Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\nMunicipalities often follow BC Wildfire Service prohibitions or may impose different prohibitions based on conditions in their local area. If you are in 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
Penalties<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Anyone found in contravention of an open fire<\/a> 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.<\/li>\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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Reporting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- To report a wildfire dial *5555 on a cell phone or call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free\n
\n- Use the Report function<\/a> in the BC Wildfire App to report a wildfire. Reporting though the app lets you upload images and can be used without service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- To report an open burning violation or illegal campfire call the RAPP line: 1-877-952-7277 or #7277<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- To report illegal fires in a local fire department\u2019s jurisdiction, call 9-1-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Stay in the know
For the latest information on current wildfire activity, prohibitions and restrictions, road closures, and air-quality advisories please visit BCWildfire.ca<\/a>, or the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- BC Wildfire App: available for Apple<\/a> and Android<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fire Information Officer
Cariboo Fire Centre | BC Wildfire Service
778 799-2100
CaFCI<\/a>nfo@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":"WILLIAMS LAKE \u2013 Effective at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT on Friday, September 26, 2025, Category 1 campfires will be permitted throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre and Tsilhqot\u2019in (Xeni Gwet\u2019in) Declared Title Area. Category 2 and Category 3 open fires remain prohibited until 12:00 p.m. (noon) on October 31, 2025. The following activities remain prohibited: A … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8186,"featured_media":23887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,77,32],"class_list":["post-26782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-cafc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26782","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\/8186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26797,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26782\/revisions\/26797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}