Campfire ban to be reintroduced in Kamloops Fire Centre – Okanagan | 24CA News
Campfires will quickly be banned once more inside the Kamloops Fire Centre.
On Tuesday, the BC Wildfire Service introduced that the ban will begin on Friday, July 7 at midday.
The ban is being re-introduced “to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.”
In early June, BC Wildfire launched a campfire ban for the area however rescinded it one week later because of cool, moist climate.
Now, although, scorching climate is about to bake the Southern Interior. For the Okanagan, Environment Canada is projecting sunny skies and temperatures within the low 30s.
BC Wildfire says when the ban is reintroduced, it’s going to stay in impact till Oct. 13 or till it’s rescinded – the identical wording it additionally utilized in early June.
The ban applies to all private and non-private land inside the Kamloops Fire Centre jurisdiction until specified in any other case by native authorities. For instance, the City of Kelowna has a year-round ban on campfires.
A map of the affected space is obtainable on-line.
BC Wildfire says along with open fires being prohibited, the next actions and gear are additionally restricted:
- Fireworks
- Sky Lanterns
- Burn barrels or burn cages of any measurement or description
- Binary exploding targets
- Air curtain burners
- Tiki and related sorts of torches
- Chimineas
BC Wildfire says residents and guests ought to all the time verify with native authorities authorities to see if some other burning restrictions are in impact.
Notably, the prohibition doesn’t embrace outside stoves (charcoal briquettes, liquid gas or gaseous gas) which have flames lower than 15 cm tall.
“Anyone found in contravention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a ticket for $1,150, required to pay an administrative penalty of up to $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sentenced to one year in jail,” stated BC Wildfire.
“If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefighting and associated costs.”
The province stated wildfire prevention is a shared accountability, and that human-caused wildfires are utterly preventable and divert important assets away from lightning-caused wildfires.
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