Residents in the RM of Dauphin must get a permit before burning fields or grass.
Conditions are considerably dry in the Parkland area and one must be cautious when lighting a fire.
Dauphin Fire Chief, Cam Abrey, notes that wind plays a big factor on whether you should burn in fields or not.
“Your ideal conditions would be having a proper fire guard surrounding the property that you are planning to burn on. If it’s possible to some back burning rather than burning with the wind; where it would carry the flames across the field, but burning from the leeward side rather than the windward side. And again watching the wind conditions; so the less wind we have the better. Keeping an eye on the upcoming conditions because if we have any kind of gusting winds that are expected, we can’t always predict what Mother Nature’s going to push on us.”
Permits are free and can be picked up at the municipal office.
