: Northeast Forest Fire Supervisors by Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact (2017, Trade Paperback) Be the first to write a review About this product. This agreement shall become operative immediately as to those states ratifying it whenever any two or more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have ratified it and the Congress has given its consent. of the Compact is the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission. In the event that any province of the Dominion of Canada shall become a member of this commission, it shall designate three members who will approximate this pattern of representation to the extent possible under the law and practices of such province.
The compact facilitates the sharing of resources, … The third member shall be a person designated by the governor as the responsible representative of the governor. fund the cost of training, equipping, and maintaining an effective forest fire force to meet Images of America Ser. The governing body Except in those cases where all member states join in such designation for common services, the representatives of any group of such designating states in the northeastern forest fire protection commission shall constitute a separate section of such commission for the performance of the common service or services so designated provided that, if any additional expense is involved, the states so acting shall appropriate the necessary funds for this purpose. The creation of such a section as a joint agency shall not affect the privileges, powers, responsibilities or duties of the states participating therein as embodied in the other articles of this compact. Northeastern Region of the United States and adjacent areas in Canada. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to authorize or permit any member state to curtail or diminish its forest fire fighting forces, equipment, services or facilities, and it shall be the duty and responsibility of each member state to maintain adequate forest fire fighting forces and equipment to meet normal demands for forest fire protection within its borders.This compact shall continue in force and remain binding on each state ratifying it until the legislature or the governor of such state takes action to withdraw therefrom. Click each flag (below) to visit the state or providence’s forest fire website.
Representatives of the United States forest service may attend meetings of the commission and of groups of member states. The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the northeastern region of the United States and adjacent areas in Canada by the development of integrated forest fire plans, by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting services by the member states, by providing for mutual aid in fighting forest fires among the states of the region and for procedures that will facilitate such aid, and by the establishment of a central agency to coordinate the services of member states and perform such common services as member states may deem desirable.
Subject to the consent of the Congress of the United States, any province of the Dominion of Canada which is contiguous with any member state may become a party to this compact by taking such action as its laws and the laws of the Dominion of Canada may prescribe for ratification.
The center operates under a signed cooperative agreement between the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Compact (NFFPC) , the U.S. Forest Service , the U.S. The concept of the NFFPC Compact resulted through passage of a law by Sec. The mandate of the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission (NFFPC) is to provide the means for its member states and provinces to cope with fires that might be beyond the capabilities of a single member through information, technology and resource sharing (mutual aid) activities.