Maple Ridge, B.C., May 29, 2025 – Maple Ridge Fire Chief Dave Samson has issued a city-wide Category 2 and 3 open fire ban effective Friday, May 30, 12 pm in line with the provincial fire ban to help reduce wildfire risk and for public safety.
The following activities are prohibited in Maple Ridge:
- Fireworks
- Sky Lanterns
- Binary Exploding Targets
- Burn Barrels or Burn Cages of any size or description
- Air Curtain Burners
This ban does not apply to:
- Using CSA-rated or ULC-rated barbeques, camping-type stoves, or portable campfire apparatus using camping gas, natural gas/propane, or briquette barbeques, on private property
- Category 1 campfires that are a half-metre high by a half-metre wide or smaller. Anyone lighting a campfire must maintain a fireguard by removing flammable debris from around the campfire area and have a hand tool or at least eight litres of water available nearby to extinguish the fire properly
The fire ban will remain in place until lifted by the Fire Department.
Any person found contravening the fire ban will be liable for a fine of up to $1150.00.
For more information about backyard burning and summer fire safety and resources, visit MapleRidge.ca/Wildfire or MapleRidge.ca/BackyardBurning. For more information about the Provincial fire ban visit gov.bc.ca/FireBan
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For additional information, contact
Dave Samson, Fire Chief
T 604-463-5880 E Fire@MapleRidge.ca