High Fire Danger Prompts Fire and Fireworks Restrictions

Payson – June 26, 2013: Due to extreme dry and very hazardous fire conditions, effective Wednesday June 26, 2013 thefollowing restriction have been implemented:

Fireworks:

All of the wildland, canyon, foothill areas, and any lands used for agricultural purposes including

all incorporated areas west of I-15. Incorporated areas of Payson City south and east starting on

south Main Street north to 1150 south, east to Payson Canyon Road, north to 800 South, east to

600 East, north to 400 South, east to Goosenest Drive and continuing to Gladstan Golf Course.

These areas are closed to fireworks of any kind until further notice.

Fires:

All of the wildland, canyon, and foothill areas including (incorporated areas of Payson City)

everything south and east starting on south Main Street north to 1150 south, east to Payson

Canyon Road, north to 800 South, east to 600 East, north to 400 South, east to Goosenest Drive

and continuing to Gladstan Golf Course. These areas are closed to fireworks of any kind until

further notice. (See map below.)

Accordingly, building, maintaining, attending, or using a campfire or stove fire except in

developed recreational sites, or possessing or using pyrotechnic devices is strictly prohibited.

THIS MEANS THAT:

1. All open fires of any kind are strictly prohibited except in approved fire structures. This

closure shall include, but is not limited to, open burning, campfires, cooking fires, and

charcoal barbeques.

2. Smoking is prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed

recreational site or while stopped in an area at least three (3) feet in diameter that is

barren or cleared of all flammable material.

3. Possessing or discharging fireworks, tracer ammunition or other pyrotechnic devices on

these lands is prohibited. Most wildfires that occur around July 4th and 24th holidays are

related to fireworks.

Open burning is defined as burning of materials wherein products of combustion are emitted

directly into the ambient air without passing through a stack or chimney from an enclosed

chamber.

A campfire is defined as a fire not within any building, mobile home, or living accommodation

mounted on a motor vehicle, which is used for cooking, branding, personal warmth, lighting,

ceremonial, or esthetic purposes. Campfires are open fires, usually built on the ground, from

native fuels or charcoal grills.

A stove is defined as a campfire built inside an enclosed stove or grill, a portable brazier, or a

pressurized liquid or gas stove including a space heating device. Stoves solely fueled by

Coleman® type fuels or LPG fuels are exempt from the restrictions.

Any violation of this restriction would be a class B misdemeanor and punishable by up to a

$1,000.00 fine and/or up to 6 months in Jail.

If you have any questions, please contact our office at 801-465-5252.