Updated 6/19/2009
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PRESCOTT, AZ: Campfire and smoking restrictions will go into effect in the Groom Creek Fire District beginning Thursday, May 21, 2009. Fire District officials have determined that key trigger points have been reached to warrant taking these restrictive actions. Primary reasons include unseasonably dry fuels and rising temperatures.
The following restrictions will be in effect for all private lands within the Groom Creek Fire District:
- Campfires, charcoal grills, or stove fires (wood, charcoal or any ash producing) are prohibited on all private lands.
- Pressurized liquid or gas stoves, lanterns and heaters meeting safety specifications are allowed.
- Smoking, except within an enclosed building or vehicle, or while stopped in an area at least three feet (3') in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.
- No new open burn permits will be issues, and all active burn permits will expire as of May 20, 2009.
- Click here for more information.
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To Raise Funds for the Groom Creek Firefighter's Association
- Enjoy this special roast created for GCFD. Quality organic Colombian dark roast blend.
- Coffee is freshly roasted within two weeks of your order. This coffee DOES NOT sit on the shelves for months like the coffee chains! So you get maximum freshness with your coffee.
- Freshly roasted by Prescott Coffee Roasters, one of Prescott's premier coffee houses. Support private roasters!
- 1 Pound bag of gourmet coffee FREE with each $10 tax-deductible donation to the Firefighter's Association!
- Click here for more information and to donate!
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There is a program for the benefit of members of our community that we’d like to make you aware of. The program is called the File of Life, and it is sponsored by Yavapai Regional Medical Center Volunteer Services in an effort to provide a potentially lifesaving service to our community.
Regardless of whether you're in your home or out and about, the File of Life can be there to help emergency responders help you.
Click here for more details on the File of Life
October 24, 2007
For nearly an hour, Marianne Shannon thought Stevenson Ranch's luck had run out.
The winds seemed so fast, much stronger than in 2003, when the last massive fire threatened her home. She watched from her cul-de-sac Monday afternoon as flames exploded just a few hundred feet away. A firefighter told her to take down her curtains to prevent them from igniting. Gusts knocked down the faux headstones she'd set up for Halloween.
Then as quickly as the danger came, the threat passed.
"The firemen were saying we were pretty well protected," Shannon said.
Read the entire article as published by the LA Times newspaper
For current updates on state and national fire activity, and to access important websites offering information on emergency preparedness, please click here.
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