The Rooks County Commission voted Monday to approve a resolution banning all outdoor burning in the county.

According to the resolution “extremely dry and windy weather conditions have created an extreme fire hazard in the grassland and cropland of Rooks County.”

Under the resolution the following acts are prohibited:

1. Careless use of smoking materials, including cigarettes, cigars and smoking pipes
2. Building, maintaining, attending or using any open fire or campfire except in permanent stoves or fireplaces, or barbeque grills in developed recreational sites or residential areas
3. Prescribed burning of all fence rows, fields, wild lands ravines, trash and debris
4. Outdoor use of all other fires and devices, including fireworks, for any reason.

A violation of the order is a class A misdemeanor.

The ban is in place for seven days, until April 4th, 2016 unless terminated or renewed by the county commission.