Forest Fires Protection Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Document type Regulation Date 1994 (1994) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on the prevention and fight against forest fires in the Land Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Subject Forestry Keyword Forest fires Private forest Public forest Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The first Part of the present Ordinance lays down provisions concerning measures on prevention of forest fires. In particular it deals with definition of terms, duties of anybody being in a forest, duties of forest owners and duties and powers of forestry authorities. The second Part concerns rules on fight against forest fires, co-ordination and duties of forest authorities as regards the fight against forest fires. The text consists of 21 articles divided into 3 Parts and 2 Annexes. Full text German Website www.mecklenburg-vorpommern.de References - Legislation Repealed by Forest Fire Prevention and Control Ordinance (WaldBrSchVO). Legislation | Germany | 2016 (2018) Keyword: Forest fires, Private forest, Public forest, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX