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NH Rev Stat § 227-L:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:3 - Taking Land.

    227-L:3 Taking Land. –||If sites or rights of way necessary for the maintenance and effective operation of forest fire towers, fire trails, or lines cannot be acquired by gift or purchase, the department shall have the right to acquire the same under the power of eminent domain, and the value shall be determined as provided in RSA 227-H:3, II.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 2010, 108:5, eff. July 31, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:4 - Forest Fire Personnel.

    227-L:4 Forest Fire Personnel. –||The commissioner, upon the recommendation of the director, shall appoint such field and office personnel and such other assistants as the state woodland fire control program may warrant.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:5 - Cooperation in Forest Fire Protection.

    227-L:5 Cooperation in Forest Fire Protection. –||I. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and the governor and council, may enter into an agreement with other states, Canadian provinces, or the federal government, or any combination of them, to exchange assistance in the control of forest fires and to train personnel. Any state employee assigned to fire control duties or training programs outside this state under such an agreement shall be deemed to be working within this state for the purposes of compensation and other employee benefits.||II. In this section, the term "employee" means any appointee, volunteer, or auxiliary member of a fire department, legally included within the firefighting forces of this state.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:5-a - Firefighter Services Leave.

    227-L:5-a Firefighter Services Leave. –||I. Any state employee who is a certified volunteer wildland firefighter may, with the authorization of the employee's supervisor, be granted a leave of absence with pay to participate in wildland fire emergencies to include non-wildland fire emergencies in another state or province pursuant to an agreement with the following: The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and the United States federal government. Requests for assistance shall be received and dispatched via the department of natural and cultural resources, division of forests and lands.||II. An employee, under this section, after completing one year in state service, may be entitled to not more than 30 working days in any fiscal year for such duty. Each participating employee shall be paid the employee's regular pay plus overtime. Upon the employee's return, the division of forests and lands shall bill the agency that requested aid for all reimbursable costs incurred pursuant to the terms of the agreement with the Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and/or the United States federal government. The division shall provide reimbursement to the departments for which the firefighter is employed.||III. All funds reimbursed for services provided under this section shall be deposited in the appropriate pay or overtime account of the agency for whom the state employee works.||IV. This section shall not apply to employees of the department of natural and cultural resources.|||Source. 2008, 162:1, eff. June 6, 2008. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:6 - Duties of Personnel.

    227-L:6 Duties of Personnel. –||It shall be the responsibility of such personnel appointed within the provisions of RSA 227-L:4 to carry out duties assigned by the director in enforcing state forest laws and rules; directing and aiding forest fire wardens, deputy forest fire wardens, and other forest fire personnel in the performance of their duties; and performing other duties as may be authorized by law and as directed by the director and the commissioner.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:7 - Forest Fire Warden Appointment.

    227-L:7 Forest Fire Warden Appointment. –||I. The selectmen of towns and the mayors of cities shall, and other citizens may, recommend to the director the names of such persons as may in their estimation be fit to fill the offices of forest fire warden and deputy forest fire warden in their respective towns and cities.||II. After investigation the director shall appoint from the persons so recommended not more than one competent person in each town or city to be the forest fire warden for the town or city, and such deputy forest fire wardens as the director deems necessary. In such towns or cities where the fire chief is not the appointed town or city forest fire warden, the fire chief shall be appointed as deputy forest fire warden. The director may appoint a forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden for 2 or more towns or parts of towns.||III. In unorganized places, upon the recommendation of the forest ranger, the director shall appoint a forest fire warden and one or more deputy forest fire wardens, to have the same powers and the same duties as the town forest fire wardens.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:8 - Special Deputy Forest Fire Wardens.

    227-L:8 Special Deputy Forest Fire Wardens. –||The director may appoint as special deputy forest fire wardens persons in the employ of the department and, upon the recommendation of the forest ranger, such other persons as may be in a position to assist the director in preventing and suppressing fires. The appointees shall have the same powers and duties as the town forest fire wardens, but the powers and duties shall be exercised and performed only in emergencies or in the absence of a regularly appointed forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden or when requested by the director or the director's agent. Appointees shall be allowed for their services such compensation as may be fixed by the commissioner and the director, and such compensation shall be deemed to be an expense of fighting woodland fires and paid by the state.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:9 - Term.

    227-L:9 Term. –||Upon the appointment of a forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden in any town, city or place, the term of office of the forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden previously acting in such capacity shall immediately cease, and the new appointee shall serve for 3 years, or until a successor is appointed as provided in this subdivision. The term of a special deputy forest fire warden shall be 3 years.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:10 - Removal; Vacancy.

    227-L:10 Removal;  Vacancy. –||The director shall have the discretionary power to remove any warden, deputy warden, or special deputy warden from office. Upon the termination in any manner of the term of office of any warden, deputy warden, or special deputy warden, a successor shall be appointed in the manner provided in this subdivision for the appointment of such officers.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:11 - Duties of Forest Fire Wardens and Deputy Wardens.

