ALERT! No Fireworks in LRAA!
Fireworks prohibited in unincorporated areas of Okanogan County
https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/OkanoganCounty/#!/OkanoganCounty08/OkanoganCounty0848.html
County Code 8.48.020
It is unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership or corporation to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks in the county in areas lying outside of the incorporated cities and towns thereof.
Please keep everyone and their property safe by observing this fireworks ordinance.
No Fireworks on Public Lands
https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/okawen/alerts-notices/?aid=59817
June 30, 2020
Fire officials remind all those headed out to public lands this Fourth of July weekend to leave fireworks at home.
Fireworks are prohibited on national forests at all times. Anyone who starts a wildfire can be held liable for suppression costs.
Violators can be subject to a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine and/or up to six months in jail (36 CFR 261.52). Fireworks are also prohibited on public lands managed by Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Washington State Parks, and county / city parks.
Visitors are also urged to take safety precautions with campfires:
• Keep campfires small and preferably in designated campfire ring
• Keep water and shovel nearby and never leave fire unattended
• Completely extinguish campfire by drowning it with water and stirring with shovel
Lower elevation areas have already dried out and could easily spread a wildfire ignited by fireworks.