Effective at 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, August 15, Revelstoke Fire Rescue Services advises that Special Occasion Fires are once again PERMITTED within the City of Revelstoke, subject to the provisions of Municipal Bylaw 1772, section 5.0, “Open Air Burning”.

The lifting of the Special Occasion Fire Ban is due to current cool and wet weather conditions and coincides with the lifting of the campfire ban by the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Southeast Fire Centre.