{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000479",
 "municipality": "Whitecourt",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.whitecourt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Services Bylaw 1582",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitecourt.ca/public/download/files/276644",
   "summary": "Regulates fire services and open burning within Whitecourt.",
   "capture_sha256": "1396c46b09c3a6d3b270161c8c2bb3d840e0ca5fedfb8a6c573dbd276f994f86",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1396c46b09c3a6d3b270161c8c2bb3d840e0ca5fedfb8a6c573dbd276f994f86.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief or designate",
    "allowed_conditions": "With a valid Fire Permit, or without permit for Town-approved Recreational Fire, Barbeque on property or approved public area, Fire Department training.",
    "fine_range": "not less than established in Schedule A - Fines, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 7.3",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 8.4",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 7.3, s. 7.4, s. 7.5",
    "fine_range": "s. 16.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/whitecourt/open-burning/text-1396c46b09c3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/whitecourt/open-burning/"
}