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Fire Chief: Fireworks ban tied to about 90% drop in fires; only two small incidents reported
Summary
Mark Sanderson, fire chief for Orem, Linden and Vineyard, said a fireworks ban over July 3–5 coincided with an about 90% reduction in fires compared with previous years and that crews responded to two small incidents: a garbage-can fire in Linden and a grass fire in Vineyard.
Mark Sanderson, fire chief for Orem, Linden and Vineyard, thanked residents for following a fireworks ban over July 3–5 and said the restriction coincided with a large drop in incidents. “We reduced our fires over the previous years by 90%, and we only had 2 individual fires,” Sanderson said, adding that one was a small garbage-can fire in Linden and the other a small grass fire in Vineyard.
Sanderson expressed appreciation for public compliance and said the communities’ fire response workload was substantially lighter over the holiday period. He did not specify the exact comparison period for the 90% figure; the transcript records only his assertion about a 90% reduction and the two small incidents. No formal action or vote was recorded in these remarks.
