Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nThis prohibition applies to all areas that are outside of municipal boundaries. In addition, this prohibition applies to the following types of Crown land within municipal boundaries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Parks, conservancies and recreation areas (Park Act<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Recreation sites, recreation trails, interpretive forest sites and trail-based recreation areas (Forest and Range Practices Act<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Ecological reserves (Ecological Reserve Act<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Wildlife management areas (Wildlife Act<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Private managed forest land (Private Managed Forest Land Act<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This prohibition also applies to the Village of Hazelton and the District of Stewart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Municipalities may align with BC Wildfire Service prohibitions or impose their own prohibitions based on local conditions. If you are within a municipality, be sure to check if local prohibitions are in place. If you are within a regional district or improvement district, this prohibition applies as well as any local prohibition issued by the regional district or improvement district. BC Parks follows BC Wildfire Service prohibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This prohibition does not include Category 1<\/a> campfires. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAnyone conducting a Category 2 or Category 3 open fire within these regions must extinguish any such fire by 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT, June 27, 2025. This prohibition will remain in place until 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT, Sept. 29, 2025, or until the public is otherwise notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Offences and fines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Anyone found in contravention of an open fire prohibition may be issued a ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000, or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and\/or sentenced for up to one year in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If your fire causes or contributes to a wildfire, you may be fined up to $1 million and\/or sentenced to up to 3 years in jail, as well as be responsible for all firefighting and associated costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Report a wildfire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Be safe this summer and always report smoke, wildfire and unattended campfires<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe public is one of our greatest resources when it comes to reporting wildfires. Approximately 40% of wildfires are reported by members of the public. There are a number of ways to report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Call 1-800-663-5555 toll-free<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Call *5555 from a cell phone<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Submit directly through the BC Wildfire Service mobile app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Stay informed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Make a plan before you go, and check for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- The latest road conditions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Smoke forecasts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Air quality advisories<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Evacuation alerts and orders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Stay up-to-date on the latest BC Wildfire news on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- X (formerly Twitter)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The BC Wildfire Service mobile app (download it now on Apple<\/a> or Android<\/a>!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Contact:<\/strong>
Information Officer
Northwest Fire Centre
BC Wildfire Service
250-876-6844<\/a>
BCWS.NWFCInfo@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nConnect with the Province of B.C. at www.gov.bc.ca\/connect<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SMITHERS \u2013 Effective at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT on Friday, June 27, 2025, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be prohibited across the Northwest Fire Centre. This includes the Nadina Forest District, the Coast Mountain Forest District and the Skeena Stikine Forest District. A Category 2 open fire is a fire that burns: … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8187,"featured_media":23827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,72,32],"class_list":["post-24278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-nwfc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24278"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24972,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24278\/revisions\/24972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}