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CA Pub Res Code § 4412 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4412.

4412.  “Incinerator” means any device constructed of nonflammable materials for the purpose of burning therein trash, debris, and other flammable materials, excluding those devices regulated by Section 4438 of this code.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4412.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4412.5.

4412.5.  “Campfire” has the same meaning as defined in Section 4103.5.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 3.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4413 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4413.

4413.  “Zone A” includes Mono, Inyo, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial Counties.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 633, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4414 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4414.

4414.  “Zone B” includes any county and portion of any county which is not included in Zone A.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4414.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4414.5.

4414.5.  “Residue” means flammable wood fiber byproducts or waste, including, but not limited to, sawdust, bark, chips, slabs, trimmings, and hogged particles from a sawmill or plant engaged in processing or converting forest products into lumber, shook, ties, poles, posts, veneer, shakes, shingles, and planed or milled products.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1333, Sec. 12.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4415 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4415.

4415.  This chapter does not apply to the setting of fire on lands within any municipal corporation.(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4416 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4416.

4416.  This chapter does not authorize a county firewarden, a firefighter, or a county officer to obligate the state for the payment of any money.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 72. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4417 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4417.

4417.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), a reward of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be paid out of any state funds which are made available to the department for fire protection to any person, other than a regularly paid firefighter, peace officer, or agent or employee of the department, whose information leads to the arrest and conviction, or commitment to a public facility, of any person who willfully and maliciously sets fire to, or who attempts to willfully and maliciously set fire to, any property which is included within any state responsibility area as established under Article 3 (commencing with Section 4125) of Chapter 1.(b) If the fire, or attempt to set a fire, results in death or great bodily injury to anyone, including fire protection personnel, a reward of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be paid.(c) If the fire causes substantial structural damage, an enhanced reward of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall be paid.(d) The reward may be paid on the initiative of the department or upon application by any person qualifying therefor. One reward of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) shall be paid under subdivision (a), or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) under subdivision (b), or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) under subdivision (c), as the case may be, with respect to the same event or series of events involving the same defendant or defendants. If the department determines that more than one person is eligible for a reward arising out of information relating to the same event or series of events, the reward shall be divided among those persons, as determined by the department, taking into consideration the significance of the information contributed by each of those persons. The department may establish a program to preserve the anonymity of any person providing information and may pay a reward under that program.(e) Rewards paid under this section shall be considered an emergency fire suppression and detection expenditure for budgeting purposes.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 15, Sec. 1. Effective May 21, 1993.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4417.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4417.5.

4417.5.  (a) For the purpose of obtaining information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who willfully and maliciously set fire to, or who attempt to willfully and maliciously set fire to, any property which is included within a state responsibility area, as defined in Section 4102, including a hazardous fire area designated by the board pursuant to Section 4252 or by the director pursuant to Section 4253, the department shall, during the fire season, make a toll-free 800 telephone number available for, and establish, a program to protect the anonymity of persons providing that information and to facilitate the identification of persons who are eligible for the payment of rewards authorized pursuant to Section 1547 of the Penal Code and Section 4417.(b) The department may cooperate, and enter into interagency agreements, with other state agencies in carrying out this section, including, but not limited to, the Cal-TIP program of the Department of Fish and Game.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 243, Sec. 2. Effective July 21, 1994.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4418 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions|Section 4418.

4418.  Peace officers designated by the director may expend funds the director deems necessary to purchase evidence and to employ operators to obtain evidence in cases of arson to any property within a state responsibility area as established under Article 3 (commencing with Section 4125) of Chapter 1.Funds expended pursuant to this section shall be repaid to the peace officer making the expenditure upon claims approved by the director and subject to post audit by the Department of Finance. Claims, when approved, shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the support or use of the department.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1090, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4421 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4421.

4421.  A person shall not set fire or cause fire to be set to a forest, brush, or other flammable material that is on land that is not the person’s own land, or under the person’s legal control, without the permission of the owner, lessee, or owner’s agent or lessee of the land.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 73. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4422 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4422.

