Burn Permits
Residents of Fort Nelson, within the Fire Protection Area [PDF - 1.3 MB], who wish to perform open burning must first acquire a burn permit from the offices of Fort Nelson Fire Rescue. Permits subject to conditions are available free of charge from the Fire Hall front office between the hours of 08.00 and 16.00, Monday to Friday.
The Fire Chief or his designate may issue a permit for open air burning of brush, stumps, slash, and light material resulting from the clearing of land and for campfires of eight(8) hours maximum duration, in designated recreational areas & on the conditions that:
- Tar, asphalt, shingles, battery boxes, plastic materials or any similar materials which produce heavy black smoke are not used in the fire
- Use of oils of grades 4 or lighter used as propellants for open air burning of brush, bush, stumps, or slash & light materials, where such materials are necessary to ignite or sustain the burning shall be to the absolute minimum required and to the satisfaction of the Fire Chief
- A competent person is placed & kept at all times in charge or the fire while it is burning or smoldering, and sufficient appliances and equipment are available to prevent the fire from getting beyond control or causing damage and becoming dangerous; and
- The burning is authorized by permit under the Waste Management Act or is exempt under the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation.
The Fire Chief or his designate may issue a permit for open air burning of construction debris and debris from buildings that have been torn down for the purpose of disposal or the building, on the conditions that:
- A competent person is placed and kept in charge of the fire while it is burning or smoldering, and that sufficient appliances and equipment are available to prevent the fire from getting beyond control or causing damage and becoming dangerous
- The Fire Rescue Department may provide assistance to a person in charge of a fire permitted under this section at the discretion of the Fire Chief, and
- The burning is authorized by permit under the Waste Management Act or is exempt under the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulations.
EXEMPTIONS:
These regulations do not apply to:
- Small & confined fires used for cooking foods, including grills & barbecues
- Necessary municipal burning, or
- Necessary Fire Rescue Department burning
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