Or. Admin. Code § 629-043-0020 - Water Supply and Equipment for Fire Suppression
(1)
When operating stationary equipment during fire season inside or within
one-eighth of one mile of a forest protection district, pursuant to ORS
477.650, operators must provide
the following water supply and equipment at each location where stationary
equipment is operated:
(a) Water supply:
(A) A self-propelled motor vehicle which is
equipped with a water tank containing not less than 300 gallons of water;
or
(B) A pond, stream, tank, or
sump containing not less than 500 gallons of water.
(b) Water delivery equipment:
(A) Water pump: Size and capacity shall be
such that the pump will discharge not less than 20 gallons per minute at a
pressure of at least 115 pounds per square inch at pump level;
(B) Hose and nozzle: A nozzle, and enough
serviceable hose of not less than 3/4 inch inside diameter, to reach from the
water supply to any location in the operation area affected by power driven
machinery, or 500 feet, whichever is greater.
(2) When mobile equipment is used in an
operation area during fire season, inside or within one-eighth of one mile of a
forest protection district, pursuant to ORS
477.625(1)(a),
the operator must provide a water supply which complies with at least the
minimum capacity, pump, hose and nozzle requirements set forth in section (1)
of this rule.
(3) "Operation area
affected by power driven machinery" as used in this rule, means any part of the
operation area where vegetation or flammable material might be ignited by
exhaust, friction, or heated particles dropped or emitted from the power driven
machinery or attached equipment, including, but not limited to any moving
lines, drill or other attachments.
(4) Within an operation area, except as
required by ORS 477.615 or
477.660, only one water supply
will be required to comply with sections (1), (2) or both of this rule, so long
as access and communications are such that the combination of water supply,
pump and hose can timely deliver water to a fire start. Taking more than ten
minutes from discovery of the fire to move a self-propelled water supply into
position and/or begin to deploy hose and nozzle for an effective attack on a
fire may indicate water delivery was not timely.
(5) All hose, motor vehicles, nozzles, pumps
and tanks referred to in this rule shall be kept ready for immediate
use.
(6) The water supply, pump,
not less than 250 feet of hose, and the nozzle, as required by this rule, shall
be maintained as a connected, operating unit and kept ready for immediate
use.
(7) Nothing in this rule is
intended to prohibit:
(a) An owner of
forestland from requiring operators to provide additional water or equipment
when operating on the owner's land or;
(b) An operator from using its water supply
and equipment for initial attack on a nearby fire outside the operation
area.
(8) When the
operation only involves the use of self-loading log trucks on improved roads or
landings cleared of flammable material, a water supply is not
required.
(9) The forester, in
written order, may reduce or waive any requirement of this rule if, in the
judgment of the forester, conditions so warrant or to take advantage of
alternate methods or equipment proposed by the operator which provide, in the
judgment of the forester, equal or better suppression of fire.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 477.650
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 477.650
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