FIRE WARDEN
FIRE WARDEN
The Fire Warden for Wasatch County is Troy Morgan.
He can be reached at troy@wasatchfire.org
You can also contact the Fire District at 435-940-9636
The Fire Warden oversees all wildland operations in the county whether that be fire mitigation through education, actual brush clearing, to fire suppression activities. The Fire Warden operates under the Fire Chief and also the State Forestry and Land FMO. The Warden is involved with the various developments in the wild land urban interface throughout the county in the prevention and mitigation of wild fires and each areas specific risks.
FIRE RESTRICTIONS
OPEN BURNING
ALL FIRES MUST BE APPROVED BY THE FIRE WARDEN OR DESIGNEE
In order to preserve to pristine valley air that we all love and enjoy the Warden or designee must approve all burning that takes place so as to prevent smoke accumulation that may present a nuisance as well as health problems and to assess the risk of fire spread to surrounding areas. EXEMPT are wood burning stoves that are used to heat a home or residence.
In order to burn the atmospheric clearing must be above 500 feet, which means, the smoke produced by the fire will rise a minimum of 500 feet and be able to disperse adequately as to prevent an inversion type situation. ALSO the wind speed CANNOT be greater than 9 miles per hour during any part of the forecast period so as to prevent uncontollable fire spread and embers from igniting surrounding material. To view this information CLICK HERE. For the clearing height check “MAX CLEARING INDEX” and for the wind speed forecast check “WIND”. After receiving approval from the fire warden you must contact the sheriff departments dispatch (435-654-1411) prior to ignition and upon completion. You will need to know the address of where your burn is to take place.
ALL BURN DAYS ARE SUBJECT TO STATE AND FEDERAL NO BURN DAYS OR PERIODS depending on drought conditions.
Certain areas are designated as ABSOLUTE NO BURN AREAS due to the surrounding vegetation, development or high risk of fire spread that may become uncontrollable.
Any fire regardless of its size, nature or surroundings must be COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED when not supervised, you must always be present with water or tool for extinguishment, in case of fire spread. If any complaints are expressed by neighbors or others, the fire must be extinguished immediately.
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YOU MAY BE HELD LAIBLE FOR THE COST OF EXTINGUISHMENT IF YOUR FIRE BECOMES OUT OF CONTROL OR ENDANGERS ADJOINING PROPERTY. YOU MAY ALSO BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROPERTY.
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IMPROVED FIRE PIT
All fire pits must be constructed in the approved Wasatch County fire pit regulations. For a printable form please see below.
Wasatch County Fire 