OAR 629-042-1010: Intent

(1) The Certified Burn Manager program is intended to provide oversight of training and certification concerning the safe and effective use of prescribed burning and to promote the use of prescribed burning for the purposes outlined in ORS 526.360. (2) Participation in the Certified Burn Manager program is voluntary. The forester may not require or condition the approval of a plan, or the issuance of a burning permit on the presence of a certified burn manager, for any prescribed burning. (3) Nothing in OAR 629-042-1000 to 629-042-1070 is intended to reduce the ability of a District, as defined in ORS 477.001(5), to exercise their responsibility to ensure that burning in their jurisdiction is conducted in a safe and lawful manner.