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KITTITAS COUNTY
FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE
411 NORTH RUBY STREET SUITE #2 ELLENSBURG, WA 98926
PHONE (509) 962-7000 FAX (509) 962-7682
F01-10
Standard Operating Procedures
IMPLEMENTING A FIREWORKS BAN
SCOPE: This guideline shall outline criteria under which the Fire Marshal has the
discretion to implement a fireworks ban.
PURPOSE: To provide the Fire Marshal and the public with consistency by creating
guidelines based on fire weather and danger observations from credible
sources, which the Fire Marshal shall consider when deciding whether a
ban on fireworks is necessary.
PROCEDURE: The Fire Marshal shall be given the discretion to ban fireworks, by
zone or fire district as described in Kittitas County Code 20.08.020,
when the following fire danger components and indices have been
reached in at least one of the three RAWs Stations:
1. The Burning Index is at least 18; and
2. The Fuel Moisture Content of the 10 hour fuels is below 8; and
3. The Energy Release Component is in the 90th percentile (42 for
upper county and 44 for lower county);
And/or one of the following conditions exist:
1. Predicted fire weather; and/or
2. Resource depletion.
DATE: __________________________________________________________
FIRE MARSHAL: ___________________________________________________