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HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution 25-92 Fireworks and drought, and in support of resolute action by the fire chief RESOLUTION NO. 25-92 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, IDAHO, RELATING TO FIREWORKS AND THE DROUGHT, AND IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTE ACTION BY THE FIRE CHIEF. WHEREAS : 1 . The State of Idaho and Valley County have had six years of drought, and the Palmer Drought Index lists Central Idaho, of which Valley County is part, as being in "extreme" drought conditions; 2 . The 50-year average for rain in May is 2 . 30 inches, but thus far we have had only . 11 inches of rain; 3 . The long-range weather forecast calls for below normal rain and above normal temperatures; 4 . According to measure by the USFS the moisture content in this area for 1, 000 hour fuels is 15%, as compared with an industrial standard for kiln-dried lumber of 23%; 5 . Fireworks are a known ignition source for fires; 6. The Uniform Fire Code and the McCall City Code give the option to the Fire Chief to declare an extreme fire hazard area and condition exists, as a consequence of which declaration the use and possession of fireworks becomes illegal; and 7 . The Fire Chief desires and plans to declare that such a fire hazard area and condition exists within the City of McCall; BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of McCall that : Section 1 . The Mayor and Council concur in the judgment of the Fire Chief, commend his willingness to stand upon principle, and direct the Police Chief to cooperate in enforcing the ban on fireworks use and possession. Section 2 . Direct that the declaration of the Fire Chief and this Resolution be published in the Central Idaho Star- News . Passedand approved May 14, 1992 . ATTEST: 4116( - 401, 44. i(� Mayor c / City C: erk Cite of McCall OFFICE OF THE CLERK (Th BOX 1065 t� 9 • MCCALL, IDAHO 83638 j /1 &U —/e2__ • June 3 , 1992 Bud Schmidt City Administrator Re: Resolution 25-92 Dear Bud: In view of the lack of change in our weather condition, I feel it is time to declare a High Fire Hazard area in the City of McCall and invoke Resolution 25-92 . I have had several conversations with Gene Benedict Fi'Iu for the Payette National Forest, no change has occurred in the Palmer Drought Index for our area. Fuel moisture content is now ranging from 8% to 14% in forested areas . Bill Williams with SI'1PA also agrees that give the 3u-h0-90 day forecast from the Forest Service, continual above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, we are faced with the probability of a extreme fire danger in our area. Would you please pass this on to the mayor and council . We will continue to monitor these conditions and should a substantial rainy period follow in June we will update our decision. I have every intention of making our decision known to the press and TV in Boise, Lewiston and Moscow. We will begin a program of posting no fireworks bulletins in the Rural District as well as the City. I will keep you informed of our progress . Sincerely, • Dale Points , Fire Chief _...- City of McCall ......---? OFFICE OF THE CLERK ( /G BOX 1065 MCCALL, IDAHO 83638 June 3 , 1992 Bud Schmidt City Administrator Re: Resolution 25-92 Dear Bud: In view of the lack of change in our weather condition, I feel it is time tCacticx ee—a-- n -;re Hazard area in the City of McCall and invoksolution 25-92 . : _have had several conversations . with Gene �tr—>r.he Payette National Forest, no change has occurred in the Palmer Drought. Index for our area. Fuel moisture content is now ranging from 8% to 14% in forested areas . ' hill Williams with iii.Pi also agrees that give the 30-60-90 day forecast from the Forest Service , continual above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation, we are faced with the probability of a extreme fire danger in our area. Would you please pass this on to the mayor and council . We will continue to monitor these conditions and should a substantial rainy period follow in June we will update our decision. I have every intention of making our decision known to the press and TV in Boise , Lewiston and Moscow. We will begin a program of posting no fireworks bulletins in the Rural District as well as the City. I will keep you informed of our progress . Sincerely, La-la 4,- --- Dale Points , Fire Chief The [II CDI]©E Star-News P.O. Box 985. 