Asthma is a big problem in my family. Smoky fires should not be in backyards.

is fire smoke not like cigarette smoke?

We need to ban.

N2E 2R6 These backyard fires need to be banned. Go camping like people used to do!

Victoria Park

Forest Hill These fires are a health hazard.

Why were these fires ever allowed in the first place? Campfires need to go camping.

I would agree to a permit system like Cambridge for family events.

N2N3B6 We have been 'smoking' long enough and we don't smoke cigarettes. Ban these health hazards.

Public health needs to be safeguarded. Smoke is a health hazard.

N2H 3J8 My apartment building does not have air conditioning. I often have to close my windows due to smoke from these fires.

I'm here for the school year. The smoke does not smell like it's good for anyone.

N2H 2H2 It's about time that health of Kitchener residents becomes a priority.

Alpine Village Kitchener needs to start acting like a city not a campground.

N2H 2H2

n2e 3v8 it's scary to think about what we are breathing. so many kids at my school have asthma.

N2N 3N3 I was disgusted by what I heard about the council meetings where firepits were discussed. Waterloo and Cambridge got it right.

Campfires should have never been allowed in Kitchener backyards.

N2H 1E1

Clean as a campground?

N2B 2R4 Kitchener should ban. Any kind of smoke is not good for us. Waterloo just banned. Cambridge banned from small backyards long ago.

all smoke stinks.

Forest Hill No one in our family smokes. What are the longterm health effects of regularly having to breathe in the smoke from these firepits that neighbours keep having?

N2M 2E6 why is it fine to fill the air in neighbourhoods with polluting smoke?

N2N 3N2 Why was the setback in Waterloo 10mwhen it's only 5m? We need some answers.

I favour a ban for Kitchener

H2H 3J8 Pollution is a health hazard and the wood smoke is a part of our local pollution problem.

H2H 3J8 Many apartments do not have air conditioning.

N2V3V8 a permit system like the one in Cambridge for community events might work.

Most people don't smoke cigarettes. Why should all neighbours be exposed to smoke from backyard campfires. It's a health hazard.

N2H 4W1 These backyard fires should have never been permitted. What are the long-term health dangers?

Victoria Park Ban the bonfires. Start acting like a city instead of a campground like everyone else.

What damage is this smoke doing to the health of young children? Who can give us some figures on this? Every second kid has a puffer.

N2M 2A2 People die of asthma, heart attacks, cancer. Smoke is a health hazard. We need answers why this is only allowed in Kitchener.

Sunrise Plaza Why were smoky fires in backyards ever a good idea? We need them gone.

Maybe Public Health can say if it's only 22,000 people in Kitchener with asthma alone.

N2M 3N9 Why are these fires allowed so close to houses? Waterloo banned them and they had the 10 m setback

stanley park I would like to see a ban.

N2A 1W8

N2A 1W8

N2N 2R2 No one in my family smokes. Secondhand firepit smoke is a health hazard to everyone who can smell it. This pollution needs to stop.

N2N 2R2 I agree with a ban.