12/10/2025
🔥 Planning a Controlled Burn? Help Us Help You.
As we wrap up 2025, we want to remind everyone in Anderson County how important it is to call in your controlled or prescribed burns before you strike that match.
If you’re planning to burn, please contact the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office non-emergency line and let them know you are starting a controlled burn.
When you call, they will ask for a small amount of basic information, usually just your name, the location of the burn, and how long you expect it to last. This helps dispatch know what’s happening in the area so that when a passerby reports smoke or flames, we don’t have to send volunteer firefighters out unnecessarily.
Here’s why it matters:
• Your volunteers leave their families and dinner tables every time a call goes out.
• A single response can send one or two fire trucks 20+ miles for what turns out to be a non-emergent, planned burn.
• In 2025, fuel, maintenance, and equipment costs are higher than ever. Volunteer departments operate on limited budgets, and unnecessary responses strain those resources quickly.
• Every avoided false alarm means we remain ready, and available, for true emergencies where seconds make a difference.
By calling in your controlled burn ahead of time, you help protect your volunteer firefighters, save valuable resources, and keep our community safer and more efficient.
We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and continued support. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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