{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003524",
 "municipality": "Hay River",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "open_burning",
 "label": "Open burning & fires",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
 "official_website": "http://www.hayriver.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 2238/PS/24",
   "category": "open_burning",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://hayriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Bylaw-2238-PS-24-Fire-Prevention.pdf",
   "summary": "Fire prevention/suppression bylaw for the Town of Hay River with open-burning provisions: fire permit required for open-air burning (except safe fire pits), backyard fire-pit requirements, bans on domestic incinerators. OCR-confirmed Bylaw No. 2238/PS/24 (current version, formerly 2238/FC/17). URL corrected to the actual current PDF.",
   "capture_sha256": "d62b7fd54d4d78f7f45ef44e1576cd45e9e273205a56ec4d4f845ccf1e7c5036",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d62b7fd54d4d78f7f45ef44e1576cd45e9e273205a56ec4d4f845ccf1e7c5036.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "permit_issuer": "Fire Chief",
    "allowed_conditions": "Fire permit required to light a fire outdoors except safe fire pits when no fire ban; only dry combustible material, no tires/waste oil; active burning 8:30 am-7:00 pm with winds under 10 km/hour; at least 100 feet from fuel/propane tanks",
    "fine_range": "Failure to obtain a fire permit $200.00; burning offences $100.00-$500.00; max $1,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6(a)",
    "permit_issuer": "s. 6(a); s. 2(k)",
    "allowed_conditions": "s. 6(a),(g),(h); s. 7(a)-(b)",
    "fine_range": "Schedule \"C\"; s. 11(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/hay-river/open-burning/text-d62b7fd54d4d/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/hay-river/open-burning/"
}