Burning Fire Safety Tips

Fire Safety Tips:

Keep your fire small

Small fires can be controlled by one person using hand tools and water.

Keep your pile of wood, brush, or wood by-products to be burned less than two metres in diameter and less than two metres high.

Choose a safe site

Keep burning piles at least two metres from other flammable materials.

If burning an area of grass or leaves, make sure the area is surrounded by a fire-proof boundary, such as a road, wet ditch or ploughed ground.

Stay with your fire

If you start a fire outdoors, you must tend the fire, keep it under control, and extinguish it before leaving the site.

A responsible adult must always be present to tend the fire, at all times, even if it is contained in an incinerator.

Keep adequate tools and water on hand to control the fire if it begins to spread.

Always Check Before You Burn!

(Updated at 2 PM Daily until October 15th)

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