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Oregon · Through 2025 Edition

ORS 162.255: Refusing to assist in fire-fighting operations.

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  1. 04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes
  2. 16. Crimes and Punishments
  3. Chapter 162 — Offenses Against the State and Public Justice

(1) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist in fire-fighting operations if:

      (a) Upon command by a person known by the person to be a firefighter the person unreasonably refuses or fails to assist in extinguishing a fire or protecting property threatened thereby; or

      (b) Upon command by a person known by the person to be a firefighter or peace officer the person intentionally and unreasonably disobeys a lawful order relating to the conduct of the person in the vicinity of a fire.

      (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a person working for a news organization if the person is reporting on the fire and the person does not unreasonably interfere with fire-fighting operations.

      (3) Refusing to assist in fire-fighting operations is a Class B violation.

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