Current Burning Permissions
Open burning—or burning outdoors—is allowed when the wildfire risk is low and can be a useful tool when conducted responsibly. Open burning includes Category 1 campfire, Category 2, and Category 3 open fire.
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The EMC Evacuee Portal can be installed to your phone as a web app! Once installed, you can subscribe to receive live updates of changes to this portal as push notifications to your phone. That means when we update resources or news here, you will be notified immediately to your subscribed devices.
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PLACEHOLDER INSTRUCTIONS – TO BE UPDATED VISUALLY WHEN GOING LIVE
Step 1
Open Safari on your iPhone and visit https://emcowichan.ca/
Step 2
Tap the “Share” icon in the bottom centre of Safari.
Step 3
Scroll down, find “Add to Home Screen,” and tap it.
Step 4
When the pop-up shows up, hit “Add” or “Done”
Step 5
The app is now on your Home screen.
Step 6
Open the app and select “Subscribe to Notifications”
PLACEHOLDER INSTRUCTIONS – TO BE UPDATED VISUALLY WHEN GOING LIVE
Step 1
Open Google Chrome on your Android device and visit https://emcowichan.ca/
Step 2
Tap the three-dot menu icon (⋮) in the top right corner of the screen.
Step 3
Tap “Add to Home screen” (on some devices, this might say “Install app”).
Step 4
When the pop-up shows up, tap “Add” or “Install”.
Step 5
The app is now on your Home screen.
Step 6
Open the app and select “Subscribe to Notifications”
