Fire and Emergency Services (Brandon, Rapid City (Oakview) Rivers/Daly, & Shilo) will only be accepting Municipal Burning Notifications from Municipal Offices. In the event that the department receives a request to burn from a resident they are to be advised that they are to contact their Municipal Office.
The Municipal Office will contact Fire & Emergency Services and Provincial 911 directly with the appropriate information.
Please remember that any controlled burn is required to be reported to the Municipality before the burn occurs with the following information:
Date of Ignition
Start and End time of Burn
Legal Address
Civic Address
Property Owner Name & Site Supervisor
THE RM OF ELTON IS CURRENTLY UNDER A LEVEL 1 FIRE RATING
Nuisance Burning
Open Air Fires
Bonfire / Barbecues
Yard Waste Burning
Yard Waste Burning
RESTRICTED
Elton Rural
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Douglas
No
No
Yes
No
Yes*
Forrest
No
No
Yes
No
Yes*
Justice
No
No
Yes
No
Yes*
* In a contained fire pit only.
LEVEL 1 -Contained Fires and Open Air Fires are allowed. Any person who wishes to have an open air fire must contact the RM office before ignition.
LEVEL 2 -Only contained fire are allowed. NO OPEN AIR FIRES.
Elton would like to remind everyone of the following items: • Financial Plan Public Hearing & Annual Ratepayers meeting will take place at 7:00 pm on April 23, 2024 at the Elton Community Center. Everyone is welcome to attend. • Spring Clean-up Week - Roll of Garbage Bins will be placed at Douglas and Forrest Waste Transfer Sites for any large garbage items that cannot be placed in the regular household waste bins from April 26 through May 6, 2024. • Friday, April 26, 2024 the Municipal Office will be closed for Staff Professional Development • Water Bills are due on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