1000 First Street McCall, Idaho 83638 . 634-2123 City of McCall PAGE: 1 P.O. Box 1065 INVOICE NO.: 14 McCall, ID 83638 INVOICE DATE: 5/30/92 CUSTOMER ID: CMCAL TERMS: Net 30 ITEM / DESCRIPTION AMOUNT LEGAL - RESOLUTION 25-92 36.54 SALES TAX 0.00 ( TOTAL INVOICE 36.54 Publisher 's Affidavit of Publication STATE OF IDAHO RESOLUTION NO.25-92 ' , CITY OF McCALL .SS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF McCALL, County of Valley IDAHO, RELATING TO FIREWORKS AND THE DROUGHT, AND IN OF I, Ramona A.George, being duly sworn and say, I am the receptionist SUPTHE RE CH EFSOLUTE ACTION BY THE FIRE CHIEF. of The Central Idaho Star-News, a weekly newspaper published at McCall, in WHEREAS: the County of Valley,State of Idaho; that said newspaper is in general 1. The State of Idaho and Valley circulation in the countyof aforesaid and is a legal newspaper;that the County have hadr Droughtsix years of drought, 9 and the Palmer Index lists NOTICE OF RESOLUTION 25-92, a copy of which is enclosed hereto and is Central Idaho,of which Valley County a part hereof,was published in said newspaper once a week for one consecu- is part, as being in "extreme' drought tive week in the regular and entire issue of everynumber there of duringthe conditions; 9 2. The 50-year average for rain in period of time of publication,and was published in the newspaper proper and - May is 2.30 inches,but thus far we have not in a supplement;and that publication of such notice began had only.11 inches of rain; 21, 1992 and ended May 21, 1992. 3. The long-range weather forecast a calls for below normal rain and above ` normal temperatures; /a_alt 1h,t_ _.(0111_.(0111 A I4.According to measure by the USFS - the moisture content in this area for ub- ribs• and sworn •efor. e t is 444th day of June, 1992. 1,000 hour fuels is 15%, as compared STATE OF IDAHO • withan industrial standard for kiln- dried lumber of 23%; 5. Fireworks are a known ignition COUNTY OF VALLEY 1 source for fires; 6. The Uniform Fire Code and the McCall City Code give the option to the Fire Chief to declare an extreme fire hazard area and condition exists, as a On this 4th day of June, in the year of 1992, before me,a Notary consequence of which declaration the use and possession of fireworks becomes Public,personally appeared Ramona A.George,known or identified to me to illegal; and be the person whose name subscribed to the within instrument, and being by 7.The Fire Chief desires and plans to me first duly sworn,declared that the statements therein are true,and acknowl- dthat such a fire hazard area annddlare condition exists within the City of edged to me that she executed the same. McCall; BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and ''i i/ Council of the City of McCall that: Section 1. The Mayor and Council concur in the judgment of the Fire Chief, commend his willingness to stand upon, _� / principle,and direct the Police Chief to Tom Grote cooperate in enforcing the ban on fire- Notary Public for Idaho works use and posses-son. `' - Residing at McCall,Idaho Section 2. iD rect that the declaration of the Fire Chief and this Resolution be Commission Expires:1993 published in the Central Idaho Star- News. - Passed and approved May 14,1992. L.A.Smith,Jr. Mayor ATTEST: Arthur J.Schmidt t City Clerk 1t5/21. ��J_ — rfl et el 0-1 __.......... , • •.....•.• CITY OF McCALL P.O. BOX 1065 McCALL, IDAHO 83638 (200434-7142 CT DATE / / / MESSAGE: — t'l 4 ii., '4-, ' --'61.1-/ c;:i. (' e.:71."?C C...(„1 4...-., 1..--, ,2„. 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The continued drought in our area has increased the probability of a wildiand urban Interface conflagration within our City. inc' subdivision near Cascade last year nearly suffered this catastrophic loss . The probability of a fire of the magnitude of (I) the Oakland or Spokane, North Idaho complexes only increase as the fuel moisture continue to drop and temperatures climb to summer levels . Should these factors continue I would ask you to prepare emergency ordinances now that would ban the sale and use of all fireworks , including so called safe and sane, that be implemented immediately without waiting for the normal hearing process at the time when the need for implementation occurs . I propose that this be only a temporary measure and subject to review each year as the need arises . Fire prevention is the - least expensive and most