--- title: Cache Creek backyard fire and burning rules question: "Can I have a backyard fire or burn yard waste in Cache Creek?" place: Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/cache-creek category: Bylaws, noise and complaints owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Cache Creek sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cache-creek/backyard-fire/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cache-creek/backyard-fire.json" --- # Cache Creek backyard fire and burning rules **Question:** Can I have a backyard fire or burn yard waste in Cache Creek? **Short answer:** In Cache Creek, a campfire (no larger than 0.5 m high and 0.5 m across) needs no permit. Larger Class 2 and Class 3 burning needs an outdoor fire permit from the Village, applied for online during office hours. You have no permit until you get an approval email. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Cache Creek, https://cachecreek.ca) **Cost:** Permit fee not stated on the Village's website. A call-out charge may apply if the Volunteer Fire Department must help put out the fire. **How long:** Applications are not approved until the next business day. **Where:** - Online: Outdoor fire permit form (Village website), https://cachecreek.ca/permits - Phone: Village Office, 250-457-6237 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed on statutory holidays) - In person: Village Office, 1389 Quartz Road, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 ## Key facts - **Backyard campfires:** Campfires need no permit. A campfire is no larger than 0.5 m high and 0.5 m across, with at least 8 litres of water or a hand tool within 20 ft and a defined fuel break free of debris and flammable material. - Source: [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit)](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) - Official wording: "Campfires within Village of Cache Creek Boundaries do not require a permit." … "A Campfire is defined as a fire no larger than 0.5 metres high and 0.5 metres in diameter." … "A campfire must have at least 8 litres of water or a hand tool within 20ft of the campfire at all times." … "A campfire must also have a defined Fuel Break, free of debris and flammable material." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Burning yard waste:** Class 2 and Class 3 burning (as defined by the Province) is allowed outdoors, without an incinerator, with an outdoor fire permit. Any fire larger than a campfire is Class 2 or 3. - Source: [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit)](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) - Official wording: "The holder of a permit is authorized to burn outdoors, without the use of an incinerator" … "This permit is for Class 2 and Class 3 burning as defined by the Province of British Columbia." … "Any fire outside of these definitions is Classified as a Class 2 or Class 3 fire." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Permit:** An outdoor fire permit is needed for Class 2 and 3 burning, applied for on the Village website form during office hours. It is not approved until the next business day, and you have no permit until you get an email saying you are approved. Fee not stated. - Source: [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit)](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) - Official wording: "Permits can only be completed during office hours." … "Applications submitted will not be accepted or approved until the next Business Day." … "If you have not recieved an email stating you are approved to burn, you do not have a permit." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fire bans:** The Fire Chief or designate can cancel all burning permits and restrict permits from being issued. - Source: [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit)](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) - Official wording: "The Fire Chief or designate has the authority to cancel all burning permits and can restrict permits from being issued." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Instead of burning:** Not confirmed. Not found in the official sources that were read. - **Fine:** Not confirmed. The Village's page does not say what the fine is. - **Bylaw:** Bylaw 531 (Fire Dept. Regulations, 1995), shown on the Village Permits page as "Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit". - Source: [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit), Heading](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) - Official wording: "Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit" - Source: [Village of Cache Creek Bylaws List, Bylaws List (1995)](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/BYLAWS%20LIST.pdf?ver=1793894508052) - Official wording: "531 FIRE DEPT. REGULATIONS 1995" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works Under Bylaw 531 (Outdoor Fire Permit), the Village of Cache Creek treats a campfire differently from larger burning. A campfire is a fire no larger than 0.5 m high and 0.5 m across. It needs no permit. It must have at least 8 litres of water or a hand tool within 20 ft, and a defined fuel break free of debris and flammable material. Any fire larger than a campfire is Class 2 or Class 3 burning, as the Province defines them. It needs an outdoor fire permit and may be done outdoors without an incinerator. ## Steps 1. Fill in the outdoor fire permit form on the Village website during office hours. 2. Wait for an approval email. Applications are not approved until the next business day. 3. Burn only after you have the email. Without it, you do not have a permit. ## Good to know - The Fire Chief or designate can cancel all burning permits and stop new ones being issued. - The Village's page does not say whether the campfire exemption applies during a ban, where to check for a current ban, or what the fine is. Phone the Village Office at 250-457-6237 first. - Burning dates or seasons are not stated on the page. ## Official forms and pages - [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit), Village of Cache Creek](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) ## The same question elsewhere - [Backyard fire and burning rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/backyard-fire.md) - [Ashcroft](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/backyard-fire.md) - [Logan Lake](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/logan-lake/backyard-fire.md) - [Lillooet](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/backyard-fire.md) - [Lytton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lytton/backyard-fire.md) - [Kamloops](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/backyard-fire.md) - [Merritt](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/backyard-fire.md) ## Sources - [Permits (Bylaw 531 - Outdoor Fire Permit), Village of Cache Creek](https://cachecreek.ca/permits) (read 2026-11-08) - [Village of Cache Creek Bylaws List (PDF)](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/BYLAWS%20LIST.pdf?ver=1793894508052) (read 2026-11-08) - [Village of Cache Creek home page](https://cachecreek.ca/) (read 2026-11-08) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 2 could not be confirmed. 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