Thankfully the Humboldt region hasn't yet been that susceptible to grass fires but Chief Mike Kwasnica is warning residents and landowners that the threat is definitely there.

"There's a fire ban on a number of different areas in the province just due to the dry conditions," explains Kwasnica. "Spring is always a bad time, between where the Winter grass is dry and dead to when the nice green grass comes. When there is no rain it stays dry and timber for a lot longer."

Controlled burns are obviously a concern at this time of year. The HFD has a new number to call and report a burn, that's 1-866-404-4911.

Fires are still allowed in the city and rural landowners but Kwasnica wants residents to use common sense.

"Don't do any unnecessary fires that you don't really need to have. We haven't put a fire ban on in Humboldt yet, with the conditions if they stay like this longer we possibly might down the road. This area is still good, we just want everybody to use caution and their head."

With a number of high profile grass fires already occurring in the province, Kwasnica was asked if the season is earlier in 2016.

"It's pretty much our grass season," he remarked. "It usually starts end of April into May, generally it's up until that green grass comes through. Every year is like this, some years we do get the late Winter and early Spring rains and some we've had a dry Winter and the Spring rains aren't here yet."

During the house fire on Swain Crescent last week in Humboldt, crews were very mindful of the grassy field that backed to the north area home.

If a controlled burn gets out of hand for a landowner, they may be required to cover the cost of fighting it and perhaps the financial repercussions of the blaze itself.