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2018 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 13 - CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT--PARKS AND RESERVATIONS
Chapter 9 - Forest fire service established
- Section 13:9-1 - Forest fire service established
- Section 13:9-2 - General powers of department
- Section 13:9-3 - Duties of and regulations governing firewardens
- Section 13:9-4 - Material, supplies, equipment and property; purchase and distribution; custodian
- Section 13:9-5 - Expenses of administration of chapter; how paid
- Section 13:9-6 - Divisions, sections and districts
- Section 13:9-7 - State firewarden, supervisors, deputies and other officers and employees; appointment, removal and compensation
- Section 13:9-7.1 - Mandatory training requirements for fire service instructors
- Section 13:9-9 - Emergency help; cooperative or contractual agreements
- Section 13:9-10 - Deputy firewardens; designation
- Section 13:9-12 - Hourly compensation of district firewardens and helpers
- Section 13:9-13 - General powers of state firewarden
- Section 13:9-15 - Enforcement of laws and extinguishment of fires; summoning assistance
- Section 13:9-16 - Obstruction, threat, abuse, assault, injury or interference with firewarden, deputies or assistants
- Section 13:9-17 - Right of trespass to extinguish wildfire; right of entry to inspect
- Section 13:9-19 - Burning waste, vegetation or other materials; permits
- Section 13:9-20 - Burning forest; permit; back fires; liability; recreational or permitted fire; precautions
- Section 13:9-21 - Duty to extinguish fires and notify firewarden
- Section 13:9-22 - Theft, mutilation or destruction of property, equipment or posted notices
- Section 13:9-23 - Accumulations in forests as extraordinary fire hazard and public nuisance
- Section 13:9-24 - Removal of fire hazard and nuisance; penalty
- Section 13:9-25 - Compliance with chapter; civil liability for damages
- Section 13:9-28 - Penalties; payment and disposition
- Section 13:9-29 - Arrests without warrant
- Section 13:9-44.1 - Short title
- Section 13:9-44.2 - Legislative declarations
- Section 13:9-44.3 - Definitions
- Section 13:9-44.4 - Authority to make, conduct or participate in investigation of cause or responsibility for wildfire; cooperation
- Section 13:9-44.5 - Rules and regulations; orders
- Section 13:9-44.6 - Discharge of incendiary device, operation of mechanism which might cause wildfire or machinery without spark arrestor; precautions; presumption on esc
- Section 13:9-44.7 - Throwing or dropping object within forest likely to cause wildfire
- Section 13:9-44.8 - Rights-of-way of railroads; burning and clearance; failure to comply; notice; declaration as public nuisance
- Section 13:9-44.9 - Costs of extinguishment; recovery; action
- Section 13:9-44.10 - Penalties; enforcement
- Section 13:9-44.11 - Short title.
- Section 13:9-44.12 - Findings, declarations relative to prescribed burns.
- Section 13:9-44.13 - Definitions relative to prescribed burns.
- Section 13:9-44.14 - Program for prescribed burning, fees.
- Section 13:9-44.15 - Conducting of prescribed burn; notifications, objections.
- Section 13:9-44.16 - Prescribed burn deemed to be in public interest; immunity from liability.
- Section 13:9-44.17 - Rules, regulations.
- Section 13:9-52 - Drought; closing of forests and suspension or curtailment of open seasons for game and fish; proclamation of commissioner
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