Public lands agencies are implementing fire restrictions on all lands in western Nevada under their jurisdictions starting on Thursday.

These restrictions are being put in place due to drying vegetation, increasing daytime temperatures, and some human-caused fires, according to a release.

The restrictions start at 12:01 a.m. on June 19 and will be in place until further notice.

Agencies involved in the restrictions include the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation.

All agencies are asking the public to be extremely careful when recreating on state and federal lands and to call 911 to report any fires.

Stage 1 fire restrictions prohibit the following until further notice:

  • Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire (using wood, charcoal, or any other material), campfire, or stove fire except a portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel outside of a developed fee campground or picnic area (except by permit).
  • 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 a vehicle 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).

There are some exemptions for stage 1 restrictions, but an exemption does not absolve an individual or organization from liability or responsibility for any fire started by the exempted activity, according to the release.

Stage 1 exemptions are as follows:

  • Persons with a written permit that specifically authorizes the otherwise prohibited act.
  • Persons using a fire solely fueled by liquid petroleum or liquefied petroleum gas fuels. Such devices, including propane campfires, may be used only in an area cleared of flammable material.
  • Private landowners using charcoal (disposed of properly) or propane barbecues on their own lands.
  • Persons conducting activities in those designated areas where the activity is specifically authorized by written posted notice.
  • Any federal, state, or local officer or member of an organized rescue or firefighting force, in the performance of an official duty.

All agencies recommend when operating vehicles or equipment traveling on or using wildland areas to have at least an axe, shovel and one gallon of water and to carry cell phones while in the wildlands or national forests to report wildfires.Â