4422.  A person shall not do either of the following:(a) Willfully or knowingly allow fire to burn uncontrolled on land that the person owns or controls, or to escape to the lands of any person other than that of the owner.(b) Allow any fire kindled or attended by the person to escape from the person’s control or to spread to the land of any person other than from the land from which the fire originated.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 74. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.

4423.  A person shall not burn any brush, stumps, logs, fallen timber, fallows, slash, grass-covered land, brush-covered land, forest-covered land, or other flammable material, in any state responsibility area, area receiving fire protection by the department by contract, or upon federal lands administered by the United States Department of Agriculture or Department of the Interior, unless the person has a written permit from the department or its duly authorized representative or the authorized federal officer on federal lands administered by the United States Department of Agriculture or of the Interior and in strict accordance with the terms of the permit:(a) At any time in Zone A.(b) At any time in Zone B between May 1st and the date the director declares, by proclamation, that the hazardous fire conditions have abated for that year, or at any other time in Zone B during any year when the director has declared, by proclamation, that unusual fire hazard conditions exist in the area.The issuing agency may require the permittee to contact the agency to determine permit suspension status prior to burning.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.1.

4423.1.  (a) Burning under permit by a person on public or private lands, except within incorporated cities, may be suspended, restricted, or otherwise prohibited by proclamation. Any of the following public officers may issue a proclamation, which shall be applicable within their respective jurisdictions:(1) The director or the director’s designee.(2) Any county fire warden with the approval of the director.(3) The federal officers directing activities within California of the United States Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the United States Forest Service.(b) The proclamation may be issued when, in the judgment of the issuing public official, the menace of destruction by fire to life, improved property, or natural resources is, or is forecast to become, extreme due to critical fire weather, fire suppression forces being heavily committed to control fires already burning, acute dryness of the vegetation, or other factors that may cause the rapid spread of fire. A proclamation is effective on issuance or at a time specified therein and shall remain in effect until a proclamation removing the suspension, restriction, or prohibition is issued. The proclamation may be effective for a single day or longer. The proclamation shall declare the conditions that necessitate its issuance, designate the geographic area to which it applies, require that all or specified burning under permit be suspended, restricted, or prohibited until the conditions necessitating the proclamation abate, and identify the public official issuing the proclamation. The proclamation may be in the form of a verbal or audio recorded telephone message, a press release, or a posted order.(c) The proclamation may be issued without complying with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 75. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.2.

4423.2.  (a) Whenever the burning under permit has been suspended , restricted, or prohibited by proclamation pursuant to Section 4423.1, the officer having jurisdiction may issue a restricted temporary burning permit in instances in which the continuation of burning may be essential for reasons of public health, safety, or welfare. The permit may stipulate any special precautions that are required to be followed to reduce the risk of uncontrolled fire originating from the operation.(b)  Violation of the terms of a restricted temporary burning permit is a misdemeanor, and any person upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). No part of the fine shall be suspended. The court may permit the fine prescribed by this section to be paid in installments if the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine in one lump sum.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 6.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.3.

4423.3.  The use of a campfire is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.1, unless specifically restricted or prohibited in that or a subsequent proclamation. If restricted by proclamation, campfires shall be confined to facilities constructed for that purpose within the confines of a campground established, maintained, and open for public use, whether publicly or privately owned.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 7.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.4.

4423.4.  Outdoor smoking is not restricted or prohibited by a proclamation issued pursuant to Section 4423.1, unless specifically restricted or prohibited in that or a subsequent proclamation. If restricted by proclamation, smoking shall be confined to the following:(a) Within motor vehicles while operating or parked on established roads, rest stops, or parking areas cleared of flammable vegetation.(b) Within established campgrounds open to the public.(c) Within an area that is at least three feet or approximately one meter in diameter which has been cleared to mineral soil by removal of all flammable vegetation and duff.The exempted locations may be included within the smoking ban if specifically noticed in the proclamation.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 8.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4423.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4423.5.

