The present Act governs the handling of forest fires on public land. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may enter into agreements with Canada, a Province or a person for the protection of forests from fire (sect. 3). Section 16 establishes when a fire starts from any cause on forest land, the owner or operator shall take immediate action to combat the fire and shall inform the nearest conservation officer or forest service officer without delay. The text – consisting of 27 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: definitions, application, agreements in respect of forest fires, fire season, smoking and burning on forest land, damage to property, fires for purpose of training, fire hazard, operation of industrial plants, work permits, fire on forest land, forest fire equipment, forest fire awareness week.
Canada · 2014-12-30