FIRE DEPARTMENT
61 DUNDAS STREET EAST
PARIS, ONTARIO
N3L 3H1
PHONE: (519) 442-4500
TOLL FREE: 1-866-847-5416
FAX: (519) 442-4590
E-MAIL: fire@brant.ca
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TO REGULATE OPEN AIR BURNING
(Condensed from County of Brant By-law No. 223-02)
Click here for the full by-law
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| COOKING FIRES: |
NO CALL NEEDED |
NO FEE |
| The Ontario Fire Code Article 2.6.3.4 states “open air burning shall not be permitted unless approved, “OR” unless such burning consists of a small confined fire, supervised at all times, and used to cook food on a grill or barbecue.” |
| RECREATIONAL BURNING: |
NO CALL NEEDED |
NO FEE |
- When the fire is contained in a fire pit which is no more than one square meter in area.
- Is at least 15 meters from any building, structure, hedge, fence, roadway, property line.
- Unless otherwise approved by the Fire Chief.
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| NON-RECREATIONAL RESIDENTIAL/AGRICULTURAL BURNING: |
NOTIFY DISPATCH |
NO FEE |
Open air burning that does not meet the criteria of recreational burning (i.e. yard waste, brush piles of under 3 square meters in area) MUST BE APPROVED BY THE FIRE CHIEF.
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NON-RECREATIONAL SINGLE
OCCASION PERMIT: |
NOTIFY DISPATCH |
$52.63 FEE |
| For large farm-type fires, brush/ginseng shades/kilns, permission for up to 3 days with permit. |
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL,
INSTITUTIONAL, BURNING: |
SEMI-ANNUAL PERMIT |
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| The Fire Chief shall issue a permit for the burning of materials included in Schedule "B" forming part of the by-law. A permit fee is $157.95 for a semi-annual permit. |
| For additional information, please contact the County of Brant Fire Department. |
