Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 1565 - ILLINOIS PRESCRIBED BURNING ACT › Section 1565.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means the Illinois Prescribed Burning Act [525 ILCS 37
				].
"Apprentice Prescribed Burn Manager" is a person at a
				prescribed burn that has successfully completed the training classes described
				under Section
				1565.20(b)(1),
				participated in prescribed burns as described in Section
				1565.20(b)(2),
				has been accepted by a certified prescribed burn manager as the apprentice
				prescribed burn manager for the prescribed burn, and is assuming the functions
				of a certified prescribed burn manager during the prescribed burn under the
				direct supervision of a certified prescribed burn manager as a training
				requirement pursuant to Section
				1565.20(b)(3).
"Burn Personnel" means any paid person or volunteer involved in
				conducting prescribed burning under the Act.
"Burn Prescription" means a written plan for conducting a
				prescribed burn.
"Central Dispatching Agency" is an agency that provides
				dispatching services for a number of emergency agencies (fire, law enforcement
				or ambulance) in a defined geographic area.
"Certificate" is a written certificate and number issued by the
				Department identifying a person as a certified prescribed burn manager and is
				considered a license subject to revocation proceedings described in Subpart C
				of 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530 (Revocation Procedures for Conservation
				Offenses).
"Certified Prescribed Burn Manager" is an individual who
				conducts the activities described in Section
				1565.20(a),
				and successfully completes an approved training program and receives proper
				certification as described in Section
				1565.20(b)
				through (f).
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Natural
				Resources.
"Director" means the Director of the Department.
"Escaped Fire" means any fire that goes beyond the area
				described in the burn prescription and requires outside resources to contain or
				that burns onto adjoining landowner's land not included in the burn
				prescription.
"Incident Commander", "Incident Command Authority" and "Unified
				Command" are terms defined by the National Inter-agency Incident Management
				System (NIIMS) and are used in this Part to describe the person or persons
				directly responsible for control and suppression of a prescribed burn or an
				escaped fire resulting from a prescribed burn.
"Landowner" includes the owner, owning agency or other legal
				entity owning a parcel of land where a prescribed burn is executed or is
				proposed to be executed, their designated agent or land manager.
"NIIMS" means the National Inter-agency Incident Management
				System administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
"Prescribed Burn Manager Certification Board" or "Board" is a
				Board of six representatives whose job responsibilities include natural areas
				stewardship, wildlife habitat management or forest management and who have
				experience with prescribed burn management or incident command. The Board shall
				be made up of four representatives designated by the Director (including one
				representative who is not employed by the State of Illinois), one
				representative designated by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and one
				representative designated by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
"Prescribed Burn Report" is the written report and evaluation
				of a prescribed burn, including the information required in Section
				1565.60(c)
				that is prepared and signed by the certified prescribed burn manager after a
				prescribed burn is completed.
"Prescribed Burning" is the planned application of fire to
				naturally occurring vegetative fuels, under specified environmental conditions
				and following appropriate precautionary measures, that causes the fire to be
				confined to a predetermined area and accomplishes the planned land management
				objectives.