Thursday, July 17, 2025

Grand County is now under Stage One Fire Restrictions. The following activities and uses are prohibited under Stage One Fire Restrictions:

• Building, maintaining, attending, or using an open fire outside of a developed recreation site.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed campground or picnic area or while stopped in an area of at least six feet in diameter that is barren of all combustible materials.
• Operating a chainsaw without an USDA or SAE approved spark-arresting device properly installed and in working order.
• Welding or operating torches with open flame, except in an area of at least ten feet in diameter that is barren of all combustible materials.
• Incendiary devices (excluding permissible fireworks).

Stay safe and check current fire restrictions and drought updates here: http://www.gcemergency.com/