STAGE 2 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52 (a). This includes charcoal grills and barbecues, coal and wood burning stoves, and sheepherder’s stoves, and includes use in developed camping and picnic grounds. EXCEPT: Devices using pressurized liquid or gas
STAGE 1 FIRE RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITIONS: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire. 36 CFR 261.52(a). This includes charcoal grills. EXCEPT: Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed recreation sites and the use of portable stoves, lanterns
DFPC has seen an uptick in human-caused fire starts in Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata, and Archuleta counties over the past few weeks. Many of these are a result of escaped agricultural burns. While no Red Flag Warnings have been issued, fuels in the lower elevations of SW Colorado are abnormally
Public Information on possible Penalties for Fire Violations Montezuma County Burn Ban Ordinance 2-2015 Resolution 7-2020 Class 2 Petty Offense, up to $1,000.00 plus $10.00 surcharge C.R.S. 42-4-1406 Expel Lighted Cigarette or Burning Material from a Vehicle Class 2 Misdemeanor, 3 months jail/$250 fine to 12 months jail/$1,000.00 fine C.R.S.
Emergencies such as Wildfires, Flooding and other natural disasters can occur at any time, day or night. The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office is in need of your assistance to better protect lives, and ask that you take time to plan and prepare for an event that would require evacuation from