{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-10.1-1150.1","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 10.1-1150.1","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this article unless the context requires a different meaning:\"Certified prescribed burn manager\" means any person who has successfully completed a certification process established by the State Forester under § 10.1-1150.2.\"Prescribed burning\" 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.\"Prescription\" means a written statement defining the objectives to be attained by a prescribed burning 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 is generally expressed as an acceptable range of the prescription elements.1998, c. 156.","path":["Title 10.1. CONSERVATION","Subtitle II. ACTIVITIES ADMINISTERED BY OTHER ENTITIES","Chapter 11. FOREST RESOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY","Article 6.1. CERTIFIED PRESCRIBED BURNING MANAGER PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-1150.1/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:13:59Z","sha256":"2893fedf606e4016bc6818686964cdcdd1e614d4e916b629cc09f092429cc236","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-10.1-1150","next":"us-va/va.-code-10.1-1150.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}