Fire Permits

What can you burn?

• Brush and fallen trees
• Used power and telephone poles that do not contain preservatives
• Wood or wood products not containing preservatives
• Solid waste from tree harvesting
• Straw, stubble, grass, weeds, leaves, and tree prunings
• Solid waste from post and pole operations that does not contain wood preservatives

What can you NOT burn?

• Animal manure
• Pathological waste (waste from human health centres)
• Wood or wood products containing wood preservatives
• Waste materials from construction sites
• Rubber, including tires
• Plastic, including baler twine and grain bags. See recycling options here (link to Ag Plastics Program)
• Oil
• Containers that held pesticides or any other chemicals
• Plastic or rubber coated materials, including copper wire.

When is a Fire Permit NOT required?

• Between November 1 and February 28 (or February 29, if it's a leap year)
• A recreation fire that is contained in a barbeque or fire pit provided that:
  • a minimum of 3.3 metres (10 feet) clearance from buildings, property lines, and combustible materials is maintained;
  • and that the barbeque or fire pit is constructed of bricks or concrete blocks, heavy gauge metal, or other suitable non-combustible material
  • they are supervised until such time as the fire has been completely extinguished.
  • only wood, charcoal briquettes, manufactured fire logs, fireplace pellets, propane, or natural gas is used.
• A portable appliance
• A Burning Barrel made of a non-combustible structure or container covered with a spark arrester mesh screen made of expanded metal (or equivalent) with openings no larger than 13 millimeters (1/2”).

PLEASE NOTE: Burning Barrels are not permitted in Hamlets, Multi-lot Residential, and Industrial Subdivisions.