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Fountain, CO

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Fire Regulations

Smoke Detectors

Some Restrictions

Fountain requires single- and multiple-station smoke alarms installed per International Fire Code section 907.2.11, the adopted 2015 model code's own alarm placement standard. The…

Fire Pits & Backyard Fires

Some Restrictions

Fountain caps backyard recreational fires and fire pits at three feet in diameter and two feet in height under Section 9.44.010 of the Municipal Code, and Section 9.44.020's…

Outdoor Burning

Significant Restrictions

Fountain bans backyard trash burning outright and lets the fire chief declare a stage-based open fire ban citywide whenever fire danger runs high, under Chapter 9.44 of the Municipal…

Wildfire Zones

Heavy RestrictionsEl Paso County

El Paso County enforces Wildland-Urban Interface defensible space requirements following the Waldo Canyon (2012) and Black Forest (2013) fires. 2018 IWUIC adopted. Zone 1 (0-30 ft)…

Propane Storage

Some RestrictionsEl Paso County

El Paso County requires propane tanks and other combustible liquids storage on land in Wildland Fire Areas to conform to NFPA 30 and NFPA 58 standards plus the property's approved…

Brush Clearance

Some RestrictionsEl Paso County

When a Wildland Fire and Hazard Mitigation Plan requires a fuel modification area, El Paso County's Land Development Code compels landowners to clear ground fuels and dead vegetation…

Fireworks

Some RestrictionsEl Paso County

El Paso County limits fireworks sales to May 31 through July 6 each year and requires fire department approval, a driveway permit, and warning signage under LDC § 5.2.24.

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