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The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office and Local
Fire Authorities have passed an open burning fire ban.
The effective dates of this fire ban will be
May 26, 2008 thru September 1, 2008.
The ending date may be modified depending upon local conditions.
The
restrictions shall apply to Garfield
County
for public and private lands. This ban does not include BLM or
Forest Service areas, check with those authorities for fire
conditions and information updates.
The fire ban restrictions set forth herein shall apply to the
following persons and activities:
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Building, maintaining, attending or using any fire to burn
trash, debris, fence rows or vegetation, any campfire, warming
fire, or charcoal grill, except for those conducted in permanent
fire pits or fire grates, that are located in designated
campground, picnic areas, or developed recreation sites.
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Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle, or building, at a
developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area of at
least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all
flammable material.
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Operating a chainsaw without a U.S.D.A. or S.A.E. approved spark
arresting device properly installed and in effective working
order, and chemical pressurized fire extinguisher or not less
than 8 ounce capacity by weight, and one size 0 or larger round-
pointed shovel with an overall length of at least 36 inches.
The extinguisher shall be kept with the chainsaw operator. The
shovel may be kept with the fuel supplies, but readily available
for use.
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Welding or operating acetylene or other torch with an open
flame; except within an area that is barren or cleared of all
flammable material with in at least ten feet on all sides from
the equipment.
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Use of explosives requiring fuses or
blasting caps. (This section shall not apply to fireworks as
defined in Section 12-28-101, C.R.S., as amended, unless
otherwise specifically incorporated within these restrictions by
separate action of the Board of County Commissioners of
Garfield
County).
The restrictions and ban set forth herein exempt the following:
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Persons with a valid written permit from a Federal agency, the
Garfield County Sheriff, or the local fire districts within
which the fire is to occur specifically authorizing the
prohibited act.
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Any federal, state, or local officer member of an organized
rescue or firefighting force in the performance of official
duty.
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Any fires contained within a liquid fuel or gas fuel stove,
fireplaces within buildings, charcoal grill fires at private
residences, and fires located within permanent fire pits or fire
grates to the extent those pits or grates are located in
developed picnic ground, campgrounds or recreational sites.
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Burning of irrigation ditches located within and completely
surrounded by irrigated farmlands, where such burning is
necessary for crop survival, and a specific written permit has
been granted for such burning, in advance, by the Garfield
County Sheriff or an organized fire district encompassing the
burn area.
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Campfires or bonfires required in religious
ceremonies, for which a valid written permit has been granted in
advance by a Federal agency or the
County
Sheriff.
No Burn Permits Will Be Issued At
This Time.
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