2022-06-27 Effective at noon on June 30, 2022
Category 3 Open Fire (Industrial, Commercial, Lot Clearing) is prohibited within the District of Clearwater.
Under the Wildfire Regulation, a Category 3 open fire is a fire that:
• Burns material concurrently in three or more piles, each not ex-ceeding two metres in height and three metres in width; or
• Burns material in one or more piles, with each pile exceeding two metres in height or three metres in width; or
• Burns one or more windrows; or
• Burns stubble or grass over an area greater than 0.2 hectares (2,000 square meters).
This prohibition does NOT ban Category 2 fires & campfires.
This prohibition remains in place until October 15, 2022.