Oak Bay Fire Department 
1703 Monterey Avenue, Oak Bay B.C. V8R 5V6 (250) 592-9121 
Email:  obfire@oakbay.ca       Fax:  (250) 598-2749

News Release

Date: September 12, 2016                                                        OBFD file # 2016-23
For Immediate Release:

Weekly Media Release for the period of Monday, September 5, 2016 to Sunday, September 11, 2016.  Over the past week, Oak Bay Fire Department members responded to 23 calls for assistance.
These calls for assistance included:

  14 – Medical Aid.
    4 – Residential / Commercial Alarm Bells.
    2 – Public Assistance.
    1 – Burning Complaint
    1 – Odour Smell Unknown
    1 – Electrical Wires Down

ARE PROPANE AND NATURAL GAS OUTDOOR FIRES ALLOWED IN OAK BAY?

Oak Bay Bylaw 3803, Section 45 States:

No person shall light, ignite or maintain any fire, or permit or cause any fire to be lit, ignited or maintained in the open air or otherwise outside of a building.

Oak Bay Bylaw 3803, Section 46.2 States:

For the purpose of Section 45 “fire” does not include:

1. A fire solely by natural gas or propane, lit, ignited and maintained within a structure on private land, subject to compliance with the Gas Safety Regulation under the Safety Standards Act.
2. A fire fuelled solely by charcoal briquettes, lit, ignited and maintained solely for the cooking of food, on private land and contained within a structure that has been specifically designed for that purpose.
3. A fire fuelled solely by propane, natural gas or charcoal briquettes, lit, ignited and maintained solely for the cooking of food, on private land and contained within a portable appliance or device that has been specifically designed for that purpose.
4. A fire fuelled solely by propane, natural gas or charcoal briquettes, lit, ignited and maintained solely for the cooking of food, contained within a portable appliance or device that has been specifically designed for that purpose, in a park where ancillary to and specifically referenced in a permit under the Parks and Beaches Bylaw 1996; or, where such appliance or device is of a size and design intended for table top use and is set up on a picnic table which has been placed in a park by the Corporation without such a permit but subject nonetheless to compliance with all applicable provisions of the Parks and Beaches Bylaw.
5. The combustion of a petroleum fuel within an internal combustion engine, or the operation of welding equipment or a hand-held torch for the purpose of construction, maintenance or repair work.

For more information please contact the Fire Prevention Division of the Oak Bay Fire Department 250-592-9121.