The official ‘Fire Season’ begins April 1st and runs up to and including October 31st. A Municipal Burn Permit is required during this annual Fire Season for all open air fires in Neebing including campfires, brush fires, and incinerators. There are rules you need to follow in order to have a safe outdoor fire in Neebing.
The Law
Neebing By-Law 540-2001 amended by 562-2002 is a by-law for the regulation of open air burning of materials and governs the issuance of fire permits. Neebing By-Law 829-2009 regulates the burning of noxious materials. Read the information below to determine what you can and cannot burn and how to do so safely.
Rules to burn wood, brush and leaves
- ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
- burn only a single pile at any one time
- ensure the pile is less than two metres in diameter and less than two metres high
- keep the fire at least two metres from any flammable materials
- have tools or water on hand adequate to contain the fire at the fire site
- ensure a responsible person tends the fire until it is extinguished
Rules to burn grass or leaf litter
- ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
- keep the total area to be burned under one hectare
- ensure the flaming edge of the fire does not exceed 30 metres in length
- have tools or water on hand adequate to contain the fire at the fire site
- ensure a responsible person tends the fire until it is extinguished
Read more about how to burn grass and woody debris safely.
Using an incinerator
DO NOT BURN NOXIOUS MATERIALS. Noxious materials include tires, plastics, rubber products, drywall, demolition waste, construction waste, paint, animal organic waste, vegetable waste, food waste, biomedical waste, tar, asphalt products, batteries, pressure-treated wood, creosote-treated wood, painted wood, and wood containing resins and glue. Read Neebing By-Law 829-2009 for more information on the burning of noxious materials.
- ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
- ensure the incinerator is an enclosed device constructed entirely of non-combustible material
- cover the outlet of the incinerator with a screen having a mesh size of not more than 5 millimetres
- keep the incinerator at least five metres from any forest area
- keep the incinerator at least two metres from any flammable material
- ensure a responsible person monitors the fire until it is extinguished
Source: https://www.ontario.ca/page/outdoor-fire-rules-and-permits#section-0