Message From the Fire Chief, Rodney Houle:
Please take note of the following excerpts from the Open Air Burning Bylaw 2010-31:

SPECIFIC TYPES OF PERMITTED FIRES (No Permit Required)

No person shall set or maintain a fire in the Township in a location likely to cause or result in:
-a decrease in visibility on any highway or roadway from smoke
-inconvenience or irritation to others from smoke or fumes

Fire in a Burn Barrel  

13. No person shall set a fire in a burn barrel unless such person ensures all of the following conditions are met:
a)   the burn barrel:

            i)    is in good condition;
            ii)   is situated securely on level ground;
            iii)  is located at least 6 metres from any building or structure; and
            iv)  is located at least 5 metres from any forest or woodland;

b)   all openings in the burn barrel are entirely covered by metal wire mesh with grid openings of not more than 12 mm in diameter;

c)   the person burns only grass, leaves, brush, wood or wood by-products in the burn barrel; and

d)  the person sets and maintains the fire in the burn barrel only during the time falling  between one half hour before sunset and one half hour after sunrise of the next following day, unless such person has the prior written consent of the Fire Chief to set or maintain the fire in the burn barrel during any other time.

 Campfire 

14.  (1) No person shall set or maintain a campfire unless the person ensures all of the following   conditions are met: 

 a) the campfire fire is contained within an area completely surrounded by a non-combustible barrier of metal, masonry, ceramic or stone or is contained within a pit in the ground;   

 b)  the diameter of the campfire area in paragraph14(a) does not exceed 66 centimeters;           

 c)   the campfire is located at least:
        i)  6 metres from any structure; and
       ii) 5 metres from any forest or woodland;

 d)   the material burned in the campfire is in a single pile that is less than 66 centimetres in height;

 e)  the person tending the campfire has tools or water adequate to contain the fire within the campfire area; and

 f)   in the case of a campfire set in a location which is not within an approved camp ground, the person sets and maintains the campfire only during the time falling between one half hour before sunset and one half hour after sunrise of the next following day.

 (2) For the purposes of this Section, an approved camp ground is a provincial park, or a tourist camp or trailer camp which has been duly licenced by the Township of Sables-Spanish Rivers.

Fire in a Cooking Device

 15.  No person shall set or maintain a fire in a cooking device unless he or she ensures all of the   following conditions are met:
 a)  the cooking device:
            i)    is not located on a balcony;
            ii)   is not located on a combustible surface;
            iii)  is located at least 1 metre from any structure; and
            iv)  is in good working order;

 b)   the fire in the cooking device is no larger than reasonably necessary to cook the food;

 c)  the fire is contained within the cooking device; and

 d)  the person burns only commercial charcoal, compressed gas or wood in the cooking device, as is appropriate for that cooking device.

Fire in a Chimnea

 16.  No person shall set a fire in a chimnea unless he or she ensures all of the following conditions are met:

 a)  the chimnea:
         i)   is not located on a balcony;
        ii)  is not located on any combustible surface;
       iii) is in good working order; and
       iv) is located at least 6 metres from any structure; and
        v)  is located at least five metres from any forest or woodland;

b)   all openings in the chimnea are completely covered by metal wire mesh with grid openings no larger than 12 millimetres in diameter;

c)   the fire is confined to the chimnea;     

d)   the person burns only clean dry wood or charcoal in the chimnea; and 

e)   the person sets and maintains the fire in the chimnea only during the time falling between one half hour before sunset and one half hour after sunrise of the following day, unless such person has prior written consent of the Fire Chief to set or maintain the fire in the chimnea during any other time.