Chaffee County Stage I fire restrictions in effect until further notice.
Prohibits building, maintaining, or attending any open fire within Chaffee County. The ordinance applies “throughout the unincorporated areas of Chaffee County, including public, private, state, and applicable federal lands.”
Excluded from a Stage I fire ban (therefore still allowed during this stage) are:
**Campfires, warming fires and charcoal fires within a permanent constructed fire grate in a developed public campground or picnic ground or permanent constructed fire grate or fire ring in a commercial campground or on private property.
**LP gas or liquid fueled stoves that allow the operator to turn the appliance on or off.
**Fireplaces within enclosed buildings equipped with fire screens on the flue.
**Charcoal grill fires at private residences.
