Stage ONE Restrictions:

Open campfires, charcoal grills and stove fires are prohibited, except in developed camp and picnic grounds where agency-built fire rings or grills are provided - these are usually areas that charge campsite fees. Sometimes, getting a campfire permit from the Ranger in developed campgrounds is also required. Check postings at the campground before starting your fire.

Pressurized liquid or gas stoves, lanterns and heaters usually are allowed. Again, check local postings to be sure.

Smoking is restricted to enclosed buildings, within vehicles equipped with ashtrays and on paved or surfaced roads, within developed recreation sites or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.

Open burning, i.e., burning of cropland, fields, rangeland, debris burning, slash piles, or weed burning, is prohibited. At this level of fire restrictions, fire managers may use prescribed fire as a tool to reduce the risk of unwanted wildfire.

Stage TWO Restrictions:

NO OPEN FIRES!!! Which means that "building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal, broiler, coal, or wood stove fire is prohibited" anywhere in the restricted jurisdiction- even in developed recreation sites. Public lands users are allowed to use pressurized liquid or gas stoves, lanterns, or space-heating devices - check your gear before heading out to be sure it operates safely.

Smoking is only allowed inside an enclosed vehicle.

NO motor vehicles can be taken off road, except when parking in an area devoid of vegetation within 10 feet of the roadway.
Parking overnight in developed campgrounds and trailheads is usually allowed.

Internal or external combustion engines must have properly installed, maintained, and working spark arrestors.

Explosives (including fireworks) are prohibited.

Operating chainsaws, other equipment powered by an internal
combustion engines, and welding is usually restricted as well.

Stage THREE Restrictions authorize partial closure of affected areas.

Stage FOUR Restrictions call for total closure of affected areas.