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Prescribed-fire subcommittee outlines liability, insurance and a cash-claims fund; portal planned
Summary
The council's prescribed-fire subcommittee is studying liability frameworks, a shared insurance approach and a state cash-claims fund to make prescribed burning more feasible. Officials described rulemaking, registration fees and a planned portal to centralize certified-burner information.
Council members heard a report from the prescribed-fire subcommittee on priority unfunded strategies from the statewide prescribed fire strategic plan, focusing on liability, training, permitting, coordination and funding.
Allison Lerch said the subcommittee is working on liability strategy 2 (clarifying roles and definitions for existing liability coverage) and liability strategy 3 (establishing a legal…
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