Category 2 & 3 open fire prohibition planned for parts of the Northwest Fire Centre

Effective at 12:00 (noon) Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, April 24, 2026, Category 2 and Category 3 open fires will be prohibited across the Bulkley Fire Zone and the Nadina Fire Zone. This includes the Nadina Forest District and the Skeena portion of the Skeena Stikine Forest District.

A Category 3 open fire is a fire that burns:

• Material concurrently in 3 or more piles, each not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width

• Material in one or more piles, each exceeding 2 metres in height or 3 metres in width

• One or more windrows, not exceeding 200 metres in length or 15 metres in width

• Stubble or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares (2,000 square metres)

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 (2,000 square metres)

In addition to Category 2 and Category 3 open fires, the following activities will also be prohibited:

• Binary exploding targets

• Fireworks, as defined in the Fireworks Act of BC

• Burn barrels or burn cages of any size or description

• Controlled air incinerators

• Air curtain burners

• Carbonizers

Anyone conducting a Category 2 or Category 3 open fire within these regions, must extinguish any such fire by 12:00 (noon) PDT, April 24, 2026. This prohibition will remain in place until 12:00 (noon) PDT, September 25, 2026, or until the public is otherwise notified. This prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires. For more information on open burning, including a description of each category of burn, please click here.

Open Fire and Safer Burning