With plenty more warm weather on the way, and not a lot of moisture expected, the threat of grass fires is growing every day.

High River Deputy Fire Chief Trevor Allan says from a distance grass fires put up a lot of smoke and don't look overly dangerous.

However he says up close it's a much different story.

"They're incredibly dangerous, especially when you have tall cover. We have a lot of native grass around here. It grows to a height wherever it's not controlled. And with the Chinook winds that we get, it's not long for that dry accumulated grass to catch flame. And because of the height of it, it bends over very quickly, essentially it just kind of leapfrogs in large steps."

Now, ask a fire fighter if you can help them at the scene of a house fire and it's guaranteed they'll hustle you out of the way pretty quickly.

But, if you're a farmer and there's a grass fire, chances are the fire department will be asking you to come help them.

Allan says says they really heavily on local farmers during a grass fire.

"You'll see them out there with their equipment. And they can come in and they can build, with their discs and their plows, they can build a fire break that will stop the advancement of that fire long before any water that we have will."

Allan says grass fires are one of the few times they'll let civilians help out, as farmers and their equipment can really aid them in containing or putting out grass fires.