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Las Vegas, Nevada � Due to increased fire danger, Stage 1 Fire Restrictions will begin Friday June 13, 2025, in Southern Nevada. These restrictions apply to lands within or managed by the following agencies and counties. (See specific jurisdictions below.)

• Counties: Clark County and portions of Nye County.
• Agencies: Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, Clark County Fire, Nye County Department of Emergency Management (Pahrump), Henderson Fire Department, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue, Mesquite Fire & Rescue, Moapa Valley Fire District, Mount Charleston Fire & Rescue.

“Most wildfires in Southern Nevada are caused by people, often accidentally, and these kinds of fires are completely avoidable,� said Shane Kelly, Fire Prevention Specialist for Bureau of Land Management. “Before you head outdoors this summer, check for fire restrictions and know how to stay safe. Simple actions like maintaining your vehicle to avoid sparks and not target shooting on hot, windy days can help prevent wildfires.�

Stage 1 fire restrictions prohibit:

• Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire (wood, charcoal, or any other material), campfire, or stove fire*.
  • Except by permit or when in a developed fee campground or picnic area.
  • *Following stoves permitted: portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel.
• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or when stopped in an area at least 3 feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.
• Operating or parking vehicles or other motorized equipment over or on top of dried/cured vegetation.
• Welding, metal grinding, or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame (except by permit).

Stage 1 restrictions are in effect in Southern Nevada June 13, 2025, until rescinded.

Jurisdictions with Specific Restrictions

Agencies may have additional restrictions or exemptions. Fire restrictions may be entirely different in other parts of Nevada. Always check an area’s specific restrictions before visiting. The public is urged to reach out to agencies with questions using the hyperlinks below and visit  for a map of current restrictions, and questions and answers.  

Bureau of Land Management â€�&²Ô²ú²õ±è;

Year-round restrictions prohibit (in addition to stage 1 restrictions):

• Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices.
• Possessing, discharging, igniting, or causing explosives or explosive material to burn, including binary explosive targets.
• Discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition.   
• Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a properly installed and maintained spark arresting devise in effective working order.

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• Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices. Visit  for additional information about permitted uses of “safe & saneâ€� fireworks within local jurisdictions.
• Possessing, discharging, igniting, or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets.
• Discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition are always prohibited on public lands].
• Operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting devise properly installed, maintained and in effective working order. (43 CFR 8343.1(c)).

• The possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling, and use of fireworks are prohibited except for consumer . Visit Fireworks Safety | Henderson, NV for additional information and permitted uses of “safe & saneâ€� fireworks within the City of Henderson
• Explosives, explosive materials, or fireworks offered or exposed for sale, stored, possessed, or used in violation of the “Safe and Saneâ€� exception will be removed or disposed of in an approved manner, at the expense of the owner.

•  Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices is prohibited. Visit  for additional information about permitted uses of “Safe & Saneâ€� fireworks within local jurisdictions. Note that Safe & Sane fireworks use is only permitted on July 4 until midnight â€� not allowed any other dates.
• Open recreational or ceremonial bonfires (not contained within an enclosed fireplace or portable fire pit with a spark screen installed) are restricted. Trash and waste burning are always prohibited within the city’s jurisdiction. Contact us for additional information at [email protected] or 702-229-0366.
• Use of charcoal or other ‘open flameâ€� type cooking devices is prohibited on balconies and within 10 feet of any building or combustible structure structure
  Something temporarily or permanently constructed, built, or placed; and constructed of natural or manufactured parts including, but not limited to, a building, shed, cabin, porch, bridge, walkway, stair steps, sign, landing, platform, dock, rack, fence, telecommunication device, antennae, fish cleaning table, satellite dish/mount, or well head.
  
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National Park Service 

• Wood or charcoal fires are allowed in grills at developed picnic areas and campgrounds where a host is present.
• Wood or charcoal burning devices are allowed on the shoreline where natural vegetation is at least 100 feet away.
• Barbecue grills are allowed on private boats outside Lake Mead and Lake Mohave harbors when vessels are at least 100 feet away from shoreline vegetation.
• Smoking is allowed per Stage 1 restrictions described above. Cigarettes must be discarded in an ashtray at a developed area or in a car.

• Fires are never permitted. 

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See the list of State Parks and Recreation Areas these restrictions apply to. 

• Park staff may or may not allow campfires on a day-to-day basis based on current weather conditions, such as a Red Flag Warning.

• Restrictions prohibit discharging of fireworks, pyrotechnics, or incendiary devices. 

• All burning is prohibited May 15 â€� Nov 1, 2025.
• Property owners are required to obtain a burn permit during “Burn Season,â€� Nov. 1 â€� May 15. 

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Desert National Wildlife Refuge: no fires are allowed outside of the Desert Pass Campground. Visitors are required to use the provided fire rings at Desert Pass Campground. Rock rings and ground fires are prohibited.

Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge: visitors are required to use grills or provided fire rings. It is prohibited to use any fire ring that is not provided by USFWS, including rock rings and ground fires.

Moapa National Wildlife Refuge & Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: fire is always prohibited. 

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Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (including Mount Charleston Fire Protection District)

• Campfires are only allowed within the approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites. A developed recreation site has Forest Service signage that designates it as an agency-owned campground or day use area and is identified on a Forest Service map as a site developed for that purpose.
• Operating a chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine between 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. is prohibited during fire restrictions.
• Outdoor smoking is only authorized while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is clear of all flammable materials.

• Year-round fire restrictions are also still in effect for the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. For details on what is prohibited, visit or .

Media Contacts

• Bureau of Land Management â€� Shane Kelly, (702) 279-4157
• Bureau of Reclamation â€� Vernon Cunningham, (702) 280-3442
• Clark County Fire Department, Mount Charleston & Moapa Valley Fire Protection Districts â€�&²Ô²ú²õ±è;[email protected]
• Henderson Fire Department â€� Maddie Skains, [email protected]
• Las Vegas Fire & Rescueâ€� Jordan Moore, [email protected], (702) 409-8699
• Mesquite Fire Rescue â€� Jorge Macias, (702) 419-3042
• National Park Service â€� Max Dotson, (725) 772-1736
• Nevada Division of Forestry â€� Raul Arroyo, (702) 439-1615
• Pahrump Valley Fire & Rescue (Nye County) â€� Arnold Knightly, (775) 751-4282
• US Fish and Wildlife Service â€� Jenner Harsha, (916) 291-3791
• USDA Forest Service â€� Erica Hupp, (775) 771-4777

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