CHAPTER 5. FOREST FIREFIGHTING
IC 14-23-5
Chapter 5. Forest Firefighting
IC 14-23-5-1
Establishment of firefighting organization
Sec. 1. The department, acting through the director and the state
forester, shall establish and equip a firefighting organization within
the division of forestry for the purpose of detecting, preventing,
fighting, and controlling fires in state forest land. The department
may extend the same fire detection, prevention, fighting, and control
services established to other state land under the department's
supervision and control. The department may also establish the same
services for land not owned by the state and not lying within a city
or town for the purpose of protecting the forests, fields, and
grassland of the state.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16.
IC 14-23-5-2
Rights and immunities
Sec. 2. In fighting fires under this chapter, the officers and
employees of the department have the following:
(1) All the rights and immunities guaranteed to municipal
firefighters by law.
(2) The right to enter upon the land of an individual, a firm, a
limited liability company, a corporation, a municipal
corporation, a city, a town, a county, or the state to carry out
their duties.
(3) The authority to set back fires, dig trenches, cut lanes, and
use all other customary and accepted modern methods of
firefighting on private land.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.16.