{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003130",
 "municipality": "Bridgewater",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 18 — Fire Protection By-Law",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-09-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-council/town-by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/929-chapter-18-fire-protection/file",
   "summary": "Fire Protection By-law restricting open burning in the Town of Bridgewater; approved September 24 2012.",
   "capture_sha256": "e683b479493290224da4e82cd73645849b8cb078a09570fec66834df344a0bdd",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e683b479493290224da4e82cd73645849b8cb078a09570fec66834df344a0bdd.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief or Fire Inspector (for religious/ceremonial open fires only)",
    "allowed_conditions": "All burning prohibited except cooking food on certified portable barbeque or in grill/fireplace with dry seasoned wood or charcoal; solid-fuel grills not before 11:00am, embers out by 1:00am",
    "fine_range": "$250-$5,000"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3(1)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 3(5)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 3(2); s. 4(1)",
    "fine_range": "s. 7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/bridgewater/open-burning/text-e683b4794932/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/bridgewater/open-burning/"
}