Effective at 12 noon on Friday, July 5, 2024, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be prohibited in Kitimat and across the Nadina Fire Zone, Bulkley Fire Zone and part of the Skeena Fire Zone. This includes the Nadina Forest District, the Skeena portion of the Skeena/Stikine Forest District and the Old Kalum portion of the Coast Mountains Forest District.

This prohibition is being implemented due to an upcoming trend of warmer and drier weather.

In addition to Category 2 and Category 3 open fires, the following activities will also be prohibited:

  • fireworks, including firecrackers; and
  • sky lanterns.

This prohibition does not ban Category 1 campfires, which 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.

Anyone conducting a Category 2 or Category 3 open fire must extinguish it by 12 p.m. (noon) Friday, July 5, 2024.

Category 2 and 3 open fires are defined as:

Category 2 open fire

This category refers to fires, other than a campfire, that burn:

  • Material in one pile not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
  • Material concurrently in 2 piles each not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
  • Stubble or grass over an area that does not exceed 0.2 hectares

Category 3 open fire

This category means an open fire that burns:

  • Material concurrently in 3 or more piles each not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
  • Material in one or more piles each exceeding 2 metres in height or 3 metres in width
  • One or more windrows, none of which exceed 200 metres in length or 15 metres in width
  • Stubble or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares

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