{"id":53243,"date":"2025-03-23T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=53243"},"modified":"2025-03-23T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T10:11:00","slug":"hrm-launches-new-online-tool-before-you-burn-to-check-for-daily-burn-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=53243","title":{"rendered":"HRM launches new online tool, Before You Burn, to check for daily burn restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HALIFAX:<\/strong> The Halifax Regional Municipality has launched Before You Burn, a new online tool that provides residents and visitors with up-to-date information on whether burning is allowed in the Halifax region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting an open-air fire, check <a href=\"https:\/\/beforeyouburn.halifax.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before You Burn<\/a> to stay informed and ensure compliance with municipal and provincial regulations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WHY BYB?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No more guesswork \u2013 this tool is specific to your civic address.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quick visual access to the burn status for the municipality (open, restricted, ban, etc.).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More detail including the Halifax-specific fire risk index.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detailed descriptions of all burning types (campfires, brush burning, etc.).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;6&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both the Province of Nova Scotia and the municipality have burning restrictions in effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/beforeyouburn.halifax.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before You Burn<\/a> tool displays the burning restrictions in effect across the municipality by comparing municipal by-laws and provincial legislation with live data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/burnsafe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">provincial fire restrictions webpage<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/beforeyouburn.halifax.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beforeyouburn.halifax.ca<\/a> to see if burning is allowed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wildfire risk season and safe burning practices<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wildfire risk season in Nova Scotia runs from March 15 to Oct. 15, during which additional burning restrictions are in place. To protect our communities and prevent wildfires, always check <a href=\"https:\/\/beforeyouburn.halifax.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Before You Burn<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;148&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If burning is permitted, follow these safety guidelines:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always check the daily burn restrictions before starting a fire to ensure it&#8217;s safe and allowed.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Never leave your fire unattended &#8211; unattended fires can spread quickly and become dangerous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completely extinguish your fire &#8211; douse it with water, stir the ashes and repeat until everything is cool to the touch.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on municipal fire restrictions, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halifax.ca\/safety-security\/fire-emergency\/fire-prevention-safety\/open-air-burning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">halifax.ca\/safety-security\/fire-emergency\/fire-prevention-safety\/open-air-burning<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;7&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;235&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;] HALIFAX: The Halifax Regional Municipality has launched Before You Burn, a new online tool that provides residents and visitors with up-to-date information on whether burning is allowed in the Halifax region. Before starting an open-air fire, check Before You Burn to stay informed and ensure compliance with municipal and provincial regulations.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[8010,50,121,156,4046],"class_list":["post-53243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-before-you-burn","tag-halifax","tag-hrm","tag-hrm-fire","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}