SEMINOLE – Many counties in West Texas are currently under a burn ban, said Emergency Management Director Robert Barrett, but Gaines County is not.According to Barrett, the drought index has to hit a specific figure to issue something higher than a Red Flag Warning, and “We’re not there yet.”The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) which assesses the risk of fire by representing the net effect of evapotranspiration and precipitation in producing cumulative moisture deficiency in deep duff and upper soil layers.The commissioners court would generally be responsible for issuing a burn ban, but they have elected to defer to the fire ...