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<br />KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION 2022-______________ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION DECLARING A BAN ON OUTDOOR BURNING <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Natural Resources has elevated the fire danger to “high” on <br />DNR protected lands outside of a fire district and has implemented a burn ban to include rule and <br />permit burning. <br />WHEREAS, Kittitas County is currently experiencing dry conditions, high energy release <br />components for fuel models, and low 1,000-hr fuel moisture contents; and <br />WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Fire Marshal has alerted the citizens of Kittitas County to the <br />extent that the dry conditions are creating a dangerous fire hazard; and <br />WHEREAS, different fire danger levels exist within the fire districts due to topography and <br />vegetation; <br />WHEREAS, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue, Fire Protection District 1 (Thorp), Fire Protection <br />District 3 (Easton), Fire Protection District 4 (Vantage) Fire Protection District 6 (Ronald), Fire <br />Protection District 7 (Cle Elum Area), and Snoqualmie Pass Fire and Rescue (Snoqualmie Pass) <br />and all areas outside of a fire protection district, require no open/pile/debris burning, or <br />recreational campfires; <br />WHEREAS, current exemptions are in place for fire in improved campgrounds with approved <br />fire rings, charcoal BBQs or grills, pellet smokers, and propane fire pits; and <br />WHEREAS, the Kittitas County Fire Marshal has determined that it is in the best interest of the <br />County to implement the burn ban; <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED that the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners, in the interest of the <br />public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Kittitas County, and in response to the <br />continued threat of fire, declare an immediate burn ban until further notice: <br />THE OPEN BURNING BAN shall include, but not be limited to: Burning wood, brush, weeds <br />and other ground cover, or the open burning of any material or fuel for any purpose that creates a <br />fire hazard; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this declaration shall be effective immediately upon <br />signature by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Kittitas, Washington; and