On Thursday, August 9th, the Brick City Fire Department Chiefs met with Brick City council and discussed the matter of lack of rain. The FD Chiefs showed the Council Statistics of the amounts of fires that have increased 13% over the last 2 days. The council and the FD Chiefs agreed to force a burn ban. TO ALL CITIZENS OF BRICK CITY: IF CAUGHT BURNING IN AN OPEN OR CONTAINED AREA YOU WILL BE FINED A MINIMUM OF 500$ AND A POSSIBLE JAIL SENTENCE.