CFPA release – Continued drying and increasing fire danger conditions have prompted Coos Forest Protective Association (CFPA) to impose a Level III (3) industrial closure in zones CS-2 and SK-1 for all lands protected by CFPA. The closure will take effect at 12:01 AM, July 30, 2018. 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 8 p.m. and 1 p.m. when all blocks and moving lines are suspended 10 feet above the ground, except the line between the carriage and the chokers and during rigging). The following are permitted between 8 p.m. and 1 p.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 Firewatch; • Non-rotary head saw feller-bunchers; • Tethered logging systems. The following are permitted to operate between 8 p.m. and 1 p.m. in a Level III: • Power saws at loading sites; • Loading or 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.
