresters recommend placing them into a steel bucket or metal garbage can. The ash should only then be disposed of by spreading on bare ground, such as a tilled garden or plowed field, when cold.
ATV and other vehicle users in the forests should check around their mufflers for dry grass, leaves and pine needles. This debris can turn into a smoldering cinder, fall off on a grassy backwoods trail and start a fire.
Check WisBurn and follow fire safety tips to enjoy the outdoors safely: https://apps.dnr.wi.gov/wisburn/ #/