§ 477.640 Use and refueling of power saws
§ 477.645 Internal combustion engines; rules
§ 477.650 Stationary internal combustion engines; rules; waiver
§ 477.655 Fire-fighting tools and equipment at operation area and on trucks; rules
§ 477.660 Additional protection facilities or services at operation area
§ 477.665 Fire watch service; rules; waiver
§ 477.670 When use of fire or power-driven machinery prohibited

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 477 > Machinery Regulations > Fire Season Regulations

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • District: means a forest protection district organized under ORS § 477. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fire season: means a period designated pursuant to ORS § 477. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Forester: means the State Forester or authorized representative. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Forestland: means any woodland, brushland, timberland, grazing land or clearing that, during any time of the year, contains enough forest growth, slashing or vegetation to constitute, in the judgment of the forester, a fire hazard, regardless of how the land is zoned or taxed. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Operation: means any industrial activity, any development or any improvement on forestland inside or within one-eighth of one mile of a forest protection district, including but not limited to the harvesting of forest tree species, the clearing of land, the use of power-driven machinery and the use of fire, excluding, however, the culture and harvesting of agricultural crops. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Operation area: means the area on which an operation is being conducted and the area on which operation activity may have resulted in the ignition of a fire. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Operator: means any person who, either personally or through employees, agents, representatives or contractors, is carrying on or has carried on any operation. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • State Forester: means the person appointed State Forester pursuant to ORS § 526. See Oregon Statutes 477.001
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.