Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 42 - FIRE CONTROL
Section 629-042-1040 - Certified Burn Manager required actions and activities

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 629-042-1040

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) A Certified Burn Manager shall:

(a) Prepare or review a prescribed burn plan prior to ignition of a prescribed burn that they will supervise. The plan shall be prepared in a format approved by the Forester; and

(b) Confirm that the notification required by OAR 629-042-1055(1), to adjacent landowners, has been made, prior to ignition of a prescribed burn that they will supervise; and

(c) Be on site and maintain active supervision of the resources used on any prescribed burn the Certified Burn Manager is supervising during the ignition phase and the initial stages of the mop-up phase.

(2) A Certified Burn Manager shall, when not required to be on site pursuant to (1), be readily available to return to a prescribed burn they are responsible for until:

(a) The prescribed burn has achieved the conditions documented in the prescribed burn plan for transfer of responsibility to another person; or

(b) Giving notice of termination of responsibility as provided in in (3)(b).

(3) A Certified Burn Manager shall give notification to the District of:

(a) Their assumption of responsibility for a prescribed burn; and

(b) Their termination of responsibility for a prescribed burn.

(4) The notifications of the Certified Burn Manager required in (3)(a) and (b) shall be:

(a) Made by phone to the District that the burn is being conducted in; and

(b) Made prior to ignition assuming responsibility under 3(a) and within 2 hours after termination of responsibility under 3(b).

(5) A Certified Burn Manager shall not permit any dangerous or adverse situation on any prescribed burn for which they have responsibility.

(6) A Certified Burn Manager shall cooperate fully with an investigation undertaken by the Forester pursuant to OAR 629-042-1035(1).

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 526.360

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 526.016 & 526.041

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