Wildfire Act ([SBC 2004] Chapter 31).

The present Act lays down provisions relating to wildfires in the province of British Columbia. Section 2 establishes that a person, who sees an open fire that is burning in forest land or grass land or within 1 km of forest land or grass land and that appears to be burning unattended or uncontrolled must immediately report the fire a) to an official employed in the ministry, b) to a peace officer, or c) by calling a fire emergency response telephone number. The text consists of 104 sections divided into 8 Parts as follows: Forest and range protection requirements (1); Authority of government for fire prevention and fire control (2); Administrative remedies and cost recovery (3); Offences, court orders and proceedings (4); General (5); Forest Practice Board (6); Regulations (7); Repealed (8).