The arrival of much needed rainfall last weekend decreased the area’s chances of a grassland fire.Every two weeks when Dawson County commissioners meet, Fire Chief Larry Duyck presents them with a report of how the county and the state are doing when it comes to their chances of wild fires or grassland fires.Officials partly determine those chances by looking at the Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) ratings. Those numbers, rated from 0-800, are based upon an area’s rainfall, soil moisture and dry vegetation.County commissioners throughout the state have the power to enact burn bans outlawing outdoor burning.Dawson County hasn’t been under ...