Fire Information Officer Amanda Cullum said effective at noon tomorrow (April 23) all Category 2 and 3 open fires must be fully extinguished.
A Category 3 open fire is a fire that burns material concurrently in 3 or more piles each not exceeding 2 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 or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares.
A Category 2 open fire, other than a Category 1 campfire that burns 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.
“The prohibitions will remain in place until noon on October 31, 2026, or until the Orders are rescinded. These prohibitions apply to the entire Cariboo Fire Centre including the Tsilhqot’in
(Xeni Gwet’in) Title area, the 100 Mile House Forest District and the Quesnel Forest District.”
In addition the Cariboo Fire Centre said this prohibition applies to the following types of land within municipal boundaries:
Parks, conservancies and recreation areas
Recreation sites, recreation trails, interpretive forest sites and trail-based recreation areas.
Ecological reserves, Wildlife management areas and Private managed forest land.
Also prohibited are binary exploding targets, fireworks, as defined in the fireworks act of BC, burn barrels or burn cages, controlled air incinerators, air curtain burners and carbonizers.
Cullum said the prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires that are 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide or smaller, and CSA-rated or ULC rated outdoor stoves for cooking, heat or ambiance that burns charcoal briquettes, liquid fuel or gaseous fuel, and has a flame height that is less that 15 cm tall.
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