{"id":61035,"date":"2023-05-31T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T20:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=61035"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T17:44:46","slug":"northeast-northwest-ontario-under-restricted-fire-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/31\/northeast-northwest-ontario-under-restricted-fire-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast &#038; Northwest Ontario under Restricted Fire Zone (00:01 June 1, 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61036\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NortheastRFZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NortheastRFZ.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NortheastRFZ-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61037\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NWRegionRFZ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NWRegionRFZ.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/NWRegionRFZ-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Effective as of 0:01 June 1, 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A Restricted Fire Zone (<abbr>RFZ<\/abbr>) is an order made by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, under the <cite>Forest Fires Prevention Act<\/cite> restricting the use of open fires in a specific area of the province. It is a temporary measure put in place to prevent human-caused fires when the fire hazard is extreme or when firefighting resources are limited.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By law, you <strong>cannot<\/strong> have an outdoor fire in a <abbr title=\"Restricted Fire Zone\">RFZ<\/abbr>, except in accordance with a permit or unless specific conditions have been met under the <cite>Forest Fires Prevention Act<\/cite> and <cite>Outdoor Fires Regulation 207\/96<\/cite>. This includes all burning, including grass, debris and campfires, even when using an outdoor fire grate, fireplace, or fire pit. Please contact your local Fire Management Headquarters for more information.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/86e31345-88cb-4e07-bae4-272d394c2a47\/injectedPasswordless.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/86e31345-88cb-4e07-bae4-272d394c2a47\/injectedPasswordless.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"moz-extension:\/\/86e31345-88cb-4e07-bae4-272d394c2a47\/injectedPasswordless.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Effective as of 0:01 June 1, 2023 A Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) is an order made by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, under the Forest Fires Prevention Act restricting the use of open fires in a specific area of the province. It is a temporary measure put in place to prevent human-caused &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3338,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forest-fire-updates","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 18:18:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61043,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035\/revisions\/61043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}