 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. You'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. Starting this week, the Kentucky Division of Forestry has issued a burn ban until April 30th. Thursday, Mountaintops spoke with Pikeville Fire Department's public information officer, Nick Fleming, about the burn, and how you can prevent fires in your region. So our spring fire season actually began February 15th. They won't run up until April 30th. And what that means basically is that we have increased fire danger. Things are a little bit more dry. The air is a little bit more dry. And our temperatures, of course, are going up. So we just want to be more cautious. We don't want to burn anything until after 6 p.m. Due to previous winter storms, Fleming says fires can spread quickly from downed trees and branches. Never burn anything any closer than 150 feet away from a structure or a hillside. And we want to, again, keep something nearby like a bucket of water, a water hose, or a fire extinguisher, of course, to extinguish it. Never leave it unattended, of course. Lastly, Fleming says to be mindful as temperatures trend upwards. All fires can happen really quickly. And we've got a lot of structures that we've got to keep an eye on. With that being said, if you feel like you're in danger, if your structure is in danger, never always go ahead and call 911 and have someone en route. We can go ahead and investigate it. Someone asked the question earlier, how close does it have to be to my house before the fire department will work on it or do anything? We always say 1,000 feet. So if the fire is creeping anywhere near 1,000 feet of the home or the structure, we'll go ahead and try to wet down the area and get it prepped in case the fire gets any closer. For more information on the band, you can visit eec.ky.gov. For Mountaintop News, I'm Joel Chorjol.