Chapter
FOREST PROTECTION
- RCW 76.04.005— Definitions.
- RCW 76.04.015— Fire protection powers and duties of department—Enforcement—Investigation—Administration.
- RCW 76.04.016— Fire prevention and suppression capacity—Duties owed to public in general—Legislative intent.
- RCW 76.04.021— Department must accommodate livestock owner's request to retrieve or care for animals at risk due to a wildfire—Liability.
- RCW 76.04.025— Federal funds.
- RCW 76.04.035— Wardens—Appointment—Duties.
- RCW 76.04.045— Rangers—Appointment—Ex officio rangers—Compensation.
- RCW 76.04.055— Service of notices.
- RCW 76.04.065— Arrests without warrants.
- RCW 76.04.075— Rules—Penalty.
- RCW 76.04.085— Penalty for violations.
- RCW 76.04.095— Cooperative protection.
- RCW 76.04.105— Contracts for protection and development.
- RCW 76.04.115— Articles of incorporation—Requirements.
- RCW 76.04.125— Requisites of contract.
- RCW 76.04.135— Cooperative agreements—Public agencies—Transfer of ownership of department-owned firefighting vehicle, procedure.
- RCW 76.04.155— Firefighting—Employment—Assistance.
- RCW 76.04.165— Legislative declaration—Forest protection zones.
- RCW 76.04.167— Legislative declaration—Equitable sharing of forest fire protection costs—Coordinated forest fire protection and suppression.
- RCW 76.04.175— Fire suppression equipment—Comparison of costs.
- RCW 76.04.177— Fire suppression equipment—Requirement to utilize private equipment.
- RCW 76.04.179— Wildland fire advisory committee.
- RCW 76.04.181— Maximizing the utilization of local fire suppression assets—Department's duty.
- RCW 76.04.183— Prescribed burn manager certification program—Rule-making authority.
- RCW 76.04.185— Electric utility wildfire mitigation plan.
- RCW 76.04.187— Wildfire risk assessment—Public safety evacuation strategies—Emergency disaster and evacuation plan messaging—Other departmental duties.
- RCW 76.04.192— Aviation usage by local fire departments—Report to the legislature. (Expires July 1, 2027.)
- RCW 76.04.194— Aerial fire response—Use of suppression funding. (Expires July 1, 2027.)
- RCW 76.04.196— Prescribed fire claims fund pilot program—Prescribed fire claims account. (Expires June 30, 2033.)
- RCW 76.04.205— Burning permits—Civil penalty.
- RCW 76.04.215— Burning mill wood waste—Arresters.
- RCW 76.04.235— Dumping mill waste, forest debris—Penalty.
- RCW 76.04.246— Use of blasting fuse.
- RCW 76.04.305— Closed to entry—Designation.
- RCW 76.04.315— Suspension of burning permits/privileges.
- RCW 76.04.325— Closure of forest operations or forestlands.
- RCW 76.04.405— Steam, internal combustion, or electrical engines and other spark-emitting equipment regulated.
- RCW 76.04.415— Penalty for violations—Work stoppage notice.
- RCW 76.04.425— Unauthorized entry into sealed fire tool box.
- RCW 76.04.435— Deposit of fire or live coals.
- RCW 76.04.445— Reports of fire.
- RCW 76.04.455— Discarding lighted material or smoking flammable material—Discharge, release, or detonation of certain materials—Receptacles in conveyances—Posting a copy of this section.
- RCW 76.04.465— Certain snags to be felled currently with logging.
- RCW 76.04.475— Reimbursement for costs of suppression action.
- RCW 76.04.486— Escaped slash burns—Obligations.
- RCW 76.04.495— Negligent starting of fires or allowance of extreme fire hazard or debris—Liability—Recovery of reasonable expenses—Lien.
- RCW 76.04.505— Finding—Intent.
- RCW 76.04.511— Wildfire response, forest restoration, and community resilience account.
- RCW 76.04.516— Report to the governor and legislature—Forest inventory—Forest growth and yield modeling—Sustainable harvest calculation—Review—Report.
- RCW 76.04.521— Forest sector workforce development.
- RCW 76.04.525— Wildland fire aviation support plan.
- RCW 76.04.600— Owners to protect forests.
- RCW 76.04.610— Forest fire protection assessment.
- RCW 76.04.620— State funds—Loans—Recovery of funds from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account.
- RCW 76.04.630— Landowner contingency forest fire suppression account—Expenditures—Assessments.
- RCW 76.04.650— Disposal of forest debris—Permission to allow trees to fall on another's land.
- RCW 76.04.660— Additional fire hazards—Extreme fire hazard areas—Abatement, isolation or reduction—Summary action—Recovery of costs—Inspection of property.
- RCW 76.04.700— Failure to extinguish campfire.
- RCW 76.04.710— Wilful setting of fire.
- RCW 76.04.720— Removal of notices.
- RCW 76.04.730— Negligent fire—Spread.
- RCW 76.04.740— Reckless burning.
- RCW 76.04.750— Uncontrolled fire a public nuisance—Suppression—Duties—Summary action—Recovery of costs.
- RCW 76.04.760— Civil actions—Forested lands—Fire damage.
- RCW 76.04.770— Authorization to enter privately or publicly owned land to extinguish or control a wildland fire—Limitation of liability.
- RCW 76.04.780— Utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee—Duties—Report—Membership—Immunity.
- RCW 76.04.900— Captions—1986 c 100.