4423.5.  Use of open fire or burning under permit within an area closed by proclamation pursuant to the provisions of Section 4423.1, except as provided in Sections 4423.2, 4423.3, and 4423.4, is a misdemeanor and any person upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100). No part of such fine shall be suspended. The court may permit the fine prescribed by this section to be paid in installments if the court determines that the defendant is unable to pay the fine in one lump sum.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1074.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4425.

4425.  Any violation of the terms of a burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423, a restricted temporary burning permit issued pursuant to Section 4423.2, or a campfire permit issued pursuant to Section 4433 renders the permit null and void.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1074.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4426 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4426.

4426.  A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or federal forest officer, unless it can be established that the setting of such backfire was necessary for the purpose of saving life or valuable property.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4427.

4427.  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate any motor, engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate, which is located on or near any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land, without doing both of the following:(a) First clearing away all flammable material, including snags, from the area around such operation for a distance of 10 feet.(b) Maintain one serviceable round point shovel with an overall length of not less than forty-six (46) inches and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation. This section does not apply to portable powersaws and other portable tools powered by a gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 900.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4428.

4428.  No person, except any member of an emergency crew or except the driver or owner of any service vehicle owned or operated by or for, or operated under contract with, a publicly or privately owned utility, which is used in the construction, operation, removal, or repair of the property or facilities of such utility when engaged in emergency operations, shall use or operate any vehicle, machine, tool or equipment powered by an internal combustion engine operated on hydrocarbon fuels, in any industrial operation located on or near any forest, brush, or grass-covered land between April 1 and December 1 of any year, or at any other time when ground litter and vegetation will sustain combustion permitting the spread of fire, without providing and maintaining, for firefighting purposes only, suitable and serviceable tools in the amounts, manner and location prescribed in this section.(a) On any such operation a sealed box of tools shall be located, within the operating area, at a point accessible in the event of fire. This fire toolbox shall contain: one backpack pump-type fire extinguisher filled with water, two axes, two McLeod fire tools, and a sufficient number of shovels so that each employee at the operation can be equipped to fight fire.(b) One or more serviceable chainsaws of three and one-half or more horsepower with a cutting bar 20 inches in length or longer shall be immediately available within the operating area, or, in the alternative, a full set of timber-felling tools shall be located in the fire toolbox, including one crosscut falling saw six feet in length, one double-bit ax with a 36-inch handle, one sledge hammer or maul with a head weight of six, or more, pounds and handle length of 32 inches, or more, and not less than two falling wedges.(c) Each rail speeder and passenger vehicle, used on such operation shall be equipped with one shovel and one ax, and any other vehicle used on the operation shall be equipped with one shovel. Each tractor used in such operation shall be equipped with one shovel.(d) As used in this section:(1) “Vehicle” means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn over any land surface, excepting a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.(2) “Passenger vehicle” means a vehicle which is self-propelled and which is designed for carrying not more than 10 persons including the driver, and which is used or maintained for the transportation of persons, but does not include any motortruck or truck tractor.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 445.)
CA Pub Res Code § 4429 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS|CHAPTER 6 - Prohibited Activities|ARTICLE 2 - Prohibited Activities|Section 4429.

4429.  During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, at any camp maintained in such area for the residence of employees, or at any local headquarters in such area of any industrial, agricultural, or other operations on or near any forest-covered land or brush-covered land, there shall be provided and maintained at all times, in a specific location, for firefighting purposes only, a sufficient supply of serviceable tools to equip 50 percent of the able-bodied, personnel, resident of such camp, or working out of such headquarters, for fighting fires. Among these tools shall be included shovels, axes, saws, backpack pumps, and scraping tools. With such tools there shall also be one serviceable headlight adaptable for attachment to at least one-half of the tractor-bulldozers used on the operation, and a sufficient number of canteens and flashlights to equip a third of the able-bodied personnel.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1171.)