Pillen issued an emergency proclamation activating the deployment of state resources to help combat fires earlier on Friday, including the use of aircraft and personnel from the Nebraska National Guard.
The Governor’s executive order prohibiting burning will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on March 27.
The Falls City Rural Fire Department will honor the burn ban and will not be issuing any burn permits for at least the duration of the state-issued burn ban and possibly longer.
