A person shall not set a backfire, or cause a backfire to be set, except under the direct supervision or permission of a state or federal forest officer, unless it can be established that the setting of such backfire was necessary for the purpose of saving life or valuable property.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 4426
Prohibited Activities
Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.
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