MOHAVE COUTY – Mohave County is implementing outdoor fire and permissible consume fireworks use prohibitions in the unincorporated areas of the county, effective 8 a.m., May 14, 2021, due to the very high fire danger caused by extremely dry vegetation, high winds, and a significant increase in human caused fire ignitions, including the Flag Fire that precipitated the evacuation of Pine Lake and the Hualapai Mountain Park.

Chairman of the Board of Supervisors Buster Johnson signed a Proclamation dated May 10, 2021, implementing the prohibitions. The prohibitions were recommended by the Mohave County Risk and Emergency Management Department, which issued a Determination of Fire Emergency for all four Fire Zones in the County on May 6, 2021. This Determination was issued following consultation with the fire departments in the County and the Bureau of Land Management.

The prohibitions, with the exemptions listed below, apply to all open fires, campfires, permissible consumer fireworks use in the unincorporated area of the County, which excludes lands under the jurisdiction of the United States, the State of Arizona, or Indian Tribes.  

The Bureau of Land Management Colorado River District will implement Stage 1 Fire trictions, including a restriction on target shooting, on May 14, 2021. Specific information relating to fire restrictions in Arizona can be found at: http://wildlandfire.az.gov.

The Mohave County Risk and Emergency Management Department strongly encourages county residents to be constantly alert to the fire danger, respect the prohibitions, and take all precautions to avoid accidently igniting a vegetation fire. Aside from open fire and fireworks ignitions, many fires are ignited along roadways due to improper disposal of smoking materials.

The following fires are exempt from the Outdoor Fire Prohibition enacted pursuant to the Proclamation: 

1 Fires set or permitted by any public officer, federal, state or local, in the performance       of the officer’s official duties.

2 .Fires set or permitted by the State Entomologist or Mohave County agricultural agents for the purpose of disease and pest prevention.

3. Fires set or permitted by the United States, the State of Arizona, or any federally-recognized Indian tribe, or any of their respective departments, agencies or political subdivisions for the purpose of fire prevention or control, or watershed rehabilitation or control through vegetative manipulation.

4. Fires permitted by the Emergency Management Officer or designee. The conditions of the permit, including permitted dates and the nature of the burning shall be clearly stated on any such permit issued.

5. Fires fueled by propane or charcoal.