Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 47 - ENFORCEMENT POLICY
Section 629-047-0010 - Definitions
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 629-047-0010
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The definitions set forth in ORS 477.001shall apply to OAR chapter 629, division 047, unless the context otherwise requires.
(2) The following words and phrases, when used in OAR chapter 629, division 047, shall mean the following unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Authorized Fire Warden" means a person
who has been designated, a Fire Warden -- Class A or a Fire Warden -- Class B,
by the forester after June 9, 1994.
(b) "Bona fide effort" means a good faith
attempt to control or extinguish a fire, considering the communication
facilities available, the tools available, the water available and the mental
and physical condition of the person.
(c) "District Forester" means the person in
charge of a district, including Oregon Department of Forestry district
foresters and forest protection association district managers and district
supervisors.
(d) "Fire Prevention
Citation" means a uniform citation issued pursuant to ORS
477.980 to
477.993 and administrative rules
adopted thereunder. Receipt of a Fire Prevention Citation subjects the violator
to a fine.
(e) "Fire prevention
requirements of ORS Chapter 477" means any of the permit and fire prevention
requirements of:
(A) ORS
477.510,
477.515,
477.535,
477.540,
477.545,
477.550,
477.565,
477.615,
477.625,
477.635,
477.640,
477.645,
477.650,
477.655,
477.660,
477.665,
477.670,
477.695,
477.710,
477.720,
477.740; and
(B) Administrative rules adopted pursuant to
the statutes listed in subsection (a) of this section; and
(C) Written orders of the forester issued
pursuant to the statutes and administrative rules described in subsections (A)
and (B) of this section.
(f) "Fire Prevention Warning" means written
notice issued to a violator pursuant to OAR chapter 629, division 047. Receipt
of a Fire Prevention Warning requires the violator to pay no fine.
(g) "Fire service agency" means fire
suppression resources of, or contracted by, the Oregon Department of Forestry,
a forest protective association, the U.S. Department of Interior, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, a rangeland fire protection association, a rural
fire protection district, a city fire department or a private fire
department.
(h) "Serious violation"
means a violation that results in a fire which proximately causes human injury,
loss of human life, or causes property damage of $10,000 or more.
(i) "Violation" means the circumstance which
exists any time a violator fails to comply with the fire prevention
requirements of ORS Chapter 477.
(j) "Violator" means the corporation,
operator or person subject to ORS Chapter 477 which is responsible for a
violation of the fire prevention requirements of ORS Chapter 477.
(k) "Written order" means a written
requirement, from the forester, for a specified practice.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 477.980
Stats. Implemented: ORS 477.980 - ORS 477.993
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