Fire

Dry, hot conditions are continuing throughout Arkansas, and some of north Arkansas is experiencing a moderate drought. Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis reached out to the Department of Agriculture’s director of emergency management to learn how the state mitigates fire risk and how landowners can help that effort.

Ahead of Independence Day, fire marshals and hospital staff are urging revelers to be mindful when handling fireworks.

On today's show, death doula Alison Nail-Malone speaks about her experiences caring for individuals near the end of life. Also, a resolution making a firefighter incentive plan passes the Fayetteville City Council, KUAF staff makes food recommendations and sales tax collection increases in Northwest Arkansas. Plus, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders supports a legislative package to fund a new prison and adopt stricter sentences for violent offenders.

The Fayetteville Fire Department now has an incentive plan offering benefits to encourage retention and higher education within the department. The Fayetteville City Council approved the resolution to develop a plan this past week. A couple of departments in Northwest Arkansas cities already had some form of incentive benefits.

To check burning conditions and report prescribed fires, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture released the Arkansas FireSMART app.

Last week, the University of Arkansas carried out a prescribed burn on 10 acres of an oak savanna habitat that is being restored and enhanced in south…

The cost of putting out an underground fire at an illegal dump site in Bella Vista could be much higher than the amount of funding available from the…