Section 2-12-21. – Collection of fire suppression charges.
§ 2-12-21. Collection of fire suppression charges. (a) In lieu of any civil action that may be brought for the payment to the state or fire company for expenses incurred by a fire chief or senior officer, or authorized forest fire official in attending and suppressing a forest fire, the director of the department of […]
Section 2-12-3. – Lookout stations and appropriations.
§ 2-12-3. Lookout stations and appropriations. (a)(1) For the purpose of protecting the forests from fire, the director of environmental management may expend, within the amount appropriated, a sum sufficient to establish, equip and maintain lookout stations, may purchase or lease necessary land and purchase material, contract for the construction of lookout stations, employ a […]
Section 2-12-19. – Enforcement and prosecutions.
§ 2-12-19. Enforcement and prosecutions. It is the duty of the director of the department of environmental management or his or her duly authorized representative to enforce the provisions of this chapter and chapter 11 of this title and to prosecute any person, firm or corporation who, in his or her opinion, is guilty of […]
Section 2-12-4. – Conferences of fire chiefs and senior officers.
§ 2-12-4. Conferences of fire chiefs and senior officers. The director of environmental management may, from time to time, call together the city or town and district fire chiefs and senior officers of the several cities and towns at places as he or she may designate, for conference and for instruction in methods of forest […]
Section 2-12-20. – Civil liability of dump operator.
§ 2-12-20. Civil liability of dump operator. Every person, firm, corporation or public agency who maintains a dump on owned, rented or leased property is liable in a civil action for the payment to the state or fire company for the expenses incurred by the fire chief or senior officer, or any other authorized forest […]
Section 2-12-5. – Rules and regulations.
§ 2-12-5. Rules and regulations. The director of the department of environmental management may make any rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, that in his or her judgment may be helpful in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and of preventing and suppressing forest fires. History of Section.G.L. 1956, § 2-12-5; P.L. 1970, […]
Section 2-12-6. – Restrictions on open air fires.
§ 2-12-6. Restrictions on open air fires. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall burn any flammable material on or adjacent to forest land without a written permit from the director of the department of environmental management or, his or her authorized representative, on forms prepared and under rules and regulations approved […]
Section 2-12-7. – Exemption of attended fires.
§ 2-12-7. Exemption of attended fires. The provisions of § 2-12-6 do not apply to fires set or maintained in accordance with regulations approved by the director of the department of environmental management or his or her duly authorized representative, or to any act that may be done under authority given to any incorporated fire […]
Section 2-12-8. – Enforcement.
§ 2-12-8. Enforcement. The director of environmental management or any employee of the department authorized by him or her has the powers and is subject to the duties and obligations specified in chapter 7 of title 12 in dealing with any violations of the provisions of chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15 of title […]
Section 2-12-9. – Causing of fires.
§ 2-12-9. Causing of fires. (a) A person shall not: (1) Dispose of a lighted match, cigarette, cigar, ashes or other flaming or glowing substance or any other substance or thing that is likely to ignite a forest, brush, grass or woods fire, or throw or drop from a moving vehicle any of those objects […]