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Fire Restrictions
Know Before You Go!
Know fire restrictions before you go—it can mean the difference between S’mores and cold foods only. Restrictions can change at any time without notice. Please help protect local communities and the forest by checking with Angeles National Forest offices or visitor centers for current regulations and by observing fire-safety measures during your visit.
The Angeles National Forest uses a system of graduated fire danger levels to indicate fire risk and corresponding restrictions for visitors, recreational cabin owners, and concessioners. These levels include LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, VERY HIGH, EXTREME, and CRITICAL, with restrictions becoming progressively stricter as the danger level increases. These are determined based on factors like vegetation moisture, weather, and the availability of firefighters and equipment.
A violation of the law can result in a $5,000 fine and/or six months in jail. Anyone causing a wildfire is liable for all costs of suppressing the fire.
Current Fire Danger Level: EXTREME
EXTREME
The current fire danger level at the Angeles National Forest remains at "EXTREME." What does this mean to you? Learn more: news release. During this time, the following acts are prohibited within the Angeles National Forest:
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No building, maintaining, attending, or using a campfire.
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No charcoal or gas grills.
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No portable lanterns or stoves (commonly referred to as "backpacker stoves”).
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California Campfire Permits are NOT valid for any purpose at this time.
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No smoking.
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Fireworks and pyrotechnics are prohibited on public lands — every forest, every campsite, every day. This includes sparklers.
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No shooting of tracer, armor piercing, steel core, or Teflon ammunition.
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No use of firearms, air rifle, or gas gun, except in authorized public shooting area, except by hunters during legal hunting seasons and restrictions.
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No welding or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame.
Fire Danger Levels
-All stoves and campfires require a valid California Campfire Permit. Get your Campfire Permit online at Prevent Wild Fire | Campfire Permit (preventwildfiresca.org).
-All previous restrictions apply.
-Wood or charcoal use allowed at developed campgrounds and picnic sites/day use areas.
-Camp stoves are allowed outside of all campgrounds, picnic sites, or day-use areas.
-All previous restrictions apply.
-Welding or operating an acetylene or other torch with open flame is prohibited without a written permit.
-Forest Service-approved spark arresters are required on off-highway vehicles, chainsaws, and other internal combustion engines.
-Discharging a firearm, air rifle, or gas gun, is prohibited except in an authorized public shooting range.
-Smoking is allowed only in an enclosed vehicle and developed recreation sites.
-All previous restrictions apply.
-All previous restrictions apply.
-No wood or charcoal use fires.
-No smoking is allowed.
-Operating an internal combustion engine is restricted.
-Recreational opportunities on the Angeles National Forest or San Gabriel Mountains National Monument after sundown or before sunrise may be restricted.
-National Forest access is restricted to federal, state, and county highways and private lands.
-All activities are restricted.
-All Forest Service recreational areas are closed to the public, unless otherwise noted.
-Contractors, residents, and permittees are allowed onto forest roads by permit only.
Only YOU Can Prevent Wildfires!
Alerts & Warnings
- NEW! Office & Visitor Center Updates - Need Info or Passes?
- San Gabriel Reservoir Area Closure
- Updated Closures of the Bridge Fire Area could affect Your Forest Visit!
- Angeles National Forest full closure to partial closure
- Fire Danger Downgrade to ‘EXTREME’ at the Angeles National Forest
- Forest Service Road Closures
- Planning to Camp? (Stay Limits/Dispersed Camping Restrictions) til Dec. 15, 2026