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Category Fires
Category
1 fires
(campfires and most small brushfires) outside
of cities, towns and some villages no longer require
a burning permit.
For small amounts of brush and debris (Category 1) fires, you must call toll-free 1-866-458-8080 or 444-5445 (in
the Fredericton area) 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Information
will be updated daily during fire season. You must have the landowner’s
permission before igniting a fire on private land.
- Piles
three metres in diameter or smaller
- Piles
no more than two metres high
- Burning
within 60 metres of forest land
- Multiple
piles must be at least 10 metres
apart
- No
more than four piles burning at one
time
- Must
be attended at all times
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Category
2 fires
require permits and inspection by a Forest
Services officer from Natural
Resources.
- More
than three metres in diameter
- Piles
no more than two metres high
- Burning
within 100 metres of forest land
- For
purposes other than prescribed burning
and buring established blueberry
fields
- More
than four piles burning at one time
- Requires
written permit and pre-inspection.
(Prescribed
burning is the knowledgeable application
of fire to a piece of land for a specific
forest management or other land use.)
Category
3 fires
require permits and inspection by a Forest
Services officer from Natural
Resources.
- Any
size fire that treats existing blueberry
fields
- Requires
written permit and pre-inspection
- Specific
guidelines from Natural Resources
must be followed
Category
4 fires
require permits and inspection by a Forest
Services officer from Natural
Resources.
- Prescribed
burning
- Requires
written burn plan to be submitted
to Natural Resources, a pre-inspection
and a written permit with departmental
guidelines attached.
Failure
to comply with any of the above is
an offence. For more information, contact
your local Natural Resources office. |
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