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Your Victoria Day Weekend Quick Tip and Resource Guide for Outdoor Burning and Fireworks in Barrie, Midland, and Orillia

The anticipated warmer weather has arrived along with the first long weekend and the unofficialstart of Summer 2018! This coming weekend is a time when families head to open cottages or visit family and friends. Celebrating the end of the cold season is routinely done with outdoor campfires and fireworks.

We hope everyone will enjoy this time while keeping safe and having fun. On that note, we’ve put together some quick tips as well as links to a few resources on regulations for fireworks and bonfires in Barrie, Orillia, and Midland.

Quick Tips: Fireworks

• Do buy your fireworks from dependable sources and follow the instructions on labels
• Do keep fireworks out of reach of children and set them off at a safe distance from viewers
• Do bury your fireworks in a bucket half-filled with sand, or ensure they are securely in the ground before flareup
• Do keep a source of water on hand to diffuse sparklers and fireworks that continue to smoulder
• Don’t lean over fireworks to ignite them; light them from an arm’s length away

Quick Tips: Burning

• Do make sure you can burn in your area and acquire any permits if required
• Do use the proper form of burning set out by your City’s regulations
• Do clear the area of any dry leaves or sticks and move any other burnable items a safe distance away
• Do keep extra wood stacked away from the fire
• Do keep your fire small and contained. Start with small pieces of wood, gradually building up to larger pieces and use another piece of wood to shift fragments around
• Don’t use flammable liquids such as gas to ignite the fire and keep a bucket of water and a fire extinguisher nearby to thoroughly drown the fire when you are finished

Resources

Below are some links for where to find fireworks in your area along with information related to permits, by-laws and regulations:

Barrie

Kaboom Fireworks Barrie www.kaboom.com/Ontario-Barrie-Mapleview.html

City of Barrie Fireworks Regulations

Barrie Open Air Fire Regulations

Barrie Burning By-Laws and Permit Information

Midland

Kaboom Fireworks Midland http://www.kaboom.com/Ontario-Midland-Highway93.html

Midland Fireworks Regulations

Midland Open Air Burning By-Laws

Orillia

Kaboom Fireworks Orillia/Oro-Medonte http://www.kaboom.com/Ontario-OroMedonte-Booth.html

Orillia Fireworks Regulations See Page 4

Orillia Open Air Burning Regulations

Firework Displays

Saturday, May 19

Blue Mountain Village-10:00 pm

Patterson Park, Port McNicoll- $5/car- Dusk

Sunday, May 20

Canada’s Wonderland-10:00 pm (weather permitting)

Ballantrae Community Centre, Stouffville-9:00 PM

Monday, May 21

Ashbridges Bay Park, Toronto-9:45 pm

Nobleton Arena Grounds-Dusk

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