{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000112",
 "municipality": "Prince George",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://princegeorge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Protection and Emergency Response Bylaw No. 8272, 2013",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2023-04/BL8272_BYLAW-ADOPTED.PDF",
   "summary": "Governs fire protection services and emergency response operations in Prince George.",
   "capture_sha256": "d71a9c03fa5441585cc673c38dcf8500724a0202b506ab959e00acdfe7666182",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-12T02:48:21+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d71a9c03fa5441585cc673c38dcf8500724a0202b506ab959e00acdfe7666182.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Allowed if authorized under Clean Air Bylaw No. 8266 or by burning permit from Fire Chief; must comply with Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation, BC Reg. 145/93.",
    "fine_range": "$500.00 ticket; not more than $10,000.00 and not less than $500.00 upon conviction"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 10.5: \"no Open Burning shall take place In City of Prince George\"",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 10.7: \"The Fire Chief may issue a burning permit\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 10.5; s. 10.7",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"B\" s. 10.5 ($500.00); s. 25.1 (\"not more than $10,000.00\")"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/prince-george/open-burning/text-d71a9c03fa54/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/prince-george/open-burning/"
}