{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Vanderhoof, British Columbia, open burning & fires rules are set by Burning Control Regulations Bylaw No. 988, 2005, verified 2026-10-26. A permit is required. Permit issuer: Authorized Person.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000149",
 "municipality": "Vanderhoof",
 "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.vanderhoof.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Burning Control Regulations Bylaw No. 988, 2005",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-06-22",
   "document_url": "https://vanderhoof.civicweb.net/document/73197",
   "summary": "Open-air burning needs a permit from an authorized person (s.2); campfires and small cooking fires exempt (2.03); construction waste only in limited cases; no rubbish, tires, paint or oil; venting index and Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation apply; s.4 land-clearing debris burns need Fire Chief approval.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "96b8469d18b4246b2a473adf3edd416afbf4f6f8ca64d00e4a3f4d56020a5948",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T22:21:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "988",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/96b8469d18b4246b2a473adf3edd416afbf4f6f8ca64d00e4a3f4d56020a5948.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Authorized Person",
    "allowed_conditions": "Campfires and small, confined cooking fires on barbecues/grills do not require a permit; other open air burning requires a permit and must comply with venting index and smoke control regulations."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.02",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 2.02",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 2.03; s. 2.02; s. 2.01"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vanderhoof/open-burning/regulations-988/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vanderhoof bylaws library (CivicWeb)",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://vanderhoof.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/108/",
   "summary": "Index listing Burning Control Bylaw 988, Fire Department Regulation Bylaw 1287 (2025, no burning rules) and Solid Fuel Burning Control Bylaw 1251.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-burning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "5cc27b439683dfbe5b099075f34a697f448602dfd7c62faf693b567438f30316",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "capture_backfilled_from_sibling": true,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5cc27b439683dfbe5b099075f34a697f448602dfd7c62faf693b567438f30316.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vanderhoof/noise/current-bylaws/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/vanderhoof/open-burning/"
}