June 13, 2024 3:30 a.m.

The Douglas Forest Protective Association and the Bureau of Land Management have announced that the 2024 fire season will officially begin Friday.

A DFPA release said all private, county, state, and Bureau of Indian Affairs land within the Douglas District and Roseburg District BLM are included in the fire season declaration.

On private, county, state and BIA lands, certain fire restrictions are imposed to help prevent wildfires. In addition to the declaration of fire season, the DFPA will implement Public Use Restrictions Friday on private, county, state and BIA land within the Douglas District. Public use restrictions will be assessed and announced later for the Umpqua National Forest and the Roseburg District BLM.

The fire prevention restrictions are put in place to ensure fire-prone activities do not start wildfires.

On Friday, the entire Douglas District will go into Industrial Fire Precaution Level 1. During IFPL1, smoking is prohibited while working on or traveling through an industrial operation. In addition, specified fire tools and suppression equipment must be on-site and ready to use at all industrial operations. A fire watch is required once work has been completed for the day.

Additional fire restrictions or closures may be in place through private industrial landowners or other public land management agencies on their own or managed lands.

Complete fire season information for all lands impacted are available at: https://www.dfpa.net/