Illinois Compiled Statutes 425 Fire Safety: Article -

• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 0.01
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Forest Fire Protection District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 1
  As used in this Act: "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources. "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources. "Forest fires" means uncontrolled, wild...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 2
  Whenever the Director determines that geographic areas of contiguous territory within the State are in need of special protection from forest fires, the Director...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 3
  Whenever the Director deems a forest fire hazard to exist in any district he may issue a proclamation declaring it unlawful within the district,...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 4
  The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of district, local and emergency forest fire wardens; provided that local and emergency forest fire wardens...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 6
  The Department shall supervise all forest fire wardens, shall instruct them in their duties, shall enforce all laws of the State for the prevention...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 7
  It is the duty of each forest fire warden to prevent and extinguish forest fires occurring in the area assigned to him, to assist...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 8
  All employees of the Department, including all forest fire wardens, and all law enforcement officers in the State of Illinois, shall arrest any person...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 9
  While engaged in controlling or extinguishing forest fires, any forest fire warden may enter upon the lands of any person, firm, private or municipal...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 10
  It is unlawful for any person to kindle or authorize any other person to kindle a fire in the open air outside the limits...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 11
  Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to relieve the owners or lessees of lands upon which fires may burn or be...
• Illinois Forest Fire Protection District Act. - 425 ILCS 40, Section 12
  No owner or lessee of land upon which fire may burn or be started, nor any person during employment with such owner or lessee,...

Last modified: February 18, 2015