Campfire ban in full effect beginning Friday

Effective at 12 p.m. (noon) on Friday, July 12, Category 1 campfires will be prohibited throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.

This campfire prohibition will remain in effect until noon on Oct. 11, 2024, or until the orders are rescinded.

This means that of Friday, the open fires are prohibited in the Kamloops Fire Centre include:

• Category 1 campfires as defined in the Wildfire Regulation;
• Category 2 open fire as defined in the Wildfire Regulation; and,
• Category 3 open fire as defined in the Wildfire Regulation.

In addition to open fires being prohibited, the following activities and equipment are also restricted:

• Fireworks;
• Sky Lanterns;
• Binary Exploding Targets;
• Air curtain burners;
• Burn Barrels or Burn Cages of any size or description;
• Chimineas; and,
• Tiki and similar kind of torches.

These prohibitions apply to all public and private land within the Kamloops Fire Centre jurisdiction, unless specified otherwise in an enactment (e.g., in a local government bylaw). Always check with local government authorities to see if any other burning restrictions are in effect.

More to come…