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Fire restrictions reduced in southern Nevada for 2024

Nevada
Southern Nevada DO
Media Contact
(Additional agency contacts below) Bureau of Land Management: Nora Halloran

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Fire restrictions will decrease in southern Nevada on Saturday, November 9, 2024, on public lands managed by the following agencies (jurisdictions below).

  • Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service.
  • Clark County: Mount Charleston Fire Protection District, Moapa Valley Fire Protection District, Mesquite Fire Rescue, and Clark County Fire.
  • Nye County and Pahrump Fire & Rescue.

Interagency fire managers emphasize that the potential for large and rapid-growth wildfires remains. “Residents and visitors should remain vigilant and continue to recreate responsibly to prevent wildfires,” said Tyler Hecht, Fire Management Officer for BLM Southern Nevada. “Most Nevada wildfires are human caused, so it’s important people understand their role in fire safety.”

Decreased restrictions allow:

  • Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire (wood, charcoal, or any other material), campfire, or stove fire.
  • Smoking.
  • Operating or parking vehicles and other motorized equipment over or on top of dried vegetation.
  • Hot work involving electric or gas welding, cutting, brazing, or similar flame or spark-producing operations.

Agency jurisdictions and current fire restrictions

Always check specific restrictions for an agency before visiting. Some restrictions remain in effect and may vary slightly across agencies. You may also review a map of current restrictions and a map of agency boundaries. 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM): Southern Nevada District

Year-round restrictions prohibit:

  • Possessing, discharging, using, or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices.
  • 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.

Clark County and Moapa Valley Fire Protection District public lands

See BLM Southern Nevada District year-round restrictions (above) for prohibited activities.

Mount Charleston Fire Protection District, Clark County

See USFS year-round restrictions in Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (below).

National Park Service: Lake Mead National Recreation Area

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

Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) – Southern Region

Nye County and Pahrump Valley Fire & Rescue

Current restrictions prohibit discharging fireworks, pyrotechnics, or incendiary devices.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

USDA Forest Service (USFS)

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest – Spring Mountains National Recreation Area

Current restrictions

  • No campfires are allowed within one mile of homes in Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyon, Cold Creek, Mountain Springs, Trout Canyon, Lovell Canyon, and Coal Springs. Signs are posted in these areas to remind the public of this restriction.
  • See Humboldt-Toiyabe fire restrictions for year-round restrictions at Spring Mountains and frequently asked questions.

For agency-specific questions the public can contact:

  • Bureau of Land Management: (702) 515-5000
  • U.S. Forest Service: (702) 872-5486
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: (702) 515-5450
  • National Park Service: (702) 293-8990

Media Contacts

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs – Christopher Henrie, (435) 674-9720
  • Bureau of Land Management – Nora Halloran, (775) 516-5771
  • Clark County Fire Department – Kevin Lunkwitz, (702) 455-2655
  • Mesquite Fire Rescue – Jorge Macias, (702) 419-3042
  • Moapa Valley Fire Protection District – Brian Young, (702) 423-7921
  • Mount Charleston Fire Protection District – Jason Douglas, (702) 305-4010
  • National Park Service – Max Dotson, (725) 772-1736
  • Nevada Division of Forestry – Raul Arroyo, (702) 439-1615
  • Pahrump Valley Fire & Rescue (Nye County) - Scott Lewis, (775) 727-5658
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Jenner Harsha, (916) 291-3791

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.