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Current Fire Rating:High
FIRE RESTRICTION - FIRE CONTROL ORDER #2019-001
1. The Fire Chief, pursuant to By-Law No. 8-2013, and pursuant to the Forest and Prairie Protection Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta, HEREBY:
- SUSPENDS all outstanding Fire Permits issued for burn barrels;
- SUSPENDS all fire permits issued for fires;
- PROHIBITS the lighting of outdoor fires; and
- PROHIBITS discharging of fireworks.
For those lands within the municipal boundaries of the County of Barrhead not included in a current Provincial Fire Control Order.
2. For greater certainty, THIS ORDER does not apply to:
- Fires which are contained in cooking and heating appliances and which are fueled by fluids or gases; and
- Supervised fires contained in fire facilities for cooking or heating purposes, including fires contained in fire facilities located in designated camping and recreation areas, and
- Fires contained in industrial facilities or on industrial sites approved by a forest officer.
3. This Fire Control Order comes into effect at 12 o'clock pm on the 21st day of May 2019 and will remain in effect until amended or revoked by the proper authority of the County of Barrhead NO. 11.
Fire Guardians - 2018 Season
Fire Permits are required year round in the County of Barrhead -
Click here for the 2018/2019 fire guardian listing.
Types of burns requiring a permit:
- Burn Barrels or Incinerators
- Brush Piles (Hand-Piled or Machine-Piled)
- Yard Clean-Up/Debris
- Dry Grass/Stubble
- Swaths/Windrows
- Bales
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- Old Buildings
- Root Piles or Rows
- Slab Piles
- Smokehouse
- Smudge/Sweat Lodge
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Phone BEFORE You BURN - 780-674-2087
For ALL Fires other than Burn Barrels
BEFORE YOU BURN: |
PHONE 780-674-2087
•Please CALL THE DAY BEFORE LIGHTING THE FIRE.
NOTE: If you plan to light the fire on a Sunday or a Monday, call on the Friday prior.
•If there is no answer at the number – PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE with the following information: |
INFORMATION YOU NEED TO PROVIDE WHEN YOU PHONE:
Reminder: If there is no answer, please leave a message with all the information.
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1.Your name and phone number, and cell phone number if you have one,
2.Your Fire Permit Number,
3.The legal land location of the fire (Example: Northeast corner of NE 14-61-6-W5M),
4.The approximate time you are starting the fire, and the approximate time the fire will be extinguished (FIRES MUST BE EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF YOUR FIRE PERMIT),
5.A brief description of the fire (Example: 3 Brush piles)
(Reminder: Don’t phone in for burn barrels.) |
The purpose of phoning before you light your permitted fire is to improve the effectiveness of the Fire Department and to reduce costs and dangers.
If the Fire Department receives a call from someone saying that there is a fire, the Fire Department is legally bound to respond.
The Fire trucks will still go out, even if they know there is a permitted fire, and the costs of this response will still be charged to the landowner.
Valuable time can be saved if the Fire Department knows ahead of time when fires are lit, what type of fire is burning, who is responsible for it, and how to easily get in touch with the landowner.
The information you provide will be posted on the message board at the Fire Department.
The location only of the fire will be posted on the Fire Department’s Facebook page to inform the Fire Fighters about the permitted fires that are burning in our County.
PLEASE NOTE: NAMES AND ANY OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE POSTED ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE.
Check with your Insurance Agent to ensure that you have adequate insurance to cover both property loss and fire fighting costs.
