Mayor signs emergency proclamation
SHOW LOW, Ariz. (June 14, 2016) – Effective June 15, 2016, at 8:00 a.m., Stage I fire restrictions are in effect within the City of Show Low. Mayor Daryl Seymore issued an emergency proclamation indicating the following acts are prohibited until further notice:
1. Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire or campfire unless noted in the exemptions below.
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials.
3. Used smoking materials will be extinguished and disposed of properly.
4. Use of explosive targets or tracer round ammunition. Fireworks of any kind which are prohibited in the City of Show Low.
6. The following are exempted from these restrictions:
a. Persons with a written permit issued by other state or local governmental agencies that specifically authorize the otherwise prohibited act.
b. Any federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized firefighting force performing an official firefighting duty.
c. Persons using a device solely fueled by liquid petroleum or LPG fuels that can be turned on and off. Such devices can only be used in an area that is barren or cleared of all overhead and surrounding flammable materials within three feet of the device.
d. Fires used only for the cooking of food or for providing warmth for human beings or for recreational purposes (campfire and charcoal fires) in an area that is designed for that purpose and is barren and cleared of all debris.
e. Persons conducting activities in those designated areas where the activity is specifically authorized by written posted notice.
6. During “Red Flag Warning” conditions, as posted by the U.S. Forest Service, no open outdoor fires, campfires, charcoal fires, or outdoor smoking are permitted on either public or private property within the incorporated area of Show Low.
Those persons violating this ban on open fires and smoking may be charged with a class one misdemeanor and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
The restrictions remain in effect until the fire danger abates and the proclamation is rescinded or if the proclamation is superseded by amended restrictions.