PART 211—ADMINISTRATION Authority: 16 U.S.C. 472, 498, 551. Subpart A—Cooperation §§ 211.1-211.2 [Reserved] § 211.3 Cooperation with State officers. All forest officers will cooperate with State officials, insofar as practicable, to enforce State fire, game, and health laws. They are authorized to accept appointments, without compensation, as deputy State fire wardens, game wardens, and/or health officers whenever in the judgment of the Chief of the Forest Service the performance of the duties required by these offices will not interfere with their duties as Federal forest officers. [1 FR 1261, Aug. 15, 1936] § 211.4 Cooperation for fire prevention and control. The Forest Service shall, whenever possible, and is hereby authorized to enter into such agreements with private owners of timber, with railroads, and with other industrial concerns operating in or near the national forests as will result in mutual benefit in the prevention and suppression of forest fires: Provided, [1 FR 1261, Aug. 15, 1936] § 211.5 Emergency fire suppression assistance. (a) Definitions. (1) Prescribed fire means a fire burning under a set of specified conditions which will accomplish certain planned resource management objectives. (2) Escaped prescribed fire means a prescribed fire which has either exceeded the prescription or has rekindled after it has been declared to be out. (b) In the absence of a written reciprocal agreement with any fire organization or in situations outside the scope of an agreement, the Forest Service is authorized to render emergency assistance in suppressing fires and in preserving life and property from the threat of fire within the vicinity of Forest Service fire protection facilities under the following conditions: (1) If a prescribed fire initiated on lands administered by the Forest Service escapes onto lands not administered by the Forest Service, the Forest Service may commit personnel, materials, and equipment without reimbursement or consideration of the fire's continuing threat to National Forest System lands or resources. (2) When requested, the Forest Service may commit personnel, materials, and equipment on a reimbursable basis on lands not administered by the Forest Service without regard to the fire's threat to National Forest System lands or resources. [48 FR 44537, Sept. 29, 1983] § 211.6 Cooperation in forest investigations or the protection, management, and improvement of the National Forest System. (a) Purpose and scope. (b) Reimbursements. (c) Bonding. (d) Avoiding conflict of interest. [64 FR 60678, Nov. 8, 1999, as amended at 73 FR 62443, Oct. 21, 2008] Subpart B [Reserved]