Or. Admin. R. 629-165-0010 - Additional Amount Not Considered Emergency Fire Suppression Costs
(1) Notwithstanding
OAR 629-165-0005, it is a policy of the committee that a district is expected
to pay an amount of fire suppression costs in addition to the pre-planned
dispatch, before any costs are considered emergency fire suppression costs.
This additional amount in most cases will be $25,000 per day or per fire as
follows:
(a) If multiple fires occur on the
same day within a district, only one additional amount of $25,000 may be
applied to the sum of the costs of all the fires that began on that day.
(b) If any individual fire or
group of fires that began on the same day (or from the same lightning storm
that continues into a second day, at the discretion of the committee) burns
past midnight, or the suppression action continues for multiple days, only one
additional amount of $25,000 may be applied to the sum of the costs of those
fires.
(c) If one fire or a group
of fires begin on one day and suppression action continues for multiple days,
and then a new fire or group of fires begin on a different day, an additional
amount of $25,000 may be applied to each day that new fires are ignited.
(2) The additional
amount described in section (1) may be modified or waived by the committee if
conditions so warrant. Conditions that may warrant modification or waiver
include, but are not limited to:
(a) The
unencumbered balance of the fund is determined to be in excess of the reserve
base established in ORS
477.760.
(b) A district requesting waiver has
over-expended the regular protection budget for the year in which the waiver
request is made.
(3) If
the additional amounts described in section (1) of this rule directly result in
an increase in a district's annual budget greater than fifteen cents per acre
on timberland or six cents on grazing land, the committee may waive that part
in excess of these amounts. It is the committee's intent that the maximum
effect of section (1) of this rule on a district budget will be limited to an
additional fifteen cents per acre on timberland and six cents per acre on
grazing land.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 321, 477 & 477.770
Stats. Implemented: ORS 183.335, 183.341, 477.440 - 477.460 & 477.750 - 477.775
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