FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – The Texas Forestry Service has determined that drought conditions no longer exist in Fort Bend County. The KBDI (Keetch-Bryan Drought Index) on average of 575 must be in place for drought conditions to exist within a Texas County for the purpose of restricting certain aerial fireworks. Fort Bend County’s current on average KBDI is 390.
Under State law, receipt of this notice from the Texas Forestry Service automatically makes the “sticks and fins” fireworks ban approved by Fort Bend County Commissioners Court on December 11, 2012 null and void.
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