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FIRE BAN RESCINDED

At 12:01 a.m. on May 16, 2020, Ontario lifted the Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) designation that was put in place last month across Ontario's fire region.  The province will continue to assess forest fire hazard conditions and an RFZ designation may be reinstated in higher risk areas if conditions deteriorate. These restrictions were put in place in order to reduce the number of preventable human-caused fires and lower the risk of wildfires impacting the public.

The usual burning regulations apply as indicated in Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards Township By-Law # 40-2018.  Click here for the full by-law (pdf file).

Note that there is no daytime burning.  That means that you can burn from two (2) hours before sunset until two (2) hours after sunrise. 

There is to be no burning of garbage. 

Campfire means an Open-Air Fire, having a maximum fuel volume of .6 metres x .6 metres x .6 metres (2 feet x 2 feet x 2 feet), that is set or maintained in an outdoor firepit or outdoor fireplace and is used solely for the purposes of cooking food, providing warmth or recreational enjoyment.

Brush piles for burning must be no larger than two meters in diameter, two metres high and placed not less than ten metres apart. There may be no more than three brush piles burning at any one time.

In the case of burning grass, the area to be burned shall be less than one acre and the length of the flaming edge shall be less than thirty metres.

The KHRFD has approval to staff to 28 persons. It is staffed by a wholly volunteer force. Those volunteers, spend years undertaking training on a weekly or monthly basis and put themselves on the line to protect citizen's lives and property. Training includes such things as Fire Suppression, Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), Ropes and Knots, Ladders, Water Supply, Fire Streams, Portable Fire Extinguishers, Ventilation, Pumps, Incident Command, Tanker Operations, Vehicle Extrication, Public Education, Public Relations, Fire Inspections, Communications, CPR, First Aid and a myriad of other related functions.

The KHRFD provides fire suppression and rescue services. It is certified in heavy extrication and provides services to townships other than KH&R by its membership in the Renfrew County Mutual Aid Program. It has six fire vehicles; three pumpers of various configurations, a tanker, a rescue van and a rapid response vehicle/bush truck.

The KHRFD provides a Fire Prevention Program to the Township and undertakes a number of community focused activities such as the annual open house, school fire prevention and education program etc.