2020 Ohio Revised Code
Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources
Chapter 1503 | Division of Forestry
Section 1503.11 | Forest-Fire Wardens - Duties and Powers.

Effective: September 14, 2016

Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly

Forest-fire wardens shall prevent and extinguish forest fires in the territory over which they have jurisdiction and shall have control and direction of all persons and apparatus while engaged in extinguishing forest fires.

In case of fire threatening any forest or woodland, the wardens having authority in that locality shall attend immediately and use all necessary means to confine and extinguish the fire. Forest-fire wardens or forest-fire investigators may cut trees or other vegetation, destroy fences, plow land, or set backfires to check any fire.

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