{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000743",
 "municipality": "Maple Creek",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Saskatchewan",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-13",
 "official_website": "http://www.maplecreek.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 2018-MC-07",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.maplecreek.ca/public/download/files/336594",
   "summary": "Town of Maple Creek Bylaw 2018-MC-07 respecting fire prevention.",
   "capture_sha256": "c3402a0123f8fa36a4dc0e924737b2234e61990fb83f46793d7e0e06f5f886b7",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-13T16:33:18+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c3402a0123f8fa36a4dc0e924737b2234e61990fb83f46793d7e0e06f5f886b7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Burning allowed 7:00 am–11:00 pm with competent person in charge; contained in approved receptacle with wire mesh screen; charcoal or seasoned wood only; not within 23m of building without permit.",
    "fine_range": "Individual: not more than $5,000.00; corporation: not more than $10,000.00; continuing offence adds same amount per day"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1(c): \"shall not be kindled within 23 m...except by permit...from the Fire Chief\"; s. 2.1(e): \"no person shall start the burning of straw, weeds, grass or fire a stubble field until a permit has been obtained from the Fire Chief\"",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 1(g): \"Permit means the written authority of the Fire Chief issued pursuant to this Bylaw\"",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 2.1(c): \"burning shall be done between 7:00 am and 11:00 p.m. when a competent person shall be constantly in charge\"",
    "fine_range": "s. 27(1)(a)-(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/sk/maple-creek/open-burning/text-c3402a0123f8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/sk/maple-creek/open-burning/"
}