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Posted on: August 30th, 2012

Sheriff Pelle Orders Outdoor Fire Ban
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Tomorrow (August 31, 2012) at 12:00 p.m., Sheriff Joe Pelle will enact a fire ban for the mountain areas of unincorporated Boulder County. Colorado is currently experiencing one of the driest summers in history. The fire danger has been increasing rapidly over the course of the last several weeks, and the moisture content in large fuels, (logs and trees), has fallen to dangerous levels. The forecast continues to call for high temperatures and minimal precipitation.

Based on all of the above information, Sheriff Joe Pelle has found that the danger of a grass or forest fire is very high and has decided to enact a restriction on open burning and the use of fireworks and model rockets in the mountain areas ofunincorporated Boulder County.
The “mountain areas” of Boulder County include all unincorporated areas west of Highway 93 and Highway 36 (North and South Foothills Highways) and Broadway Avenue through the City of Boulder and includes Rabbit Mountain Open Space.
State statutes authorize counties to impose a fire ban when “the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, loss of life or property resulting from any natural cause or cause of human origin, including but not limited to fire…”

The Fire Ban allows for:

Fire contained within liquid or gas fuel stoves

Campfires in USFS improved/maintained campgrounds that are currently open to the public

Charcoal grill fires on private lands

It bans all other open fire, the use of any kind of fireworks and model rockets.
To see current fire and shooting restrictions for United States Forest Service properties go to the following website and click on “Alert and Warnings”.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/arp

The fire ban will remain in effect until the hazardous fire conditions subside.

 Anyone found in violation of the fire ban may be convicted of a class 2 petty offense and may be subject to a $500 fine. Higher fines may be imposed for subsequent offenses.
This media release may be found on the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office web-site at:  www.bouldersheriff.org

Detective Commander Rick Brough
Boulder County Sheriff’s Office
303-441-3631

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