Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 165 - OREGON FOREST LAND PROTECTION FUND
Section 629-165-0000 - Definitions

(1) "Administrator" means a staff member of the State Forestry Department designated by the State Forester to act as secretary of the committee and to carry out the provisions of ORS 477.440 to 477.460 in such manner as the committee shall direct.

(2) "Committee" means the Emergency Fire Cost Committee established pursuant to ORS 477.440.

(3) "District" means a forest protection district pursuant to ORS 477.225.

(4) "Emergency fire" means a fire that due to the specific circumstances of the fire, requires more suppression resources to control and extinguish than the district can reasonably provide within the approved district budget, based on declared fire season resource levels, whether or not the fire occurs during a declared fire season (see also OAR 629-165-0005).

(5) "Emergency fire suppression costs" means those fire suppression costs attributable to an emergency fire that exceed:

(6) "Fiscal year" means the period beginning July 1 of any year and ending June 30 of the next year.

(7) "Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund (OFLPF or the fund)" means that account established in the State Treasury as a trust fund for the purpose of equalizing emergency fire suppression costs and other listed purposes pursuant to ORS 477.750 to 477.775.

(8) "Regular fire suppression costs " means those fire suppression costs which are annually budgeted for and incurred by a forest protection district pursuant to ORS 477.205 to 477.281.