Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part XXXIX - Forestry
Chapter 11 - Rural Fire Protection
Subchapter B - Parish Burn Ban Ordinances
Section XXXIX-1113 - Determination of Fire Danger Rating
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The fire danger rating for the state shall be primarily determined by the Keetch Byram Drought Index generalized color map (KBDI) which is published weekly by the Louisiana Office of State Climatology, Louisiana State University.
B. The fire danger rating for a parish will be high when any portion of a parish is indicated with a KBDI index of 601 or greater based on the most current KBDI color map.
C. If the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry has sufficient cause to believe that fire danger in localized areas may not be accurately represented by the published KBDI map, then the department may use additional data to analyze conditions and to declare a state of high fire danger for any parish if warranted by available data.
D. If the department declares one or more parishes to have a high fire danger rating, based on data other than the KBDI map, then the department will publish a list of such parishes on its website.
E. The KBDI map may be referenced through the Louisiana Office of State Climatology through its website at www.losc.lsu.edu or by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry's website at www.ldaf.state.la.us.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3; 30:2057(B)(5)(c) and 33:1236(31)(b)(iii).
