Wildland Fire in Mariposa County - 2008
June 16, 2015 - Mariposa – 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 the incorporated cities, the privileges of burning by permit and other uses of open fire, including; The use of campfire, except within facilities constructed for that purpose within the confines of a campground established, maintained, and open for public use, weather publicly of privately owned; Outdoor smoking, except within motor vehicles while operating or parked on established roads, rest stops, or parking areas cleared of flammable vegetation, within established campgrounds open to the public, or within an area that is at least three feet or approximately one meter in diameter which has been cleared to mineral soil by removal of all flammable vegetation and duff, in the geographic area described as:
ALL STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA LANDS WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF MADERA, MARIPOSA, AND MERCED.
In accordance with section 4423.2 of the Public Resources Code, state rangers or other authorized agents of 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 8:00 AM on June 15, 2015 and remain in effect until I formally terminate this proclamation.
Nancy B. Koerperich Unit Chief, Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit
