Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 36 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Chapter 36.10 - FIRE MANAGEMENT
Subchapter 36.10.1 - Fire Prevention on Forest Lands
Rule 36.10.133 - FIREWARDEN QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 36.10.133
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) All firewardens may perform the duties prescribed in (3) on private, state, or state-protected federal lands.
(2) To qualify as a firewarden, a person must possess knowledge of wildland fires and be able to prevent, detect, suppress, or investigate wildland fires, and to coordinate, or in any manner facilitate, the furtherance of the fire policy provided for in 76-13-115, MCA.
(3) In addition to the duties prescribed in 76-13-116, MCA, a firewarden is responsible for carrying out the following duties:
(a) perform as a liaison between local,
state, and federal agencies, incident management teams, and suppression forces
as relates to wildland fire;
(b)
coordinate training, prevention, detection, suppression, or mitigation of
wildland fire activities between local, state, and federally recognized
fire-protection agencies; and
(c)
assist in determining the origin and cause of wildland fires and in recovering
wildland fire-suppression costs and, if necessary, assist with the criminal
prosecution of wildland fire-related criminal offenses.
76-13-104, MCA; IMP, 76-13-104, MCA;
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