PARKSVILLE \u2013 Effective on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 12 p.m. (noon), the Category 1 campfire prohibition will be rescinded throughout the Coastal Fire Centre. Category 2 and Category 3 open burning will remain prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Category 1 campfire prohibition was initially implemented due to a combination of elevated wildfire risk factors, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Current and forecast conditions have since shifted, bringing cooler temperatures, improved humidity values and an overall reduction in wildfire hazard throughout the Coastal Fire Centre. Because of this, Category 1 campfires will be once again permitted under the Coastal Fire Centre jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone choosing to light a Category 1 campfire must do so responsibly and in accordance with Section 20 of the Wildfire Regulation<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Category 2<\/a> and Category 3<\/a> open fires remain prohibited throughout the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction in addition to the following activities and equipment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This prohibition applies to all areas within the Coastal Fire Centre that are outside<\/strong> of municipal boundaries. Municipalities may 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 local authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This prohibition also applies to the following types of land within<\/strong> municipal boundaries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n An updated map of this prohibition area will be issued soon. For a description of fire centre boundaries, please visit: Fire Centres \u2013 BC Wildfire Service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on open fires, prohibitions and restrictions, visit: gov.bc.ca\/saferburning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To report a wildfire, unattended campfire, or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 tollfree, *5555 on a cell phone, or submit an electronic report through the BC Wildfire public mobile app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the latest information on current wildfire activity, burning restrictions, and more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contact:<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PARKSVILLE \u2013 Effective on Friday, May 15, 2026, at 12 p.m. (noon), the Category 1 campfire prohibition will be rescinded throughout the Coastal Fire Centre. Category 2 and Category 3 open burning will remain prohibited. The Category 1 campfire prohibition was initially implemented due to a combination of elevated wildfire risk factors, including: Current and … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":23847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[543,82,32],"class_list":["post-29102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information-bulletins","tag-app","tag-cofc","tag-prevention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102","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\/601"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29127,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102\/revisions\/29127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/bcwildfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Fire Information Officer
Coastal Fire Centre | BC Wildfire Service
250-951-4209 | BCWS.CoFCInfo@gov.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n