                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHO MAY BE SUMMONED TO AID FOREST WARDEN (§ 10.1-1139)

Any forest warden to whom written instructions have been issued by the State
Forester authorizing him to employ persons to assist in suppressing forest
fires, shall have the authority to summon as many able-bodied persons between
eighteen and fifty years of age as may, in his discretion, be reasonably
necessary to assist in extinguishing any forest fire in any county or city of
the Commonwealth which is organized for forest fire control under the direction
of the State Forester. Any person summoned by a forest warden to fight a forest
fire shall be paid at the rate of pay provided in the Department of Forestry
wage scale for fire fighting in effect in the county or city, or part thereof,
in which the fire is fought. Wardens shall not summon for such service any
person while engaged in maintaining the rights-of-way of railroads for the safe
passage of trains, nor any station agent, operator or other person while engaged
in duties necessary for the safe operation of trains.
		Any person summoned who fails or refuses to assist in fighting the fire,
unless the failure is due to physical inability or other valid reason, shall be
guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 10-59; 1964, c. 79; 1973, c. 401; 1986, c. 188; 1988, c.
891.