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Fire Advisory

๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป!
โœ” Safe Campfires in non-combustible manufactured firepits;
โœ” Charcoal briquettes in approved barbecues;
โœ” Portable Propane firepits;
โœ” Gas or propane stoves and barbecues;
โœ” Catalytic or infrared style heaters;
โœ” Wood fires in an enclosed facility or device, which has a chimney with a spark arrestor;
โœ” Burning barrels, with a minimum distance of 30m from structures and 6m from other combustible materials;
โœ” Off-Highway vehicles.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐—ฏ๐˜†-๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€:
โฎ• Burning of heavy fuels

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:
โŒ Burning of large brush piles or windrows;
โŒ Fireworks & exploding targets on crown land;
โŒ Open campfires in back country or random areas;
โŒ Brush & debris burning for non-agricultural purposes.

To check for Fire Advisories, Fire Restrictions and Fire Bans, visit: albertafirebans.ca

To check the Fire Danger Rating, visit: wildfire.alberta.ca/files/firehaz.gif

โ•๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

Brice Daly, Acting Fire Chief
Central Peace Fire Rescue Commission