Burn Permits for Outdoor Fires | Municipality of Neebing

Outdoor Fires

The official ‘Fire Season’ begins April 1st and runs up to and including October 31st. A Municipal Burn Permit is required during this annual Fire Season for all open air fires in Neebing including campfires, brush fires, and incinerators. There are rules you need to follow in order to have a safe outdoor fire in Neebing.

The Law

Neebing By-Law 540-2001 amended by 562-2002 is a by-law for the regulation of open air burning of materials and governs the issuance of fire permits. Neebing By-Law 829-2009 regulates the burning of noxious materials. Read the information below to determine what you can and cannot burn and how to do so safely.

Rules to burn wood, brush and leaves

ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
burn only a single pile at any one time
ensure the pile is less than two metres in diameter and less than two metres high
keep the fire at least two metres from any flammable materials
have tools or water on hand adequate to contain the fire at the fire site
ensure a responsible person tends the fire until it is extinguished

Rules to burn grass or leaf litter

ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
keep the total area to be burned under one hectare
ensure the flaming edge of the fire does not exceed 30 metres in length
have tools or water on hand adequate to contain the fire at the fire site
ensure a responsible person tends the fire until it is extinguished

Using an incinerator

DO NOT BURN NOXIOUS MATERIALS. Noxious materials include tires, plastics, rubber products, drywall, demolition waste, construction waste, paint, animal organic waste, vegetable waste, food waste, biomedical waste, tar, asphalt products, batteries, pressure-treated wood, creosote-treated wood, painted wood, and wood containing resins and glue. Read Neebing By-Law 829-2009 for more information on the burning of noxious materials.

ignite the fire no sooner than two hours before sunset and extinguish it no later than two hours after sunrise
ensure the incinerator is an enclosed device constructed entirely of non-combustible material
cover the outlet of the incinerator with a screen having a mesh size of not more than 5 millimetres
keep the incinerator at least five metres from any forest area
keep the incinerator at least two metres from any flammable material
ensure a responsible person monitors the fire until it is extinguished

More information on outdoor fire restrictions: https://www.ontario.ca/page/outdoor-fire-restrictions

Source: https://www.ontario.ca/page/outdoor-fire-rules-and-permits#section-0

Please practice fire safety and reduce our risk of forest fires.

Visit the MNR website for Northwest Region fire zone information.

Neebing Burn Permits

Burn Permits are required for all open air burning in Neebing from April 1st to October 31st. Permits are issued for the burning of clean non-noxious material including paper, wood, limbs, leaves, needles, branches, grass, stumps and clean combustible wood products. Note that the Burn Permit portal is only open during the fire season from April 1st to October 31st. It is not open during a fire ban or in the off season.

Please note that all burn permits become suspended if a FIRE BAN or RESTRICTED FIRE ZONE is declared for the Municipality of Neebing. When the Fire Ban or Restricted Fire Zone is lifted, all previously issued burn permits are reinstated and there is no need to reapply.

Click here to open the 2025 Neebing Burning Permit Form