When propaning acreage, the following safety measures shall apply:

1. (1) At least one firefighting water tank vehicle meeting the equipment requirements of OAR 837-110-0120 through 837-110-0140 and which has a minimum water tank capacity of 200 gallons shall be on site.
2. (2) If additional firefighting assistance is more than five minutes from a burn site within a fire safety buffer zone, or ten minutes otherwise, then water tank capacity mentioned in section (1) of this rule shall be raised to 500 gallons.

3. (3) A means to refill the tanks mentioned in sections (1) and (2) of this rule shall be provided within a ten minute turn around time.

   EXCEPTION: Water tank vehicles of smaller capacity may be used provided the total gallonage capacity complies with the above.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 476.030, 476.380 & 478.960

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 476.380 & 478.960

History

FM 2-1994, f. & cert. ef. 2-7-94
FM 4-1993(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-11-93
FM 1-1989, f. & cert. ef. 2-7-89
FM 8-1988(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-15-88
FM 7-1988(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-12-88