Effective at 12:00 noon Pacific Time on Friday, July 11, 2025, Category 2 open fire will be prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre, including the Rocky Mountain Natural Resource District and the Selkirk Natural Resource District. This prohibition is being enacted to help prevent human-caused wildfires and protect public safety.
Anyone conducting a Category 2 open fire within the Southeast Fire Centre's jurisdiction must extinguish those fires by the 12:00 noon Pacific Time, July 11, 2025, deadline.
This prohibition will remain in place until 12:00 noon Pacific Time October 30, 2025, or until the order is rescinded. This prohibition does not include Category 1 campfire.
A Category 2 open fire is a fire that burns:
- Material in one pile not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
- Material concurrently in 2 piles each not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width
- Stubble or grass over an area that does not exceed 0.2 hectares Also prohibited is the equipment and activities listed below (Wildfire Act, Section 12):
- Air curtain burners • Carbonizers
- Fireworks, as defined in the Fireworks Act
- Binary exploding targets • Burn barrels or burn cages of any size or description
- Controlled air incinerators
Reminder that Category 3 open fires have been prohibited throughout the Southeast Fire Centre since Friday, May 30, 2025. A map indicating the areas affected by this prohibition is available HERE