Regulations in respect of Forest Protection (Y.C.O. 1959/034)

C.O. 1959/034 FOREST PROTECTION ACT Pursuant to the provisions of the Forest Protection Act, the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory is pleased to and doth hereby order as follows: 1. The annexed "Regulations in respect of Forest Protection" are hereby made and established. Dated at Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory, this 6th day of May A.D., 1959. Commissioner of the Yukon REGULATIONS IN RESPECT OF FOREST PROTECTION Issued pursuant to Commissioner's Order No. 1959/034. Dated 5th May, 1959 Short Title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Forest Protection Regulations. Interpretation 2. In these Regulations (a) "camp" means one or more permanent or temporary tents, buildings or other structures or mobile units, together with the tract of land immediately appertaining thereto, established or maintained by a person carrying on industrial operations, and included living quarters and facilities for cooking and eating, repair and maintenance, and storage; (b) "industrial operations" includes land clearing, lumbering, engineering, construction, survey, prospecting and mining operations; (c) "inflammable material" includes trees, timber, brush, slash, grass, vegetation, garbage, debris and things of similar nature; (d) "person" includes a corporation; (e) "spark arrester" means a device so designed that all smoke from the stove, forge, or other container of burning material shall pass through a screen consisting of wire mesh not larger than three by three per square inch of No. 11BWG wire. Application 3. These regulations apply to all camps and to all persons carrying on industrial operations or employed in respect thereof. 4. The Forest Supervisor or a forest officer may, upon receipt of an application in writing thereof, suspend the application of these regulations or any portion thereof where he considers it to be in the public interest to do so. Posting of Regulations 5. Every person carrying on industrial operations shall keep (a) a copy of these regulations, and (b) a copy of the Forest Protection Act or an extract therefrom containing sections 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18, posted at all times in a location where they may conveniently be read by all employees involved in the operation. Camps 6. No inflammable material shall be kept within 30 m of a building, tent, other structure or mobile unit of a camp. (Amended by O.I.C1980/151) 7. Trails in and around a camp leading to latrines and the camp water supply shall be kept free of inflammable material. 8. Flammable fuels and liquids shall be kept in closed contains and shall not be stored within 60 m of a camp. (Amended by O.I.C. 1980/151) 9. The interior of buildings, tents, other structures or mobile units of a camp shall be kept free of inflammable material. 10. Spark arresters shall be installed and maintained in good condition on all stove pipes, chimneys and flues in a camp. 11. All tents in a camp that are equipped with stoves shall, in addition to spark arresters, have fireproof protectors around the stove pipe openings. 12. Metal or asbestos shields shall be placed between the stove and wall where stoves in a building, tent, other structure or mobile unit of a camp are sited within 60cm of a wall. (Amended by O.I.C. 1980/151) 13. Roofs of buildings, tents, other structures and mobile units of camps shall be kept free of all loose tar paper, old boughs and other inflammable material. 14. Each camp shall be equipped with barrels of water and pails, or, handpumps with tanks filled with water, and these shall be sited at points throughout the camp where fire hazard is most likely. 15. Persons maintaining a camp shall ensure that there is, in respect of each camp, a pre-arranged plan of action in case of fire for preventing the fire from spreading. 16. Persons maintaining a camp shall ensure that every employee in the camp is fully cognizant of these regulations, the pertinent provisions of the Forest Protection Act, and the precautions that must be taken when they are in, about, or away from the camp. Fires and Smudges 17. Persons carrying on industrial operations may at a place outside a camp permit a fire to be set out, started or kindled for the purpose of preparing food, but only then if (a) the persons for whom the food is being prepared are required, where practicable, to eat in groups, (b) some responsible person has been designated to prepare the food and to care for and extinguish the fire, and (c) the fire is to be sited in an open area on sand or rocks where water is readily available. 18. Except as provided in section 17, fires and smudges shall not be set out, started or kindled other than in a metal fireproof container. Smoking 19. No person involved in an industrial operation shall, during the fire season, smoke while in a wooded area. 20. Notwithstanding section 19, smoking may be permitted during work-breaks but then only if the persons smoking are seated in groups and are under the supervision of a responsible person designated for that purpose. 21. No tailor-made cigarettes or wooden matches shall be sold by or supplied through camp commissaries to persons involved in industrial operations. Fire Fighting Equipment 22.(1) For the purpose of this Section (a) "bucket" means a fire fighting type of bucket, with a hemispherical bottom and a 10L capacity; (b) "fire pump" means a fire pump equipped with additional equipment as follows: 2 nozzles 1 siamese 2 hose wrenches Tool Kit Fuel container and a supply of suitable fuel and lubricants. (c) "pulaski" means a special fire fighting tool combining an axe and grub hoe; (d) "shovel" means a fire fighting type of shovel having a blade not greater than 20 cm x 25 cm in dimension; (e) "type A fire pump" means a Bluejack, Homelite Model 5P or equivalent; (f) "type B fire pump" means a Wajax Mk. 1, Terry T-7 or equivalent, with capacity of at least 180 L per minute at 690 kPa pressure and 1380 kPa cut-off pressure. (2) Fire fighting equipment shall be carried on all industrial operations during the fire season as follows: OMITTED (3) Each camp shall be considered separately from the industrial operation to which it is related, except that in fulfilling the fire pump and hose requirements the total number of men on the whole operation in all camps shall be used to govern quantities required. (4) All fire fighting equipment, including water barrels, shall be painted with a distinctive red mark and in the siting of tools, pumps and hose these shall be properly boxed, placed in dry storage, and marked "For Fire Protection Purposes ONLY". (Section 22 amended by O.I.C. 1980/151) Provision of Firewood - Campgrounds 23. The Commissioner may provide wood in any public campground maintained by him for the purpose of providing cooking facilities for members of the public using or residing at such campground. (Section 23 added by O.I.C. 1971/254) 24. Any person who: (a) takes away from the public campgrounds any wood or timber provided for the use of the public pursuant to section 23 (b) loads any wood or timber provided by the Commissioner pursuant to section 23 on any vehicle (c) burns or consumes any wood or timber provided by the Commissioner pursuant to section 23 in any place other than the campground in which such wood or timber has been placed by the Commissioner, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to the penalties provided by section 29 of the Ordinance. (Section 24 added by O.I.C. 1971/254)