Fire bans and farmers

[makar]

How it works here now if you want to rub two sticks together you have to call in, be interogated, tell them your clearing 50 acres and you get a two day permit.

[makar]

Its in the permit over 12k or so wind put out the fire, cost pipelines plenty, water trucks happy. This in the dead of winter.

[furrowtickler]

I know a rancher near Biggar that lost many miles of fence to that fire , no insurance. Also got a bill from the RM for fighting fire on his land , it was for over $100,000. This could ruin him.
But that’s only one example of many.
Fire bans mean fire bans ..... anyone who is responsible for out of control fires should be liable. Because there is no insurance protection at all for anyone else affected. Also it puts many lives at risk .
Hopefully the situation in the southern half of Western Canada changes soon. I see state or emergencies in Alberta yesterday.

[RD414]

Hey Furrow,no bills sent out as of yet because of Biggar fire. Lots came in, approximately 300,000$, no help from province and last I heard, it was determined to have started on Rm road allowance.

[RD414]

Should also have said to Grass, if a Rm has a fire ban in Saskatchewan, and someone chooses to light a fire anyway,and it gets out of control, you have cancelled your liability by disobeying the fire ban.

[LEP]

In our RM if you burn a slough and don't call the controlled burn line and the Fire Dept. shows up you get a bill.

If there is a fireban, the fire dept automatically responds to every fire and you get a bill. $800 an hour plus foam etc. Can add up quick.

SGI has a catchall rider that covers volunteer firefighting, debris cleanup, some unnamed contents etc. You just pick a $ value for your coverage. Look into it.

[Oliver88]

Hey Furrow,no bills sent out as of yet because of Biggar fire. Lots came in, approximately 300,000$, no help from province and last I heard, it was determined to have started on Rm road allowance.

And here Goodale, Trudeau and McKenna determined climate change to be the cause for that fire. 🙈

[furrowtickler]

Should also have said to Grass, if a Rm has a fire ban in Saskatchewan, and someone chooses to light a fire anyway,and it gets out of control, you have cancelled your liability by disobeying the fire ban.

I sure hope farmers get some help , for *** sakes that’s enough to bankrupt a guy .

[furrowtickler]

And here Goodale, Trudeau and McKenna determined climate change to be the cause for that fire. 🙈

Fukin idiots , it happens every spring , it’s called stupid people