Fire Protection
INSURANCE COVERAGE:
Property owners are responsible for paying the cost of fighting fires on their property. Check with your insurance agent to determine if your fire insurance policy covers the cost of fighting fires. It is possible to obtain an endorsement with an additional premium to provide coverage to reimburse you for any costs incurred in fighting a fire. Grass and brush fires generate substantial fire fighting costs (invoices of $100,000 have occurred in the past) and are usually caused by carelessness.
CONTROLLED BURN:
It is very important to understand that Burn Permit is required. A penalty may be applied if a Permit is not obtained from the RM of Meadow Lake in accordance with the Bylaws of the RM of Meadow Lake.
Any landowner planning to have a controlled burn on their property should contact the Municipal office.
Before commencement of a controlled burn all permittees need to call the P. A. 911 Services number 1-866-404-4911
If you are within Saskatchewan Environment response area you must contact either the Dorintosh Cache at 236-7696 for the Big River Cache at 469-2500.
All landowners located in the RM of Meadow Lake burn area must receive their yearly burn permit. March 31 to following year.
Landowners are reminded it is unwise to burn in very windy, dry weather and always provide extensive fire guarding before a controlled burn. Failure to do so is a contravention of The Prairie and Forest Fires Act. If a controlled burn has not been reported, the landowner may find himself facing a substantial fire bill if a well-meaning passerby calls in a fire report.