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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 156<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":345433,"section_number":"10.1-1142","catch_line":"Regulating the burning of woods, brush, etc.; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1142\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":345443,"section_number":"10.1-1150.2","catch_line":"State Forester to establish certification process","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-1150.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1372233,"object_type":"law","relational_id":345442,"identifier":"10.1-1150.1","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6.1\/10.1-1150.1","url":"\/10.1-1150.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-1150.1\/","token":"10.1\/II\/11\/6.1\/10.1-1150.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-1150.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:<\/p>

“Certified prescribed burn manager<\/span>” means any person who has successfully completed a certification process established by the State Forester under \u00a7 10.1-1150.2<\/a>.<\/p>

“Prescribed burning<\/span>” means the controlled application of fire or wildland fuels in either the natural or modified state, under specified environmental conditions, which allows a fire to be confined to a predetermined area and produces the fire behavior and fire characteristics necessary to attain planned fire treatment and ecological, silvicultural, and wildlife management objectives.<\/p>

“Prescription<\/span>” means a written statement defining the objectives to be attained by a prescribed burning<\/span> and the conditions of temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, fuel moisture, and soil moisture under which a fire will be allowed to burn. A prescription<\/span> is generally expressed as an acceptable range of the prescription<\/span> elements.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 10.1-1150.1)\n\nAs used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\n“Certified prescribed burn manager” means any person who has\nsuccessfully completed a certification process established by the State Forester\nunder \u00a7 10.1-1150.2.\n\n“Prescribed burning” means the controlled application of fire or\nwildland fuels in either the natural or modified state, under specified\nenvironmental conditions, which allows a fire to be confined to a predetermined\narea and produces the fire behavior and fire characteristics necessary to attain\nplanned fire treatment and ecological, silvicultural, and wildlife management\nobjectives.\n\n“Prescription” means a written statement defining the objectives to\nbe attained by a prescribed burning and the conditions of temperature, humidity,\nwind direction and speed, fuel moisture, and soil moisture under which a fire\nwill be allowed to burn. A prescription is generally expressed as an acceptable\nrange of the prescription elements.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 156.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}