Sec. 23-35. Fire-fighting crews.
Sec. 23-35. Fire-fighting crews. The State Forest Fire Warden shall equip trained
fire-fighting crews at major department field facilities and maintain them during periods
when forest fires are most likely to occur. Such crews shall be prepared to respond to
requests for assistance when a fire occurs on or endangers either state or private forest
and timber land, or upon call from the United States Forest Service to assist them or
any requesting state in the suppression of forest fires.
(1949 Rev., S. 3475; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 198; P.A. 75-313; P.A. 01-150, S. 5.)
History: 1971 act replaced state park and forest commission with environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 75-313 required maintenance of crews at major field facilities rather than at various state forests, required crews to respond
when fire endangers forest or timber land, having substituted forest or timber land for the less specific "property", where
previously response required for fires which "occur" on state or private land, and required crews to respond upon call
of U.S. Forest Service or a requesting state; P.A. 01-150 deleted obsolete reference to direction and supervision of the
Commissioner of Environmental Protection.