Fire Bans & Protection
Open Burning Ban (Category 2 & 3)
OPEN BURNING (Category 2 & 3) IS NOT PERMITTED throughout the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction as of noon on Thursday May 18th.
Category 1 campfires/beach fires that are a half-meter high by a half-meter wide or smaller, or cooking stoves that use gas, propane, or briquettes are still permitted everywhere EXCEPT the following locations:
- EXCEPT on beaches in the South Quadra Island Improvement District because beach fires in this area are banned all year
- EXCEPT Gold River which has specific permit requirements around campfire/beachfire and any other type of open burning between April 15 and October 15th.
To report open burning concerns, please contact:
- 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 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.
Please contact the following numbers to report open burning concerns:
- 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
Stay Informed
Fire Service Areas
The Strathcona Regional District provide fire services across three areas:
- A portion of Electoral Area A (Sayward Valley) through a contract with the Village of Sayward. See Fire Service Map >
- A portion of Electoral Area B (Cortes Island) through a contract with the Cortes Island Fire Fighting Association. See Fire Service Map >
- A portion of Electoral Area D through a contract with the City of Campbell River. See Fire Service Map >
For the City of Campbell River, and the Villages of Tahsis, Zeballos, Sayward and Gold River, each has its own fire department providing services within the municipal boundary. The Quadra Island Fire Department provides fire services to a southern portion of Quadra Island.
See a zoomable map of all SRD fire services>
Fire Bans and Restrictions
The following Electoral Areas in the Strathcona Regional District reside under provincial legislation (BC Wildfire Act) because the SRD does not have a bylaw for these areas that speaks to the lighting and open fire.
- 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 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.
To learn more about or view current bans and restrictions for these areas:
- call the Coastal Fire Centre at 250-951-4222
- visit http://bcfireinfo.for.gov.bc.ca/hprScripts/wildfirenews/Bans.asp
Electoral Area C – Quadra Island Improvement District
The Quadra Island Fire Department provides fire services to a southern portion of Quadra Island located in the Quadra Island Improvement District as well as areas under the jurisdiction of We Wai Kai Fist Nation through a contractual arrangement. You can find current fire bans and restrictions for this area at on Quadra Island Fire Department’s website https://www.quadrafire.org/current-conditions.php or by following them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/quadraislandfd
Electoral Area D – Black Creek / Oyster Bay Fire Protection Local Area
In the Black Creek / Oyster Bay Fire Protection Local Area, where authority for operating fire protection service was assigned by letters patent to the Comox Valley Regional District on February 15, 2008 that also included the authority to regulate open burning.
View current bans and restrictions for the Black Creek / Oyster Bay Fire Protection Local Area:
- At www.oysterriverfire.ca.
- To report a burning violation, contact the Oyster River Fire Department’s Duty Officer at 250-830-7155.
Other Community Fire Bans & Restrictions
Current fire bans and restrictions for each community are listed on their websites or Facebook pages, please see links below.
City of Campbell River
- https://www.campbellriver.ca/city-services/public-safety/fire-services
- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/City-of-Campbell-River-City-Hall-218693901480694