No outside burning before 4 p.m. More than 60 percent of the Commonwealth’s annual average of 700 wildfires occur in the spring. Rising temperatures, dry and windy weather, and abundant fuels such as frost-killed vegetation and dead leaves, increase the potential for wildfires and make them harder to extinguish.

Prince William County’s annual budget process kicks off with the presentation of the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2030 Capital Improvement Program to the Board of County Supervisors during its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The County Executive will then present the proposed FY2025 Budget to the Board of County Supervisors on Feb. 20. Both presentations will occur during the Board’s 7:30 p.m. meetings.

Prince William Planning Commission Valentine's Day public hearings on land use matters will be book-ended by a pre-hearing work session on Zoning Text Amendments and ZTA DAP2023-00006, Industrial Parking and a post-hearing work session on (1) Virginia's Freedom of Information Act and (2) Proffer legislation.

Officials from Prince William County Fire Marshal's Office are on the scene investigating the cause of an apartment building fire in Occoquan that was reported shortly after midnight today, Jan. 17. The Building Official determined the six-unit building was unsafe to occupy. The Red Cross is helping eight people find housing.

Prince William County Planning Office reports it has released interactive chapters of the adopted 2040 Comprehensive Plan via a new website "in a format that streamlines the user experience and offers more user-friendly options allows for viewing on all platforms and is ADA compliant."

Homeowner smellssmoke and discovered the deck on fire. Cause under investigation. No one was injured.

Logistical Information for the Dec. 12, 2023 Board of County Supervisors Meeting for the Digital Gateway Rezonings. Speaker signup starts at 8 a.m.

Two fires—the Quaker Run Fire in Madison County and the Tuggles Gap fire in Patrick County—broke containment lines over the weekend. The State of Emergency declaration allows dditional resources to be employed to contain these fires and to respond to additional fires as necessary.