A-18.1, r. 10.1 - Forest Protection Regulation

Section 5 Disposition versions

2013-07-18

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.

O.C. 725-2013, s. 5.