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Fire Restrictions

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Stage 1 (General) Fire Restrictions

Prohibitions:

1. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal, coal, or wood stove, except within a developed recreation site.
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, building, or a *developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.

Exemptions:

1. Using a stove or grill solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Such devices can only be used in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the device.
2. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of any organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
3. Persons with a Forest Service permit specifically authorizing the prohibited act or omission.

An exemption does not absolve an individual or organization from liability or responsibility for any fire started by the exempted activity.

STAGE 2 (ELEVATED)

Prohibitions:

1. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal, coal, or wood stove fire, including fires in developed campgrounds and improved sites.
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.
3. Mechanical and industrial prohibitions:

• Operating chainsaws or any internal combustion engine between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Welding or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame.
• Using an explosive.
• Using fireworks, which are never allowed on a forest.

Exemptions:

1. Persons with a written permit that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act. This process can be utilized in cases where public works and public utility emergency repairs are necessary.
2. Industrial operations where specific operations and exemptions are identified and mitigation measures are implemented as outlined in an agency plan.
3. Persons using a stove or grill fueled solely by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Such devices can only be used in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the device.
4. Operating generators with an approved spark arresting device within an enclosed vehicle or building or in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the generator.
5. Operating motorized vehicles in compliance with Forest Travel Management Regulations. Parking off any road must be in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the vehicle.
6. Persons conducting activities in those designated areas where the activity is specifically authorized by written posted notice.
7. Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force or other authorized personnel in the performance of an official duty.
8. All land within a city boundary is exempted unless otherwise stated by city ordinance.

An exemption does not absolve an individual or organization from liability or responsibility for any fire started by the exempted activity.

STAGE 3 (CLOSURE)

Stage III is closure. This stage is selected when there are very high risks and the ability to manage those risks using Stage I or II restrictions is no longer viable. The social, economic, and political impacts of implementing a closure at this point are outweighed by the benefits associated with virtually eliminating the potential for human-caused fire starts.

The area is closed to all entry (36 CFR 261.52(e)) other than as follows:

• Persons with a written fire entry and activity permit that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act. This may include such persons as grazing-permit holders when entry is needed to gather, move, or otherwise manage their permitted livestock, special-use authorization holders when access is needed to maintain emergency or other communications operations, and others.
• Any federal, state, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
• Resident owners and lessees of land within the closed area.

Penalties:

Violations of these regulations is punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, by a fine of not more than $5000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or both.