Please do your part to protect our community from wildfire by understanding and adhering to Stage 1 fire restrictions, which were enacted on September 9 for all of western Boulder County. Here are details about prohibited activities and any exceptions: 

Stage 1 restrictions prohibit:

• Igniting, building, maintaining, or using a fire—including campfires, stoves, barbecues, grills, and lanterns that burn wood, pressed logs, briquettes, pellets, or charcoal
• Sale, use, and possession of fireworks
• Recreational shooting, except lawful hunting
• Smoking, except in enclosed vehicles or buildings, within U.S. Forest Service developed recreation sites, on private property, or within areas at least three feet in diameter cleared of flammable material
• Operating a chainsaw or other gas-powered equipment
• Welding, grinding, or operating acetylene or other torch with open flame
• Using explosives, including fuses, blasting caps, rockets, exploding targets, tracers, and incendiary ammunition
• Open Burning as defined in Ordinance 2023-1, including broadcast or pile burning
• Violating any state law concerning burning or fires

Stage 1 exceptions:

• Building fires on private property
• Fire in a device that uses gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel with a functional shutoff valve, used in an area at least three feet in diameter cleared of flammable material
• Fully enclosed devices using wood, pressed logs, or charcoal with a ¼-inch or smaller spark arrester screen, used in an area at least ten feet in diameter cleared of flammable material
• Fire in permanent metal or concrete fire pits or grates installed and maintained by the U.S. Forest Service at developed recreation sites
• Open fires required for religious or spiritual ceremonies reported in advance to the Sheriff’s Office
• Recreational shooting on private property
• Chainsaw or gas-powered equipment use with a properly installed and working USDA or SAE approved spark arrester and close by stored pressure fire extinguisher and round-point shovel
• Welding or torch use in a ten-foot area cleared of flammable material with a close by stored pressure fire extinguisher
• Using explosives on private property
• Agricultural Burning as defined in Ordinance 2023-1