Any fire burning uncontrolled on any forested, cutover, brushland or grassland area is hereby declared to be a public nuisance by reason of its menace to life and property. Any person, firm, association or corporation responsible either for the starting or the existence of such fire is hereby required to make a reasonable effort to control or extinguish it as soon as he has knowledge thereof, and if such person, firm, association or corporation shall refuse or neglect to do so, any organized fire suppression force may suppress the nuisance thus constituted by controlling and extinguishing the fire, and the cost thereof may be recovered from said person, firm, association or corporation responsible for the starting or existence of such fire.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 9 - Conservation and Natural Resources.
Chapter 13 - Forests and Forest Products.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 9-13-1 - Gifts of Lands for State Forests.
Section 9-13-2 - Distribution and Expenditure of Receipts From National Forests.
Section 9-13-4 - Alabama Forestry Commission Fund.
Section 9-13-5 - Designation or Appointment of Forest Wardens; Duties.
Section 9-13-6 - Forest Fire Wardens - Appointment; Duties Generally.
Section 9-13-8 - Forest Fire Wardens - Issuance to and Use of Fire-Fighting Equipment.
Section 9-13-9 - Forest Fire Wardens - Compensation.
Section 9-13-10.2 - Rulemaking Authority; Violations; Enforement.
Section 9-13-14 - Equipping of Locomotives, etc., With Appliances to Prevent Escape of Fire.
Section 9-13-22 - District Attorneys to Prosecute Violators of Provisions of Chapter.
Section 9-13-23 - Jurisdiction of Prosecutions Under Chapter.
Section 9-13-24 - Fees of Arresting Officers, etc.; Informers' Fees.