CARBOO FIRE CENTRE – Effective at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT on Thursday, April 23 , 2026, Category 2 and 3 open fires and associated equipment and activities will be prohibited across the entire Cariboo Fire Centre including the Tsilhqot’in (Xeni Gwet’in) Declared Title Area.
Prohibition Details
- All Category 2 and 3 open fires must be fully extinguished by 12:00 noon on Thursday, April 23 , 2026.
- The prohibitions will remain in place until 12:00 noon on October 31, 2026, or until the Orders are rescinded.
- These prohibitions apply to the entire Cariboo Fire Centre including the Tsilhqot’in (Xeni Gwet’in) Declared Title Area, the Cariboo Chilcotin Forest District, the 100 Mile House Forest District and the Quesnel Forest District.
- In addition, this prohibition applies to the following types of land within municipal boundaries:
- Parks, conservancies and recreation areas.
- Recreation sites, recreation trails, interpretive forest sites and trail-based recreation areas.
- Ecological reserves.
- Wildlife management areas.
- Private managed forest land.
- The following activities and use of the following equipment, materials and substances will also be prohibited:
- Binary exploding targets
- Fireworks, as defined in the Fireworks Act of BC
- Burn Barrels or Burn Cages
- Controlled air incinerators
- Air curtain burners
- Carbonizers
What is prohibited
- A Category 3 open fire is a fire that burns:
- Material concurrently in three 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 each not exceeding 200 metres in length or 15 metres in width.
- Stubble or grass over an area exceeding 0.2 hectares.
- A Category 2 open fire is a fire, other than a category 1 campfire, that burns:
- Material in one pile not exceeding 2 metres in height and 3 metres in width.
- Material concurrently in two 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.
What is not prohibited
- This prohibition does not include Category 1 campfires that are 0.5 metres high by 0.5 metres wide or smaller.
- Outdoor stoves as defined in the Wildfire Regulation
- CSA-rated or ULC-rated device used outdoors for cooking, heat or ambiance that burns charcoal briquettes, liquid fuel or gaseous fuel, and has a flame height that is less than 15 cm tall.