Caen eee nten Dani iat andy Thoms Discs Si Hon Bane Bins every Kean Baur eo ise sit Henini Jordan Baar Webster Parish Police Jury 20, Box 389 Minden, Louisiana 710580389 DIONE: 318.377-1564 "FAX: 318-971-2366 February 9, 2022 Declaration of Emergeney WHEREAS, the Parish of Webster is threatened with an emergeney condition due to the lack of rainfall in our region, that has created dangerous fire conditions for our parish. WHEREAS, The Webster Patish Fire Chiefs Association agrees, that there isa very definite threat possibility (0 life and property of the citizens of this Parish; and requested the Burn Ban be in effect for Webster Parish effective ‘Immediately and remain in effect until conditions improve; and WHEREAS, the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergeney Assistance and Disaster Act, La. R.S.29:721, ef seq, and specifically La, RS, 29:727 confers upon the Parish President emergency powers to deal with ‘emergencies and disasters, including those caused by fir, flood, earthquake or ‘other natural or manmade eauses, in order to ensure that preparations of their Parish willbe adequate to deal with such emergencies or disasters and to preserve the lives and property of the people oftheir Parish; WHEREAS, the burn ban shall prohibit all outdoor burning such as campfires, trash fires, and any other open burning. This ordinance SHALL NOT apply to prescribed bums by the La, Department of Agriculture and Forestry. ‘THEREFORE, /, Jim Bonsall, President ofthe Webster Parish Police Jury, by authority vested in me by the Parish Charter and the Louisiana Disaster ‘Act, do hereby proclain, Issued on this 9 day of February 2022 and effective at time of issuance. 401.Mbin Stet Min, ons,