Step 2: Safe Burning

• Prior to burning, you must check The Alberta Fire Bans Website, Lethbridge County Website, County App, or call (403)328-5525 to check the burn status in your area.

  Burning Agricultural Land

  If you are burning Agricultural lands (range/pasture, swaths or stubble), the Agricultural Manager must be contacted 48 hours in advance of the burn.

  Call: (403) 328-5525

• Burn 25 meters (82 feet) away from any building, structure, property line, tree, hedge, fence, roadway, overhead wire or other combustible articles.
• Do not cause discomfort to other people.
• Have your burn permit on hand and ready for proof of permit during the burn.

Online Burn Permit Application

• Good for seven (7) days from the date of issue.
• Revocable at any time by Lethbridge County Fire Services, or by the authority having jurisdiction.
• Must be on hand at all times during the burn.
• You MUST call (403) 327-3462 prior to burning