The Groom Creek Fire District will be enacting our Stage II Fire Restrictions on June 11, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. which will also be consistent with the Prescott National Forest and the unincorporated areas of Yavapai County not protected by fire districts or area fire departments. As the fire danger continues to increase, our Stage II restrictions will stay in effect until we receive significant rain throughout the area to justify lifting the restrictions
Stage II fire restrictions prohibit the following:
- Igniting, building, maintaining, attending, or using a residential fire pit, campfire, or stove fire.
- Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of any flammable material.
- Welding, or operating any acetylene or other torch with an open flame.
- Operating a chainsaw or other equipment operated by an internal combustion engine between the hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Discharging a firearm, except while engaged in a lawful hunt pursuant to state, federal or tribal laws and regulations.
- Exemptions to the restrictions include the following:
- Persons with a written Forest Service authorization specifically exempting them from the effect of this order.
- Persons using a stove or grill that is solely fueled by liquid petroleum or liquid petroleum gas (LPG) fuels.
- Persons operating generators with an approved spark arresting device in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within 3 feet of the generator.
- Any Federal, State, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of an official duty.
