Regulations - Forest Practices Code of BC Act

FOREST FIRE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION REGULATION

Schedule 1

FOREST FIRE RISK CLASSIFICATION

(section 10)

1. The activities of industrial operations have the risk classifications assigned to them in Table 1.

2. If an industrial operation includes more than one component activity, each activity is subject to this regulation.

3. An activity not specifically listed in Table 1 is deemed to be risk classification A.

Table 1 - Risk Classification by Activity

Risk Classification A (High)	Risk Classification B (Moderate)	Risk Classification C (Low)
Blasting Bucking - power saw Bucking - tree processor Log barking Log skidding - ground system Log yarding - cable logging Metal cutting, grinding or welding Rail grinding Road right of way grass mowing Sawmilling Silviculture - using small engines Silviculture - using large engines Trail building - using small engines Tree felling Wood chipping Wood processing	Bucking - at landing Firewood cutting Land clearing Log forwarding Log yarding - helicopter Mining exploration Right of way clearing or maintenance Trenching	Bitumen processing - portable plant Bridge building Drilling Equipment transportation Excavating Fencing Gas or oil well operation Gravel processing, loading and hauling Guiding, packing or trapping Log sorting or reloading Log hauling Log loading Log scaling Log dumping Mining operations Pipeline construction Plant harvesting Power line construction Prospecting Quarrying Railway construction or maintenance Ranch operation Road construction or maintenance Silviculture - using hand tools Surveying or engineering Timber cruising Tourist resort operation Trail building - using hand tools