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Fire Ban Throughout All of SRD

CATEGORY 1 FIRES (CAMPFIRE/BEACH FIRE) BAN NOW IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE STRATHCONA REGIONAL DISTRICT!

CATEGORY 1 FIRES (CAMPFIRE/BEACH FIRE) BAN NOW IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE STRATHCONA REGIONAL DISTRICT!

Effective today – Thursday, June 29th at 12:00 noon, Category 1 Open Fire (campfires) will once again be prohibited in the Sunshine Coast Natural Forest Resource District.  All other prohibitions remain unchanged.

 Category 2 and Category 3 Prohibitions Remain in Place

Restricted equipment and activities include:

  • Fireworks
  • Sky lanterns
  • Burn barrels or burn cages of any size or description
  • Binary exploding targets
  • Air curtain burners
  • Chimineas
  • Tiki and similar kinds of torches

For more info visit www.bcwildfire.ca

FOR BURNING CONCERNS:

In any of the areas listed below, call the Coastal Fire Centre at 250-951-4209

  • All of Electoral Area A (Sayward Valley)
  • All of Electoral Area B (Cortes Island)
  • All of Electoral Area C (Quadra & Discovery Islands) EXCEPT the area within the South Quadra Island Improvement District
  • All of Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay / Buttle Lake) EXCEPT for the area within the Black Creek / Oyster Bay Fire Protection Local Area.

For other areas in the Regional District, please contact the numbers provided:

  • Black Creek / Oyster Bay Local Fire Protection Area 250-830-7155
  • City of Campbell River 250-286-6266
  • South Quadra Island Improvement District 250-285-3262
  • Village of Gold River 250-283-2522
  • Village of Sayward 250-282-5505
  • Village of Tahsis 250-934-6666
  • Village of Zeballos 250-761-4229