Stage 2 Fire Restrictions in Place for Unincorporated Douglas County
Update 6-21-2013
Sheriff David A. Weaver enacts “Douglas County Open Fire and Open Burning Restriction Ordinance” Stage 2 for the unincorporated areas of Douglas County.
By Order of Sheriff David A. Weaver Stage 2 fire restrictions, are now in place. Ordinance No. O-012-004, restricting open fires, open burning and the use of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of Douglas County.
General Guidance on Stage 2 restrictions follows below:
Prohibited Activities:
Open burning of any kind.
Use of fireworks –
including professional firework displays
Use of fires in chimineas, other portable fireplaces or patio fire pits.
Campfires at developed campgrounds or picnic areas.
Allowable Activities:
Fires within liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves, grills, fire pits or other gas or liquid fueled appliance.
Residential use of charcoal grill fires when such use is supervised by a responsible party at least 18 years of age.
Fires contained within fire places and wood burning stoves within buildings only
Fire suppression or fire department training fires.
Violation of these fire restrictions is a Class-2 Petty Offense, punishable by up to a $1000.00 fine and a $10.00 surcharge.
Additional information on fire restriction stages can be located at the Douglas County Emergency Management website:
www.dcsheriff.net/emergencymanagement/fire-restrictions/
Posted on June 10, 2013
By Order of Sheriff David A. Weaver Stage 1 fire restrictions, are now in place. Ordinance No. O-012-004, restricting open fires, open burning and the use of fireworks in the unincorporated areas of Douglas County.
General Guidance on Stage 1 restrictions follows below:
Prohibited Activities:
Open burning of any kind.
Use of fireworks.
Allowable Activities:
Fires within liquid-fueled or gas-fueled stoves, fireplaces within buildings, charcoal grill fires within developed residential or commercial areas, and fires within wood burning stoves within buildings only.
Professional fireworks displays permitted according to section 12-28-103 of the C.R.S.
Fire suppression or fire department training fires.
Small recreational fires at developed picnic or campground sites contained in fixed permanent metal/steel fire pits (rock fire rings are considered temporary and not permanent) with flame lengths not in excess of four feet or the residential use of charcoal grills, tiki torches, fires in chumminess or other portable fireplaces or patio fire pits, so long as said fires are supervised by a responsible person at least 18 years of age.
Professional fireworks displays.
Violation of these fire restrictions is a Class-2 Petty Offense, punishable by up to a $1000.00 fine and a $10.00 surcharge.
