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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE VII. CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 48. FIRES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND FIRE DISTRICTS

FOREST WARDENS

Chapter 48: Section 9. Duties; fire prevention

Section 9. If a fire occurs in woodland, the forest warden of the town, or his designee or of a town containing woodland endangered by such fire, at a place in immediate danger therefrom, may set back fires and take necessary precautions to prevent its spread.