Fire danger conditions have increased prompting Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) to impose a Level II (2) industrial closure in CS-4, and a Level III (3) industrial closure in zones CS-5, SK-1, and SK-2 for all private, county, state, and BLM lands in Coos, Curry and western Douglas County. The closure will take effect at 12:01 AM August 21, 2017. The Level II (Limited Shutdown) prohibits the following from 1p.m. to 8p.m.: • operation of power saws, except at loading sites; • feller bunchers with rotary head saws; • cable yarding; • blasting; welding, cutting or grinding of metal. The Level III (Restricted Shutdown) industrial closure prohibits cable yarding (except that gravity operated logging systems employing non-motorized carriages or approved motorized carriages may operate between 8p.m. and 1p.m. when all blocks and moving lines are suspended 10 feet above the ground except the line between the carriage the carriage and the chockers and during rigging). The following are permitted between 8p.m. and 1p.m. where mechanized equipment capable of constructing fireline is immediately available to quickly reach and effectively attack a fire start: • ground based operations; • power saws on ground based operations; • rotary head saw feller-bunchers with a continuous firewwatch; • non-rotary head saw feller-bunchers; • Tethered logging systems; The following are permitted to operate between 8p.m. and 1p.m. in a Level III: • power saws at loading sites; • loading and hauling of any product or material; • blasting; • welding cutting or grinding of metal; • any other spark emitting operation not specifically mentioned. For more information on fire prevention restrictions you can find CFPA on the web at www.coosfpa.net, call the closure line at 541-267-1789 or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
