Utah Cities to Make Call on Whether to Ban Fireworks on Pioneer Day
The change leaves local maps in place and lets the state forester add restrictions in high-risk wildfire areas, officials said.
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Cache Valley municipalities tighten fireworks restrictions ahead of Pioneer Day
LOGAN — Rising fire dangers and a string of recent brush fires have prompted several Cache Valley municipalities to enforce strict bans or tight geographical limitations on personal fireworks ahead of the July 24 Pioneer Day holiday weekend.
Multiple Utah County cities to implement Pioneer Days fireworks restrictions
Multiple Utah County cities will choose to prohibit fireworks for Pioneer Day despite the lifting of a statewide ban by Gov. Spencer Cox on Monday. The statewide ban was imposed for the Fourth of July holiday but was removed due to improved weather conditions in parts of the state. For Pioneer Day fireworks, from July […]
Utah eases its default firework ban ahead of Pioneer Day — but restrictions remain
Ahead of the Pioneer Day holiday this week, Utah lifted its default personal fireworks ban and returned the authority over restrictions to cities, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Monday. However, some caveats will remain, and the state forester will still…
UTAH- Jamie Barnes, Utah state forestry, approved on Wednesday an order that allows dozens of cities to impose additional restrictions or total bans on the use of fireworks during the Pioneer Day celebrations, from July 22 to 25, due to extreme drought conditions and the high risk of forest fires, reported the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. According to the statement, the measure is based on the emergency executive order issued…
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