Can I burn today in Seguin?
Seguin’s by-law does not set out what each fire danger rating allows, so this page cannot tell you whether today is a burning day. Today’s rating is beside this, and the fire hall below has the answer.
- Air quality (AQHI)
- 2 · Low risk
- Measured at
- Parry Sound
- Observed
- 3:00 AM EDT Thursday 10 September 2026 · rating measured at the centre of Parry Sound District, which covers a wide area
A rating is not permission. Seguin requires a permit, and a fire ban can be declared at any time. Seguin Fire Services decides — not this page.
Date range specified by applicant and approved by Seguin Fire Services (form requests "approval for the following dates:__________ to ______________"); no standard validity period published
Check the current fire rating at seguin.ca/fire-services/current-fire-rating.
Download and complete the fillable Fire Permit Application PDF.
Email the completed application to fire@seguin.ca.
Await signed approval from Seguin Fire Services; the permit is issued only if the Fire Chief is satisfied the fire can be started, tended and extinguished safely (s. 4.1).
Keep the fire permit and all conditions at the burning site at all times.
Supervise the fire at all times; no burning in high winds; call 911 for an uncontrolled burn.
Permit required — daytime outdoor fire (s. 3.1)
No Person shall start or maintain a Daytime Outdoor Fire at any time during the calendar year unless the Person has a permit issued under Section 4.1
Permit issuance (s. 4.1)
The Fire Chief may issue a Person a fire permit, as provided for in Section 3 of this By-law if the Fire Chief is satisfied that the fire can be started, tended, and extinguished safely
Daytime outdoor fire — permitted hours (s. 1.1.5)
ignited and maintained between two (2) hours after sunrise and two (2) hours before sunset
Evening outdoor fire — permitted hours (s. 1.1.4)
ignited during the hours of two (2) hours before sunset until 2 hours after sunrise the following day
Extreme Fire Hazard prohibition (s. 2.8.2)
No Person shall start or maintain any Open Air Fire during a period of Extreme Fire Hazard
Setback from flammable materials (s. 2.9)
No Person shall start or maintain an Open Air Fire within two (2) meters of any flammable materials including any flammable materials intended to be stored and used as fuel for such Open Air Fire.
Campfire definition (s. 1.1.2)
confined to a single pile of material that is less than one (1) meter in diameter
Repeal (s. 8.1)
By-law No.2020-058 and all other By-laws and Resolutions...relating to prescribing times for setting fires, precautions to be observed and penalties for contraventions be and the same are hereby repealed
Wind condition on permit form
No burning in high winds!!
A live readout of air quality, wind and fire danger for Seguin — free, for any municipality, customer or not. See it and get the link.
By-laws change. This page summarises public documents and is not legal advice or permission to burn — Seguin Fire Services decides.