(a) Upon approval by the commissioner or an authorized agent, an employee of the division of forestry and fire protection, or of any organization authorized to prevent, control, or suppress a fire or a destructive agent, and others assisting in the control or suppression of a fire upon request of an officer or employee of the United States or the state may, when responding to a wildland fire or suspected wildland fire or administering the provisions of this chapter, enter upon any land, whether publicly or privately owned, for the purpose of preventing, investigating, suppressing, or controlling a wildland fire or a destructive agent.
(b) A person may not interfere with or prohibit the access authorized under (a) of this section.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Article 1. Protection of Forested Land.
Sec. 41.15.025. Fire protection on mental health trust land.
Sec. 41.15.030. Contracts for forest protection; emergency firefighters.
Sec. 41.15.040. Right of entry to control and suppress fires.
Sec. 41.15.045. Civil immunity.
Sec. 41.15.070. Disposal of burning materials.
Sec. 41.15.090. Building or leaving fires.
Sec. 41.15.100. Setting fires without consent.
Sec. 41.15.110. Uncontrolled spread of fire; leaving fire unattended.
Sec. 41.15.120. Requirement to assist in preventing or suppressing fires.
Sec. 41.15.130. Backfires and burnouts excluded.
Sec. 41.15.150. Criminal burning of forested land in the first degree.
Sec. 41.15.155. Criminal burning of forested land in the second degree.