2011 Vermont Code
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 83 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS, PARKS AND RECREATION
§ 2644 Duties and powers of fire warden

§ 2644. Duties and powers of fire warden

(a) When a forest fire or fire threatening a forest is discovered in his or her town, the warden shall enter upon any premises and take measures for its prompt control and extinguishment. The warden may call upon any person for assistance. He or she may arrest without warrant any person found in the act of violating a provision of law or proclamation pertaining to forest fires.

(b) A warden shall keep a record of his or her acts, the amount of expenses incurred, the number of fires and causes, the areas burned over and the character and amount of damages done in the warden's jurisdiction. Within two weeks after the discovery of such a fire, he or she shall report the same to the commissioner on forms which shall be furnished by him or her, but the making of such report shall not be a charge against the town.

(c) During the danger season and subject to the approval or direction of the commissioner, a warden shall establish a patrol in dangerous localities, and the expense for the same shall be paid as expenses for fighting fires. Wardens shall receive the same pay for time spent in posting notices, patrolling or in making investigations of damages done that they receive for time spent in actual fire fighting. (Added 1977, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), { 1.)