Ohio Code § 1503.141

§ 1503.141.

(A) As used in this section, “firefighting agency” and “private fire company” have the

same meanings as in section 9.60 of the Revised Code . (B) Each fiscal year, the director of natural resources or the director's designee shall

designate not more than two hundred thousand dollars in the state forest fund created

in section 1503.05 of the Revised Code for wildfire suppression payments.  The amount designated shall consist only of money credited to the fund from the

sale of standing timber taken from state forest lands as set forth in that section. (C) The director or the director's designee may use money designated for wildfire suppression

payments to reimburse firefighting agencies and private fire companies for their costs

incurred in the suppression of wildfires in counties within fire protection areas

established under section 1503.08 of the Revised Code where there is a state forest or national forest, or portion thereof.  The director or the director's designee may provide such reimbursement in additional

counties.  The director or the director's designee shall provide such reimbursement pursuant

to agreements and contracts entered into under section 1503.14 of the Revised Code and in accordance with the following schedule: (1) For wildfire suppression on private land, an initial seventy-dollar payment to the

firefighting agency or private fire company; (2) For wildfire suppression on land under the administration or care of the department

of natural resources or on land that is part of any national forest administered by

the United States department of agriculture forest service, an initial one-hundred-dollar

payment to the firefighting agency or private fire company; (3) For any wildfire suppression on land specified in division (C)(1) or (2) of this

section lasting more than two hours, an additional payment of thirty-five dollars

per hour. (D) For wildfire suppression, prescribed fire assistance, or emergency response support

to federal agencies, the division may reimburse costs in addition to the amounts set

forth in division (C) of this section provided those costs are eligible in accordance

with an agreement under section 1503.27 of the Revised Code .