{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003522",
 "municipality": "Fort Smith",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
 "official_website": "http://fortsmith.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Prevention By-law No. 1024",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortsmith.ca/media/600",
   "summary": "Fire prevention bylaw with open-burning provisions: approved fire pits/outdoor fireplaces, Burn Permits required, fireworks prohibited without a permit, under the Fire Prevention Act. OCR-confirmed By-law 1024. URL corrected to the actual PDF (/media/600).",
   "capture_sha256": "bcd57c36a49f35789c327fbe265a89809d690cca4a46f6de789edabc5e57d066",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bcd57c36a49f35789c327fbe265a89809d690cca4a46f6de789edabc5e57d066.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief (Fire/EMS Chief)",
    "allowed_conditions": "Burn Permit required to light a fire outdoors except in Approved Outdoor Cooking Appliance or Approved Fire Pit; only Approved Burning Materials (clean dry seasoned firewood, unpainted lumber, charcoal); no tires; permit cancelled on Partial/Complete Fire Ban",
    "fine_range": "Failure to obtain a Burn Permit $200.00; other burn offences $75.00-$500.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 7(a)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 2(g); s. 7(a)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 7(a); s. 8(a)-(b); s. 7(h)",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/fort-smith/open-burning/text-bcd57c36a49f/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/fort-smith/open-burning/"
}