New York Environmental Conservation Law Title 11 - FOREST FIRE CONTROL

• 9-1101 - Proclamation by Governor.
  Whenever the forests of the state are in danger of fire, the Governor by proclamation may (a) prohibit any person or persons from entering forests,...
• 9-1103 - Additional Powers of the Department.
  In addition to the powers provided in section 9-0105 and in connection with the control of fire, the department shall have the power to: 1....
• 9-1105 - General Prohibitions.
  1. The following are prohibited: (a) setting of fires on or near forest land and leaving such fires unattended and unquenched; (b) setting of a...
• 9-1107 - Fire Towns.
  The following towns, including the area within the boundaries of incorporated villages, are hereby designated as "fire towns": All towns in Essex and Hamilton counties;...
• 9-1109 - Fire Protection Areas.
  Facilities for protection against forest fire shall be available as follows: 1. In fire towns. The department, for the prevention of forest fires and the...
• 9-1111 - Forest Fire Protection.
  1. Towns adjacent to fire towns and fire districts. The department may when necessary in its judgment, in order to protect the forests in the...
• 9-1113 - Top Lopping Evergreen Trees.
  Every person who shall, within any of the fire towns or within any fire district or part thereof when so designated by department regulation, fell...
• 9-1115 - Railroad Patrol.
  All railroads shall, on such parts of their rights of way as are operated through forest lands, maintain from April first to November fifteenth of...
• 9-1117 - Condition of Rights of Way.
  1. The railroad right of way of all railroads which are operated through forest lands shall be kept cleared of all inflammable material whenever required...
• 9-1119 - Use of Protective Devices.
  1. Employees of a railroad which operates through forest lands shall at all times use in a proper and effective manner the fire protective appliances...
• 9-1121 - Fire Moneys and Accounts.
  In order to carry into effect the provisions of this title the following is prescribed: 1. Temporary loan. The State Comptroller shall have, subject to...
• 9-1123 - Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.
  The Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact as first enacted by chapter seven hundred forty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred forty-nine, and as re-enacted...

Last modified: February 3, 2019