4 August 2010: ODF-SWO:
FIRE DANGER LEVEL
"Fire Danger Level Rises Tomorrow".
The regulated use restrictions currently in effect include:
All debris burning, including debris burned in burn barrels, is prohibited.
Fireworks use on forestlands is prohibited.
Campfires are allowed only in designated campgrounds. Portable stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels are allowed in other locations.
Motorized vehicles are allowed only on improved roads.
Chain saws may not be used between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Note: chain saws will need to be shut down at 10:00 a.m. starting Thursday, Aug. 5. During other hours, chain saw users must have an ax, a shovel and an 8-oz or larger fire extinguisher at the job site, and a fire watch is required for one hour after the saw is shut down.
Mowing of dead or dry grass with power-driven equipment is not allowed between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Note: mowers and other power-driven equipment will need to be shut down at 10:00 a.m. starting Thursday, Aug. 5.This restriction does not include mowing of green lawns, or when equipment is used for the commercial culture and harvest of agricultural crops.
Cutting, grinding or welding metal is not allowed between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Note: the cutting, grinding or welding of metal will need to be shut down at 10:00 a.m. starting Thursday, Aug. 5. These activities are allowed during other hours provided the work site is cleared of potentially flammable vegetation and other materials, and a water supply is at the job site.
Note: All other machinery using an internal combustion engine will need to be shut down between 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Smoking while traveling is allowed only in vehicles on improved roads.
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.
In the Wild and Scenic section of the Rogue River between Grave Creek and Marial, the following fire prevention restrictions are currently in effect:
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.
A shovel and a one-gallon or larger bucket are required of all travelers.
Fireworks are prohibited
Open fires are prohibited, including campfires, cooking fires and warming fires. Portable cooking stoves using liquefied or bottled fuels, and charcoal fires for cooking and built in raised fire pans, are allowed on sand or gravel bars that lie between water and high water marks which are free of vegetation. Ashes must be hauled out.
