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TITLE 38 FORESTRY, FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE DISTRICTS CHAPTER 16 INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE SUPPRESSION COMPACT 38-1601. Interstate inmate firefighter compact. The Interstate Inmate Firefighter Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with any other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE SUPPRESSION COMPACT ARTICLE I–Purpose and Policy The purpose of this compact is to provide for the development and execution of programs to facilitate the use of offenders in the forest fire suppression efforts of the party states for the ultimate protection of life, property and natural resources in the party states. The purpose of this compact is also, in emergent situations, to allow a sending state to cross state lines with an inmate when, due to weather or road conditions, it is necessary to cross state lines to facilitate the transport of an inmate. ARTICLE II–Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) Fire suppression unit means a group of inmates selected by the sending states, corrections personnel, and any other persons deemed necessary for the transportation, supervision, care, security and discipline of inmates to be used in forest fire suppression efforts in the receiving state. (2) Forest fire means any fire burning in any land designated by a party state or federal land management agencies as forest land. (3) Inmate means a male or female offender who is under sentence to or confined in a prison or other correctional institution. (4) Institution means any prison, reformatory, honor camp, or other correctional facility, except facilities for people with mental illness or intellectual disabilities, in which inmates may lawfully be confined. (5) Receiving state means a state party to this compact to which a fire suppression unit is traveling. (6) Sending state means a state party to this compact from which a fire suppression unit is traveling. ARTICLE III–Contracts (1) Each party state may make one or more contracts with any one or more of the other party states for the assistance of one or more fire suppression units in forest fire suppression efforts. Any such contract shall provide, for matters as may be necessary and appropriate, to fix the obligations, responsibilities and rights of the sending and receiving state. (2) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be part of any contract entered into by the authority of, or pursuant to, this compact. Nothing in any such contract may be inconsistent with this compact. ARTICLE IV–Procedures and Rights (1) Each party state shall appoint a liaison for the coordination and deployment of the fire suppression units of each party state. (2) Whenever the duly constituted judicial or administrative authorities in a state party to this compact, that has entered into a contract pursuant to this compact, decides that the assistance of a fire suppression unit of a party state is required