    227-L:11 Duties of Forest Fire Wardens and Deputy Wardens. –||I. Wardens and deputy wardens, or some agent or agents designated by them, shall:||(a) When directed by the director, patrol the woods in their respective cities, towns or places, warning persons who traverse the woods, campers, hunters, fishermen, and others about lighting and extinguishing fires. They shall post extracts from the fire laws and other notices sent them by the director along the highways, streams, and waters frequented by tourists and others, at campsites and in other public places.||(b) Extinguish all woodland fires occurring in their town, or elsewhere when so directed by the director or the director's authorized agent. Either of them may call such assistance as the person deems necessary to aid in extinguishing the fires, may require the use of vehicles or other equipment and property for that purpose, and may order any road or highway closed to any motor vehicle if it becomes necessary in order to safeguard the proper extinguishing of such fire. Such authority shall not interfere with the authority of chiefs of city fire departments.||(c) Make reports to the forest ranger of the district in which they are located or to the director of the division, at such time and in such form as the director may require.||II. Forest fire wardens and deputy wardens or any agent designated by them may, with the approval of the director, brush-out and make passable old roads and trails useful for the passage of personnel and equipment in case of woodland fires. Expenditures for this purpose shall be shared by the state and town, place or municipality in the same proportion as other prevention expense, except that the state's share under this section shall not exceed $25 to any one town, place, or municipality in any year.||III. If any warden or deputy warden shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform the duties prescribed in this subdivision, the warden or deputy warden shall, upon complaint of the director, be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:12 - Remuneration; Expenses.

    227-L:12 Remuneration;  Expenses. –||I. Wardens and deputy wardens in towns and unorganized places shall be allowed for their services such remuneration as may be fixed by the commissioner and the director. Any regularly paid warden, deputy warden, lookout watcher, or fire patroler may be directed and used by the forest ranger or the director on any state or municipal forestry work or other public work, when in the judgment of the director the safety of woodlands is not endangered by such use.||II. The town forest fire wardens and deputy wardens attending training sessions called by the director under RSA 227-G:3, II(e) shall be paid for their time and expenses in attending such training sessions, within the limits of available funds, such payment to be borne equally by the municipalities represented and the state in the same manner as provided in RSA 227-L:22.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:13 - Public Duties; Penalties.

    227-L:13 Public Duties;  Penalties. –||I. It shall be the duty of any person who discovers a woodland fire not under control or supervision of some person to extinguish it or report it immediately to the warden or deputy warden or other public official. Whoever fails so to do shall be guilty of a violation.||II. Any person who fails to respond to the warden's call for assistance or the use of the person's property, or any person who drives a motor vehicle over a road or highway that has been closed under RSA 227-L:11, I(b), after having been instructed not to do so, shall be guilty of a violation.||III. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II and RSA 227-L:11, I(b) no person authorized to compel assistance by conscription under such authority shall order any person under the age of 18 years or over the age of 45 years (except when such person has voluntarily consented to accept direction and if under the age of 18, has furnished parental consent in writing); or any person having a physical or mental disability or who is otherwise disabled in capability to perform acts of firefighting, to perform any act of firefighting which would subject such person to the possible risk of grievous bodily injury, harm or death, except in a dire emergency, and then only if such act or acts are deemed necessary to protect and preserve public property endangered by fire, or in the case of a national emergency. Notwithstanding this limitation, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a person's ability, if over 18 years of age, to voluntarily consent to perform acts of firefighting so long as the person agrees to accept direction of qualified firefighters and the person accepting consent is authorized by paragraph II and RSA 227-L:11, I(b) to call for such assistance and reasonably believes that the person volunteering understands the personal risk.||IV. Owners of property required by the warden or deputy warden in the extinguishment of a woodland fire shall receive reasonable compensation for their services. In case the warden or deputy warden, and the persons summoned to assist or furnish the use of property, shall fail to agree upon the terms of compensation, the dispute shall be referred to the forest ranger, the director, or the commissioner for settlement, and the decision of the commissioner shall be final.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:14 - Interference with Forest Fire Control Personnel; Penalty.

    227-L:14 Interference with Forest Fire Control Personnel;  Penalty. –||It is unlawful to resist or attempt to resist arrest by any forest fire control personnel authorized to make arrests pursuant to RSA 227-G:7, or to obstruct or attempt to obstruct, or to intimidate or interfere with any such persons in the performance of their duties. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person and guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:15 - Prohibiting Smoking or Kindling of Fires; Penalty.

    227-L:15 Prohibiting Smoking or Kindling of Fires;  Penalty. –||The governor, upon the recommendation of the director, when there is danger of starting fires in the woodlands of the state due to a period of protracted drought or excessive dryness which requires extraordinary precautions, may, with verbal approval of the council, by official proclamation, prohibit smoking in or near woodlands and prohibit the kindling of any open fire in or near woodlands in any or all parts of the state for such time as they may designate. Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of any proclamation issued pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:16 - Trespass upon or Smoking in White Mountain National Forest; Penalty.

    227-L:16 Trespass upon or Smoking in White Mountain National Forest;  Penalty. –||It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon, or to smoke upon, lands of the United States known as the White Mountain National Forest, as now or hereafter constituted, at any time when such entry or smoking shall be forbidden by valid order made for the purpose of protecting such forest from forest fire, pursuant to the laws of the United States. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:18 - Flammable Material; Penalty.

