Burn ban in CF

Mar 25, 2020

Effective Friday March 20, 2020, a Total Burn Ban is in affect for all of Central Frontenac until further notice.

The fire ban is in response to the COVID-19 crisis and will assist our Emergency Services in not exhausting our Fire Fighters and resources with keeping their safety and the safety of all residents at the forefront.

The ban is to reduce the potential of a large grass or brush fire which may place properties at high risk of loss and be dangerous to firefighters and residents. A small grass fire can rapidly change to a major fire in a matter of seconds. We encourage all residents to comply with the fire ban and help keep our municipality safe”.

Central Frontenac Fire & Rescue would like to thank all residents for their anticipated co-operation and remind them that any person found conducting open air burning in contravention of the ban, is guilty of an offence and may be subject to service charges per the Open Air Burning By-law and/or charges in accordance with the Ontario Fire Protection and Prevention Act.

Central Frontenac Fire & Rescue has and will continue to monitor the COVID-19 crisis. Residents are urged to visit the fire department website at http://www.centralfrontenac.com/BurnBan.html to view when the burn ban is lifted or call 613-279-2935 X441.