{
 "answer": "Fort St. James, British Columbia has no open burning & fires bylaw on record as of 2026-10-26. Backyard campfires need a free burn permit from the District Office. Campfires must be contained, supervised, with water on hand, fully extinguished before leaving, and not lit when smoke could be a nuisance. No bylaw cited on page. Questions: Fire Dept 250-996-8670.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000038",
 "municipality": "Fort St. James",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.fortstjames.ca",
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   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Department - Burn Permits (District of Fort St. James)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortstjames.ca/services/emergency-services/fire",
   "summary": "Backyard campfires need a free burn permit from the District Office. Campfires must be contained, supervised, with water on hand, fully extinguished before leaving, and not lit when smoke could be a nuisance. No bylaw cited on page. Questions: Fire Dept 250-996-8670.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a1336afffe45f964fb946f519ddc3f01edd9ef74489c4315814adfe2c2e7b47c.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/fort-st-james/open-burning/fire-department-burn-permits/",
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/fort-st-james/open-burning/"
}