    227-L:18 Flammable Material;  Penalty. –||I. No person, firm, or corporation shall place, drop, or throw any flammable waste material on, near, or adjacent to, a public highway or private way in any place where a fire starting or burning in such waste material is liable to be or may be communicated to woodlands. Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.||II. The department, by notice in writing to both the operator and the owner, may require the removal or disposal of lumber, slash, or other flammable material wherever located when in the judgment of the department such lumber, slash, or flammable material constitutes an unusual hazard endangering other property through the setting or spreading of woodland fires.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:19 - Dropping Lighted Matches, Etc.; Penalty.

    227-L:19 Dropping Lighted Matches, Etc.;  Penalty. –||No person shall drop or throw from any vehicle while the vehicle is upon a public highway or private way, or from any steam, gas, or electric car where the right-of-way is adjacent to woodlands, or drop, throw, or otherwise deposit on or near such woodlands except as permitted by law, any lighted match, cigar, cigarette, live ashes, or any other substance liable to cause a fire. Whoever is found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:20 - Suitable Exhaust Systems on Motorized Equipment; Penalty.

    227-L:20 Suitable Exhaust Systems on Motorized Equipment;  Penalty. –||I. Any motorized vehicle, which does not bear a currently valid state inspection sticker, and other motorized equipment including generators operating in woodlands and which emits exhaust within 4 feet of the ground, shall be equipped with a suitable exhaust system which will inhibit the discharge of sparks and carbon deposits likely to cause fires. Baffled mufflers or spark arresters in good working order, tested and approved by the U.S. Forest Service or the director shall be deemed to meet these requirements. In the case of trucks, pickups, passenger cars, and motor bikes, primarily used for travel over gravel and other mineral soil roads, exhaust systems equivalent to original equipment are suitable. Any car, truck, or other vehicle that has been modified shall be required to have exhaust systems which are tight, have not been shortened excessively, and are directed away from the forest floor, or be equipped with a baffled muffler in good working condition.||II. Any such vehicle or equipment operating in woodlands, which, in the judgment of the director or the director's agent, presents an imminent danger of igniting a woodland fire, may be impounded by the director or the director's agent until equipped with a suitable exhaust system.||III. Any owner or operator who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.||IV. Any person who sells any new equipment or new vehicle covered by the provisions of this section that is not properly equipped shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:21 - Fire Control Payments on Federal Lands.

    227-L:21 Fire Control Payments on Federal Lands. –||I. The expenses lawfully incurred by a forest fire warden or other authorized local fire official in the extinguishment of woodland fires on the White Mountain National Forest or other federal land within the state under a cooperative forest fire protection agreement with the state computed at rates approved in writing by the director and excluding the initial costs of firefighting equipment shall be paid in the first instance by the state.||II. The forest fire warden or other authorized local fire official shall render to the director a statement of expenses incurred in extinguishing woodland fires on the federal lands described in paragraph I, showing in detail the amount and character of the services performed including names, addresses, hours worked, dates, and recommended compensation for persons authorized for fire duty by the fire warden or other authorized local fire official, costs of food and other supplies, operating and repair expenses of motorized equipment, reimbursement costs for lost and damaged pumps, hose, tools, and other fire equipment and such other costs as may be actually incurred on such fire.||III. The director shall review such bills and, upon approval, shall forward them for payment to the state treasurer. The governor shall draw a warrant on the state treasury from money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of such bills. Upon such payment, the director shall prepare and submit to the receiving federal agency appropriate vouchers for reimbursement to the state treasury of such costs paid by the state treasurer under this section.||IV. The director shall also prepare and submit to the receiving federal agency appropriate vouchers for reimbursement of salary and expenses of permanent and temporary employees who remain on the state payroll while on authorized duty on federal lands within the state under a cooperative forest fire protection agreement with the state, the actual cost of food and other supplies, operating and repair costs of motorized equipment, reimbursement for lost or damaged pumps, hose, tools, and other fire equipment and such other costs as actually may be incurred by the state on such cooperative fire assignment.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. 2014, 45:2, eff. July 26, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:23 - State Fire Control Payments.

    227-L:23 State Fire Control Payments. –||I. When, in the opinion of the director, the expenses of fighting woodland fires in municipalities, and other expenses lawfully incurred by wardens and deputy wardens of municipalities in preventing forest fires, shall exceed an amount equal to 1/4 of one percent of the latest equalized locally assessed valuation on such municipality, the state may pay such bills in the first instance.||II. The town forest fire warden shall submit all bills for payment to the director, certifying on the bills that the bills were lawfully incurred and a proper charge.||III. Upon receipt by the director of the bills, the director shall approve the bills and forward them for payment to the state treasurer. The governor shall draw a warrant on the state treasury from money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the payment of the bills.||IV. The director shall thereafter bill the responsible municipality for its proportionate share of fire expenses together with any amounts found by the director to be in excess of the rates established by the commissioner and the director as provided in RSA 227-L:22, I. Upon receipt of the bill the municipality shall reimburse the state for the amount specified.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|