Effective at 1 p.m. (Mountain) on Wednesday, October 8, the Category 2 open fire prohibition will be rescinded throughout the Southeast Fire Centre’s jurisdiction.

Due to decreased wildfire risk, the following activities will once again be permitted throughout the Southeast Fire Centre:

• One to two concurrently burning piles no larger than two metres high by three metres wide;
• Burning stubble or grass over an area less than 0.2 hectares;
• Fireworks, as defined in the Fireworks Act of BC;
• Binary exploding targets;
• Burn barrels or burn cages of any size or description.

• Controlled air incinerators.

Please note: Category 3 open fire remains prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre.

A Category 3 open fire is a fire that burns:

• Material concurrently in three or more piles, each not exceeding two metres in height and three metres in width;
• Material in one or more piles, each exceeding two metres in height and 3 metres in width;
• One or more windrows each not exceeding 200 metres in length or 15 metres in width;
• Stubble o grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares.

In addition to Category 3 open fires, the following equipment and activities are also prohibited:

• Air curtain burners;

• Carbonizers.

Southeast Fire Centre

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