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DREAM EXTREME.
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ROBERT A. BRADY
CITY MANAGER
DATE: August 14, 2012
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL SUSPENDING BURNING
PERMITS AND OTHER USES OF OPEN FIRE
Recommendation
The City Council considers the attached proclamation suspending the issuance of burn
permits and other uses of open fire.
Background
Do to critical fire weather and high fire hazard conditions, the Riverside County Fire
Chief has issued a proclamation suspending burning permits and other uses of open fire
in the County with the exception of incorporated cities.
Discussion
The same hazardous fire conditions exist in the City as do in the County. It is the
recommendation of the County Fire Chief and the City Fire Chief the issuance of burn
permits and other use of open fire in the City be suspended until the high fire hazard
conditions subside.
Fiscallmpact
None.
Prepared by: Kevin Lawson
Fire Chief
Approved by: Tom Evan �� C
City Manag
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Contact: Jody Hagemann
Public Affairs Bureau
CAL FIRE /Riverside County Fire Chief
Implements Proclamation Suspending Permit Burning
Effective at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, CAL FIRE /Riverside County Fire Chief John R.
Hawkins has implemented a Proclamation suspending burning in all State and Local responsibility areas
within the County of Riverside and reads:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THE RESOURCES AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION
PROCLAMATION
SUSPENDING BURNING PERMITS
AND OTHER USES OF OPEN FIRE
Due to the extreme menace of destruction by fire to life, improved property or natural resources caused
by critical fire weather and acute dryness of vegetation; and /or fire suppression forces being heavily
committed to control fires; and, under authority vested in me by the Director of the Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection as per section 4423.1 of the Public Resources Code, I hereby suspend, except within
incorporated cities, the privileges of burning by permit and other uses of open fire in the geographic area
described as:
ALL STATE AND LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA LANDS
WITHIN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE.
In addition to suspension of open burning, the following restrictions also are hereby applied in the area
cited above:
1. Use of campfires is restricted to within established campfire facilities located in established
campgrounds open to the public.
2. Agricultural burning in the Palo Verde Valley and Coachella Valley is authorized as required for
agricultural rehabilitation.
3. Cooking fires with a valid permit are permissive when no alternate means of cooking is available and
requires an on -site inspection prior to the issuance of a permit.
4. Warming fires are permissive and require an on -site inspection prior to the issuance of a permit when
weather conditions exist to justify the request.
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In accordance with section 4423.2 of the Public Resources Code, state officers having jurisdiction and
authorized by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection may issue restricted temporary burning permits
whenever it can be shown that burning or use of open fire is essential for reasons of public health, safety,
or welfare.
This order shall become effective at 08:00 a.m. hours on August 14, 2012 and remain in effect until I
formally terminate this proclamation.
JOHN R. HAWKINS
CAL FIRE /Riverside Unit Chief
Fire Chief, Riverside County Fire Department
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