# ORS § 477.066: 477.066 Duty of owner and operator to abate fire

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.066

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 477.066
- **Heading:** 477.066 Duty of owner and operator to abate fire
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 38 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.066

## Text

(1) Each owner and operator of forestland on which a fire exists or from which it may have spread, notwithstanding the origin or subsequent spread thereof, shall immediately proceed to control and extinguish such fire when its existence comes to the knowledge of the owner or operator, without awaiting instructions from the forester, and shall continue until the fire is extinguished.

(2) If the forester determines the fire is either burning uncontrolled or the owner or operator does not then have readily and immediately available personnel and equipment to control or extinguish the fire, the forester, or any forest protective association or agency under contract or agreement with the State Board of Forestry for the protection of forestland against fire, and within whose protection area the fire exists, shall summarily abate the nuisance thus constituted by controlling and extinguishing the fire.

(3) An owner may request in writing that the forester employ alternate fire prevention and suppression strategies or techniques on the owner’s forestland. The forester may employ some or all of the requested strategies or techniques when, in the judgment of the forester, conditions warrant the use of the alternate strategies or techniques. [Formerly 477.036; 1961 c.603 §7; 1965 c.253 §51; 1967 c.429 §1; 1983 c.22 §2; 1999 c.355 §3]

Source: Section 477.066 — Duty of owner and operator to abate fire; abatement by authorities , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors477.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

## Nearby sections

- [ORS § 477.001 477.001 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.001.md)
- [ORS § 477.005 477.005 Policy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.005.md)
- [ORS § 477.009 477.009 Investigative authority of Attorney General for fire protection administration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.009.md)
- [ORS § 477.013 477.013 Smoke management plan](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.013.md)
- [ORS § 477.015 477.015 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.015.md)
- [ORS § 477.025 477.025 Variability of wildland-urban interface fire protection problems](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.025.md)
- [ORS § 477.027 477.027 Establishment of classes of wildland-urban interface](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.027.md)
- [ORS § 477.062 477.062 Inadequately protected forestland declared nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.062.md)
- [ORS § 477.064 477.064 Uncontrolled fire declared nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.064.md)
- [ORS § 477.066 477.066 Duty of owner and operator to abate fire](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.066.md)
- [ORS § 477.067 477.067 Notice of fire](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.067.md)
- [ORS § 477.068 477.068 Liability for cost of abatement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.068.md)
- [ORS § 477.069 477.069 Negligence in origin and in failure to control fire may be united in one complaint](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.069.md)
- [ORS § 477.085 477.085 Liability for cost of protecting land within a forest protection district](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.085.md)

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