productive when properly executed. Let' s take this step now to protect our beautiful City rather than wait and hope it does not happen to us . I truly hope we will not have to answer the question "why does a disaster have to occur before anything is done. " As you are aware this has been a concern of mine for sometime. I wish not to cause hardship on civic and charitable organizations who use this occasion as a fund raiser, nor am I against motherhood and apple pie , but I feel with all the factors properly considered this course of action is imperative to ensure our City will remain the most beautiful place in the state to visit and live. Thank You for Your Consideration, Dale Points Fire Chief McCall City/Rural Fire Dept. DP/pd . e utttl1ern Ratio ,.; ,Eoacsr�,ol Otte lexIrntiEtiuE • Association, Jnr. ;4 PHONE (208) 634-2268 BOARD OF DIRECTORS or�E•STATE�EvP. O. Box 1003 MCCALL IDAHO 83638 ,r r_ JOHN HASBROUCK FIRE WARDEN • HERB MALANY HERALt HERALD NOKES : ' D Btu Vr E.WILLIAMS WILLIAM ROSS 1 4 Y>^ WINSTON WIGGINS h`h;j 1 5 jam_ 'f•J(,�NI May 6, 1992 Dale Points, Chief McCall Rural Fire Department P.O. Box 1597 McCall, ID 83638 Dear Chief Points: I am writing this letter to support your request to both the County Commissioners and the City Council to ban the sale and use of all fireworks over the 1992 Fourth of July Holiday. We normally do not issue any burning permits for the period of July 3 through 7 just because of the danger of heavy wildfire activity during that period of time. The drouth and early spring have resulted in very dry fuels already this spring. If the hot dry weather continues, fireworks could cause serious losses in the City and County. I support the need for ordinances to prevent the sale and use of any type of fireworks this year. Citizens could still attend the organized, City sponsored fireworks display over the lake to celebrate our Nation's independence. If the ordinances are in place and then the weather changes and brings heavy rains, the ordinances could be lifted to permit normal use of safe and sane fireworks. Please ask the County Commissioners and City Council Members to give me a call at 634-2268 if they have any questions about my position on this. -; Sincerely, liFtre7Cteel'641( Bill E. Williams Fire Warden v5•% '!' '` United States Forest Payette P.O. Box 1026 .,. , Department of Service National McCall, ID 83638 "L Agriculture Forest Tt • * Reply to: 5170 '+ Date: May 11, 1992 '`` DALE POINTS FIRE CHIEF "`" `` " CITY OF MCCALL CITY HALL MCCALL ID 83638 Dear Dale: This letter is in response to a conversation you had with Gene Benedict concerning our position on a proposal to ban fireworks within your area of • fire protection responsibility. As you well know, fireworks are not allowed at anytime on National Forest land as we feel theyare extremely dangerous as a wildfire ignition source. The Payette National Forest would definitely endorse a fireworks ban for this year, because of the extreme drought conditions we are experiencing and the 30/90-day National Weather Service forecast which projects above-normal temperatures and normal to below-normal precipitation. We have had only two months since last May where the monthly precipitation rose above the fifty j. year average--November and April. Precipitation for April only exceeded the average by 0.29 inches. Precipitation to date for May is 0.11 inches with the fifty year average for the month standing at 2.30 inches. The most recent Palmer Drought Index shows this part of Idaho in "extreme" drought. This is the most severe category on that scale. We are also very concerned this year about the potential for fires in an " urban/wildland (forested) setting which could cause significant threat to, not only those structures, but adjacent lands. We have several such areas, but yours are far more numerous. Consequently, the elimination or substantial reduction of potential human-caused ignition sources would be very beneficial. it' Your proposal could be viewed by many as an overreaction or unnecessary, but the critical nature of the situation seems to warrant extraordinary measures. Your proposal is consistent with our regulations and certainly responds to current and predicted fire conditions. -!' Sincerely, vC ti VceL) ' , , , , Al a J. LaSAL 1 . - .t Supervisor cc: f °t G.Benedict ;< B.Williams, SITPA '''' FM Staff .: District FMO'S }azk I%,1 ;. Caring for the Land and Serving People n l.;