§ 2-12-2 - Fire fighting equipment. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 2-12-2

   § 2-12-2  Fire fighting equipment. –The director of environmental management may purchase any special forest fireequipment and supplies that in his or her judgment may be necessary to promptlyand quickly extinguish forest fires occurring in the more heavily wooded areasof the state, and the equipment and supplies shall be located in each of theforest lookout station zones at those places and under any supervision that thedirector may designate. The equipment and supplies may consist of gas masks,pumps, hose, brooms, shovels, trucks and similar articles, but the equipmentand supplies shall not be purchased until an appropriation is made by thegeneral assembly.