Lax Kw’alaams Emergency Services is reminding residents that the Skeena Fire Zone of the Northwest Fire Centre is in a category 2 & 3 open fire ban. This includes all of Lax Kw’alaams’ traditional territory.
The prohibition includes:
Category 2 open fires
- material in 1 or 2 piles not exceeding 2-metres in height and 3-metres in width,
- material concurrently burning in 2 piles each not exceeding 2-metres in height and 3-metres in width, or
- stubble or grass burning over an area that does not exceed 0.2 hectares.
Category 3 open fires:
- any fire larger than 2-metres high by 3-metres wide,
- 3 or more concurrently burning piles no larger than 2-metres high by 3-metres wide,
- 1 or more burning windrows, or
- stubble or grass burning over an area greater than 0.2 hectares.
Also prohibited are the activities listed below (Wildfire Act, Section 12):
- fireworks, including firecrackers;
- sky lanterns.
This prohibition does not ban campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide or smaller and does not apply to cooking stoves that use gas, propane, or briquettes.
The fire ban is intended to help prevent local wildfires in the interest of public safety.
For more information, visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions/northwest-fire-centre-bans
Information Bulletin May 18, 2023: https://blog.gov.bc.ca/bcwildfire/category-2-category-3-open-fire-prohibited-across-northwest-fire-centre/
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