CODE OF VIRGINIA

DUTY IN CASE OF FIRES AND PAYMENT OF COSTS OF SUPPRESSION (§ 10.1-1137)

When any forest warden sees or receives a report of a forest fire, he shall
proceed immediately to the scene of the fire and employ such persons and means
as in his judgment are expedient and necessary to extinguish the fire, within
the limits of the expense he has been authorized to incur in his instructions
from the State Forester. He shall keep an itemized account of all expenses
incurred and immediately send the account verified by affidavit to the State
Forester.Upon approval by the State Forester the account shall be paid from the
Forestry Operations Fund.No such payment shall be made to any person who has
maliciously started the fire or to any person whose negligence caused or
contributed to the setting of the fire.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 10-57; 1964, c. 79; 1986, cc. 188, 567; 1988, c. 891.