{"id":1320126,"date":"2020-05-20T17:11:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=996586"},"modified":"2020-05-20T17:11:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T23:11:33","slug":"garfield-county-bans-fireworks-in-unincorporated-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/garfield-county-bans-fireworks-in-unincorporated-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Garfield County bans fireworks in unincorporated areas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/SunriseCourtFire-gpi-082919-1012x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/SunriseCourtFire-gpi-082919-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/SunriseCourtFire-gpi-082919-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/08\/SunriseCourtFire-gpi-082919-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\"><\/p><figcaption><strong>In this August 2019 photo, a brush fire caused by fireworks makes its way up the hill just south of the Glenwood Springs Airport,<\/strong><br \/><em>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent file<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hot, dry and windy conditions in recent days are rapidly increasing the wildfire danger in Garfield County, and county commissioners have already acted to remove one potential fire starter from the picture.<\/p>\n<p>County commissioners this week followed through on a previously discussed ordinance prohibiting the personal use of fireworks in unincorporated parts of the county, outside city limits.<\/p>\n<p>The request was initially made by the Garfield County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the county\u2019s emergency manager last month amid growing fire danger concerns headed into the late spring and summer months.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the concern this year is a desire not to have to put firefighters at risk during the ongoing efforts by public health officials and elected officials to control the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ordinance, approved unanimously by the commissioners, will remain in place for the remainder of 2020, except for the period from June 1 through July 5. That period of time is exempted under state law, unless the commissioners act separately to prohibit the private use of fireworks then, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ordinance covers the banned use of fireworks, not the sale,\u201d a county press release explains. \u201cThe county can cancel the ordinance at any time, if favorable conditions are in place, such as during winter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If dangerous weather conditions are present in June and over the July 4th holiday, the Sheriff\u2019s Office can bring forth a supplemental resolution banning the use of all fireworks, including those sold in the state legally, from May 31 through July 5, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I\u2019m a big supporter of the Fourth of July,\u201d Commissioner Mike Samson said during the May 18 Board of County Commissioners meeting. \u201cBut this will make it easier for us to do our job to protect the people if dangerous wildfire conditions are present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The restriction takes effect immediately. Anyone in violation of the fireworks ban could face a fine of up to $1,000 for each offense.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/garfield-county-bans-fireworks-in-unincorporated-areas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this August 2019 photo, a brush fire caused by fireworks makes its way up the hill just south of the Glenwood Springs Airport,Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent file Hot, dry and windy conditions in recent days are rapidly increasing the wildfire danger in Garfield County, and county commissioners have already acted to remove one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1320126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-03 21:50:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}