10.1-1150.1 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-1150.1. Definitions.

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Certified prescribed burn manager" means any person who has successfullycompleted a certification process established by the State Forester under §10.1-1150.2.

"Prescribed burning" means the controlled application of fire or wildlandfuels in either the natural or modified state, under specified environmentalconditions, which allows a fire to be confined to a predetermined area andproduces the fire behavior and fire characteristics necessary to attainplanned fire treatment and ecological, silvicultural, and wildlife managementobjectives.

"Prescription" means a written statement defining the objectives to beattained by a prescribed burning and the conditions of temperature, humidity,wind direction and speed, fuel moisture, and soil moisture under which a firewill be allowed to burn. A prescription is generally expressed as anacceptable range of the prescription elements.

(1998, c. 156.)