The Bracebridge Fire Department

The Fire Department, with its 40 volunteers, is under the "administration umbrella". The staff consists of a full-time Fire Chief, a part-time Deputy Chief, a full-time Fire Prevention Officer and a full-time administration department. The firefighters are all volunteers who spend countless hours training, responding to an ever-increasing number of calls for assistance and going out into the community to pass-on fire prevention information. Each year the Firefighters Association holds fund-raising events to raise money for specialized equipment and the new Bracebridge Volunteer Firefighters Heritage Museum. For more information, contact Fire Chief Murray Medley or Deputy Chief Paul Duff at (705) 645-8258, (office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday) or go to our website at www.bracebridgefire.com.

THINKING OF BURNING OUTDOORS . . . . OPEN AIR BURNING Under the Fire Protection and Prevention Act of Ontario, Open Air Burning in the Municipality of the Town of Bracebridge between April 1 and October 31 will be a violation of the Ontario Fire Code. Open air burning shall not be permitted unless such burning consists of a small, confined fire, supervised at all times and used for cooking food on a grill or a small barbecue or personal warmth. When there is a total fire ban in the Municipality of the Town of Bracebridge, no burning of any kind will be permitted. For more information on our Open Air Burning By-law, please call the Town of Bracebridge By-law Department at (705) 645-5264.