The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
004
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FOREST FIRES AND FIRE PREVENTION
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 2644)
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§ 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 town forest fire warden shall enter upon any premises and take measures for its
prompt control, suppression, and extinguishment. The town forest fire warden may call
upon any person for assistance. The town forest fire warden may choose to share or
delegate command authority to a chief engineer of a responding fire department or,
in the chief’s absence, the highest ranking assistant firefighter present during the
fire.
(b) A town forest fire warden shall keep a record of his or her acts, 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 extinguishment of a fire, the
town forest fire warden shall report the fire to the Commissioner, but the making
of a report under this subsection shall not be a charge against the town.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 1977, No. 253 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2015, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)