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(a) All burns must be conducted by trained personnel with experience in prescribed fire and smoke management techniques. At a minimum, the applicant and/or burn boss in a field burning exercise must provide proof of the following:

(1) Completion of a federal/state land manager course dedicated to smoke management and direct experience or attendance at an approved smoke management workshop and direct experience.

(2) Certification as a prescribed burn manager, through completion of a prescribed fire course and direct experience or completion of the interagency basic prescribed fire course and direct experience.

(b) A landowner may burn less than 10 acres of land without a prescribed burner on site; provided, that a certified prescribed burner has prepared a burn plan for the site and the landowner follows those instructions. [Plan § 5.6, adopted, 10/1/2003.]