Fire restrictions lowered for industrial operators in SWO District

September 6, 2016

Cool
temperatures and high relative humidity has prompted the Oregon Department of
Forestry’s Southwest Oregon District to drop the Industrial Fire Precaution
Level to 2 today. Cable yarding, blasting, welding or cutting of metal,
and powersaws except at loading sites may operate only between the hours of 8
p.m. and 1 p.m.

• No debris burning in
  piles or in burn barrels;




• No fireworks on
  forestlands;




• Tracer ammunition and
  exploding targets may not be used on forestlands or in any other wildland
  area;




• Sky lanterns are
  prohibited.




• Campfires are allowed
  only in designated campgrounds. Portable stoves using liquefied or bottled
  fuels may be used in other locations;




• Motorized vehicles are
  allowed only on improved roads;




• Smoking while traveling
  is allowed only in enclosed vehicles on improved roads;




• Possession of the
  following firefighting equipment is required while traveling, except on
  state highways, county roads and driveways: one shovel and one gallon of
  water or one 2-½ lb. or larger fire extinguisher. All-terrain vehicles
  and motorcycles must be equipped with one 2-½ lb. or larger fire
  extinguisher;




• A chainsaw with a
  spark-emitting internal combustion engine may not be used;




• Mowing of dead or dry
  grass with equipment using a spark-emitting internal combustion
  engine is not allowed. This restriction does not include mowing
  of green lawns, or equipment used for the commercial culture and harvest
  of agricultural crops;




• The cutting, grinding or
  welding of metal is not allowed;




• The use of any other
  spark-emitting internal combustion engine is not allowed;




• Electric fence
  controllers must be approved by a nationally recognized testing
  laboratory, such as Underwriters Laboratories Inc., or be certified by the
  Department of Consumer and Business Services, and be installed and used in
  compliance with the fence controller’s instructions for fire safe
  operation.

• Smoking is prohibited
  while traveling, except in boats on the water, and on sand or gravel bars
  that lie between water and high water marks that are free of vegetation.




• All travelers are
  required to carry one shovel and a one-gallon or larger bucket.




• The use of fireworks is
  prohibited.




• Campfires, charcoal
  fires, cooking fires and warming fires are prohibited. Portable cooking
  stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels may be used.