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For details on who to contact about smoke nuisance, pollution, and burning within residential areas. |
Fire Permits are required during Restricted and Prohibited Fire Seasons. |
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If you are going to light a fire, what should you do? |
Information about the local fire brigades, urban and rural, within Selwyn District. |
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Fire tips to keep you and your property safe. |
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Rural Fire
The Selwyn District Council is a Rural Fire Authority under the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977. As such, the Council has a statutory obligation to provide for the prevention, detection, suppression and extinction of rural fires in the areas of the District for which the Council is responsible.
Selwyn District
Within Selwyn District there are a number of fire authorities, each responsible for their own areas. Rules and restrictions regarding burning varies depending on which fire-authority has jurisdiction (NZ Fire Service, Department of Conservation, NZ Defence force and Selwyn District Council).
Restrictions on where you can burn and what you can burn are also set out under a number of Environment Canterbury Plans.
Rural Fire Response Agencies
- New Zealand Fire Service
- New Zealand Defence Force
- Selwyn District Fire Authority