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By-Laws Open Fires

DEFINITIONS

Fire Chief

Means the chief of brampton of the Corp of the city.

Or who ?

A

Means the Chief of the Fire Department of The Corporation of the City of Brampton,

or his DESIGNATE

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By-Laws Open Fires

DEFINITIONS

Open air

Any place, yard, field or construction which in not enclosed

by what ?

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  • means any open place, yard, field or construction area which is not enclosed by a building or structure
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By-Laws Open Fires

DEFINITIONS

Who is responsible for administration and enforcement of this by-law?

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The Fire Chief

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law

No person shall set or maintain a fire in open air UNLESS?

  1. They obtain what ?
  2. Issued by whom ?
  3. What is the ONLY excemption (with rules)
  4. There is ONE profession that gets a permit bc its normal
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  • HE has a permit
  • issued by the Fire Chief under this by-law
  • OR falls within exemption set out in section 04 (cooking)
  • Farming (NEEDS PERMIT)

Excemption is cooking under section 04

ONLY cooking doesn’t need a permit !!!

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By-Laws Open Fires

VERY IMPORTANT

The by-law

Where a permit HAS been obtained under subsection (1), NO person shall set or maintain a fire in the open air: ??

  1. Between what times?
  2. ❤️What is the MAX height and area?
  3. ❤️At a distance of what from obstruction?
  4. What kind of obstructions (many)
  5. When wind velocity is greater than ?
  6. Ensure there is a competant person to do what ?
  7. Ensuring what before leaving ?
  8. ❤️At a Distance away from combustibles?
  9. Does not contain what ? (what is burning)
  10. Complies with what protection act ?
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  1. Between Sunset and Sunrise (at night)
  2. One (1) Meter in height, One (1) meter in area
  3. At a distance of less than ten (10) metres from any building , structure, hedge, fence, vehicular roadway or overhead wire or obstruction of any kind or nature whatsoever
  4. If the wind velocity is greater than twenty-four (24) kilometres per hour
  5. Ensuring that a person competent to supervise such fire and to extinguish it promptly in the event of danger of the spread of such fire is in constant immediate attendance at the specific place where the fire is burning;
  6. Without ensuring such fire is completely extinguished before leaving the specific place where the fire was burning
  7. Unless there is a space free and clear of combustible material around the perimeter of such fire of at least five (5) metres;
  8. Where that fire contains rubber tires, plastic products or other building materials that are known to create extensive smoke
  9. Unless he complies with all the relevant provisions of the Environmental Protection Act
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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

Between what time is NOT allowed for open air?

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Between sunset and sunrise (at night)

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (WITH permit)

WITH a permit what is the MAX HEIGHT and AREA?

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  • One (1) meter in Height
  • One (1) meter in Area
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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

At what distance from any structure, nature, fence, roadway etc can the open air fire be?

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CANNOT be any less than ten (10) meters

If cooking

5 meters

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

The wind velocity cannot be any greater than ? For open air burns

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twenty-four (24) kilometres per hour

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

Who and what must you ensure for an open air burn?

  1. You need what kind of person ?
  2. They shall extinguish promptly if ?
  3. They shall constantly be where ?
A
  • a person competent to supervise
  • extinguish it promptly in the event of danger of the spread
  • constant immediate attendance

says person competant (wierd)

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

What must you ensure before leaving ?

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such fire is completely extinguished

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

For open air burn, you must ensure

The space clear of combustible material around the perimeter ?

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  • at least five (5) metres; perimeter

That is clear of combustible materials

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

What material can you NOT burn ?

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  • rubber tires, plastic products or other building materials that are known to create extensive smoke
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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (with permit)

For an open air burn you must also comply with what act ?

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  • complies with all the relevant provisions of the Environmental Protection Act
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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

No person shall set or maintain a fire in the open air unless

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the fire is to be used for the purpose of cooking

*or has a permit*

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

No person shall set or maintain a fire in the open air unless the fire is to be used for the purpose of cooking and

providing that?

(four things)

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  1. a distance of not less than five (5) metres is maintained between the fire and any building structure, fence, hedge, vehicular roadway or overhead wire or obstruction of any kind or nature whatsoever
  2. the requirements of clauses (c)wind, (d)person there, (e)extinguished and (f)clear of cobustibles of subsection (2) of Section 3 are complied with;
  3. the fire is not more than 0.5 square metres in area and is not more than 0.5 metres in height
  4. the fire is set and confined in a metal or masonry container with a metal screen on top having a mesh of not larger than one-half inch
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By-Laws Open Fires

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The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

THREE EXCEPTIONS OF COOKING

A

❤️CAN BE AT NIGHT

❤️DOESN’T APPLY TO THE ACT

CAN BURN TIRES

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

When using an open fire for the purpose of cooking how far away does it need to be from any structure?

A

not less than five (5) metres

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

Any open air fire used for cooking must not be bigger than what area ? and what height ?

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  • .5 square meters in area
  • .5 meters in height
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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (NO permit, section (04) exemption for cooking)

When using an open air fire for cooking what must the fire be contained in ?

  1. What two types of container ?
  2. What on top
  3. How big is the thing on top?
A
  • confined in a metal or masonry container
  • metal screen on top
  • mesh of not larger than one-half inch
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By-Laws Open Fires

IMPORTANT

The by-law (specified days)

A person who intends to set or maintain a fire in open air on a specific day, or days must be issued a permit for how many days? and how big can it be ?

A
  • One day
  • Seven days (one week)
  • Twenty-eight days (four weeks)

***Cannot exceed One meter in area and One meter in height***

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By-Laws Open Fires

IMPORTANT

The by-law (specified days, farming)

A person who intends to set or maintain a fire in the open air for disposal of vegetable matter or vegetation on farm lands which is normal and incidental to farming purposes may get a permit for how long ?

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to cover the period of the proposed fire

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By-Laws Open Fires

The by-law (offender)

If a person is found guilty of an offence is liable to a fine from what legislation ?

A

Provincial Offence Act

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FARMING NEEDS A PERMIT

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