5. Any person who owns or uses in or near a forest a machine, a building or any other installation, must comply with the following safety standards:(1) any motorized or mechanized machinery used in a forest must be equipped with a fire extinguisher in working order and complying with the standards recognized by the Canadian Standards Association or the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada;
(2) any skid plate installed under an engine must be installed so as to allow the removal of combustible matter that could gather there;
(3) any operator working on a motorized or mechanized piece of machinery must remove from it any debris or dirt that could start a fire;
(4) any operator working on a motorized or mechanized piece of machinery must turn off all electrical circuits when it is not in use;
(5) the exhaust system of any engine must be equipped with a muffler with a spark arrester and be in working order;
(6) it is forbidden to smoke or to use an open flame within 15 m from a fuel storage or handling point;
(7) the owner or operator of a motorized or mechanized piece of machinery used in the forest must allow the representative of the forest protection organization to inspect it;
(8) it is forbidden to use in the forest a motorized or mechanized piece of machinery that is a fire hazard;
(9) any building or other installation situated in or near the forest and equipped with a coal or wood stove or with an inside or outside fireplace, must have a stack or pipe equipped in each case with a spark arrester in working order made of metal parts whose openings have a maximum width of 1 cm;
(10) any vegetation within 3 m of the outlet of a stack must be removed;
(11) any fuel and any flammable product of the same nature must be stored in tightly closed containers, outside of dwellings;
(12) all dried vegetation and dead wood must be cleared from the surroundings of a building or installation over a distance of at least 10 m;
(13) any building or other installation must be provided with means for extinguishing and tools for fighting fires at their beginning;
(14) any sawmill in or near the forest must be established where the ground is mineral;
(15) any flammable matter must be removed and the premises kept clear of such matter around a sawmill, its out-buildings, wood piles and debris dumps over a distance of at least 30 m;
(16) a sawmill and its outbuildings must be equipped with fire and spark arresting devices;
(17) from 1 April to 15 November, sawdust, slabwood or other sawmill debris may be burnt only in a burner with metal sides having a stack equipped with a spark arrester in working order, whose openings have a maximum width of 1.5 cm.