News Release

Fire Restrictions 2021

Date: June 1, 2021
Contact: Marty Sims, 435 688 3280

HIGH FIRE DANGER FIRE RESTRICTIONS

This Fire Prevention, High Fire Danger Closure Order, includes the National Park Service, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument lands under authority of 36 C.F.R. 2.13 (c). The restrictions in this Fire Prevention, High Fire Danger Closure Order are necessary to prevent wildfire during this period of extended drought and increased potential for wildland fires in Arizona.

Effective at 12:01 a.m. MDT on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, and until rescinded, the following acts are prohibited:

1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire with any wood or charcoal burning device.

2. Smoking outside of an enclosed vehicle. Disposal of cigarettes/cigars in anything other than a vehicle’s ashtray.

3. Welding or use of any torch or metal cutting equipment.

4. Use of flares or other incendiary devices.

Activities that are allowed include:
 

1. Using portable stoves with gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel.

The following persons are exempt from the restrictions of this Fire Prevention Order:

    1. Persons with a permit authorizing the activity.

    2. Any Federal, State, or local officer or member of an organized fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.

The use of fireworks, including "safe and sane,” is always prohibited on all public lands including Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.38 (b) under the National Park Service.

Violations of this High Fire Danger Closure Order are punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both (Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.13 (c) under the National Park Service).

Signed at St. George, Utah, 21 May 2021.
David Fireman
Acting Superintendent
National Park Service
Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument