Muskoka Fire Chiefs have set the current fire danger rating to low.
Small fires are permitted in most areas of Muskoka and daytime burning restrictions have been lifted.
As of November 1, daytime burning is permitted. Please keep the following restrictions in mind to ensure safety and compliance:
What Can Be Burned:
• Clean, dry wood
• Charcoal or briquettes
What Cannot Be Burned:
• Treated wood
• Leaves or garden waste
Fire Size & Clearance Requirements:
• Recreational Fire: Max size 2’ x 2’, at least 20’ away from buildings or combustible materials.
• Non-Recreational Fire: Max size 6’ x 6’, at least 328’ (100m) from buildings or combustible materials.
Important Safety Reminders:
• Always monitor your fire.
• Have a hose, fire extinguisher, or tools nearby to contain/extinguish the fire.
• Ensure your fire is completely extinguished before leaving the area.
Let’s enjoy our campfires responsibly!
For more information, visit https://www.huntsville.ca/…/home…/outdoor-burning.aspx.
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If one follows the rules posted then one can not help but note that “non recreational” fires cannot happen anywhere in the area, except maybe, with a bit of creative measuring, in the middle of a large barren area at least 200 meters in diameter, like maybe a large gravel pit. Nowhere else would one be 100 meters from “combustible materials”.
Also, if what is burned is “clean dry wood” then why the heck would anybody anywhere be wanting a “non recreational” fire in the first place? They would sell the “clean dry wood” which could only have been made “clean and dry” by being cut up and piled for a year to become dry. The brush will never be clean and dry.
Also II if your clearing trees your pile will never be 6ft x 6 ft. Branches are usually longer than this to start with. If your using any kind of machine to pile up the stuff on the fire a 6 x 6 fire size is ludicrously too small.
Question for the fire chiefs. What is the rule for burning AFTER there is snow on the ground? Obviously a “hose” is not going to work.
For all previous time, in winter clearing operations, one starts a fire, burns it all day in the snow and then goes home to sleep. The fire goes nowhere (remember there is a foot or more of snow). The next day one goes back and continues the burning until it is all burned, branded in and goes out naturally. Sometimes this takes a week or more to cool down completely. These are the facts. It is how it was done. There is no other practical way to do it except maybe in some text book written for a different set of conditions.
So will someone please tell me what the rules are for burning in snow, in winter?
Thanks.