Nev. Rev. Stat. § 474.160 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 474 / Section 474.160
General powers and duties
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall:

1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of the county fire protection district.

2. Adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the district and for the furnishing of fire protection thereto, which may include regulations relating to fire prevention. The regulations may include provisions that are designed to protect life and property from: (a) The hazards of fire and explosion resulting from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices; and (b) Hazardous conditions relating to the use or occupancy of any premises. Any regulation concerning hazardous substances, materials or devices adopted pursuant to this section must be consistent with any plan or ordinance concerning those substances, materials or devices that is required by the Federal Government and has been adopted by the board of county commissioners.

3. Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies, departments or volunteer fire departments for the district.

4. Make and execute in the name of the district all necessary contracts.

5. Adopt a seal for the district to be used in the attestation of proper documents.

6. Provide for the payment from the proper fund of the salaries of employees of the district and all the debts and just claims against the district.

7. Employ agents and employees for the district sufficient to maintain and operate the property acquired for the purposes of the district.

8. Acquire real or personal property necessary for the purposes of the district and dispose of that property when no longer needed.

9. Construct any necessary structures.

10. Acquire, hold and possess, either by donation or purchase, in the name and on behalf of the district any land or other property necessary for the purpose of the district.

11. Eliminate and remove fire hazards within the district if practicable and possible, whether on private or public premises, and to that end the board may clear the public highways and private lands of dry grass, stubble, brush, rubbish or other inflammable material in its judgment constituting a fire hazard.

12. Perform all other acts necessary, proper and convenient to accomplish the purposes of NRS 474.010 to 474.450 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 477.085 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.085
Powers
Status: in_force

The Board may:

1. Adopt regulations which: (a) It determines are necessary for the operation of the Board. (b) Require that training programs which are approved by the Board and require special facilities be conducted at facilities approved by the Board.

2. Recommend to the Legislature any appropriate legislation concerning the training of fire service personnel.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 477.091 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.091
“Governing body” defined
Status: in_force

As used in NRS 477.091 to 477.099 , inclusive, “ governing body ” means:

1. If a building is located within the boundaries of a city, the governing body of the city.

2. If a building is located in the unincorporated area of a county, the board of county commissioners of the county.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 472.090 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 472 / Section 472.090
District or county fire coordinator to be appointed by county; supervision of State Forester Firewarden
Status: in_force

Any county, counties, or portion thereof, electing to form a fire protection district shall appoint a district or county fire coordinator who shall be approved by and work under the supervision of the State Forester Firewarden. The county fire coordinator of the respective district shall assist the State Forester Firewarden in determining personnel and equipment needs to perfect a fire control organization within the limitations of existing statutes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 476.180 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 476 / Section 476.180
Primary responsibilities of public safety bomb squads
Status: in_force

The primary responsibilities of each public safety bomb squad are to:

1. Make safe any area and remove from the area any: (a) Actual or suspected improvised explosive device; (b) Explosive; or (c) Incendiary device.

2. Provide legal and safe transportation, disposal and storage of any item specified in subsection 1.

3. Assist the primary law enforcement agency with the investigation of each crime where a bombing occurs or where any improvised explosive device has been rendered safe.

4. Store, maintain and prepare an inventory of all equipment used by the public safety bomb squad.

5. Upon request, provide technical support for any law enforcement agency, including, without limitation, providing protection for any dignitary in this State.

6. Prepare and participate in a program of training relating to explosives.

7. Maintain and be familiar with a library of technical publications and other information concerning explosives.

8. Maintain professional and training liaisons with: (a) Other state and local bomb squads; (b) Law enforcement agencies; (c) Military units; (d) Federal agencies; and (e) Professional associations.

9. Compile and report to the appropriate persons all technical data obtained by the public safety bomb squad concerning explosive devices and incidents involving explosives that occur within the jurisdiction of the public safety bomb squad.

10. Develop programs for members of the general public and private organizations concerning safety and awareness during a bomb threat.

11. Report to the appropriate military unit any military ordnance which is found or recovered by the public safety bomb squad.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 477.039 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.039
Training programs; agreements; acceptance of gifts, grants, services or property; charging of fees
Status: in_force

1. The State Fire Marshal shall: (a) Furnish and administer programs for the training of firefighters; (b) Describe the programs that are available for training of firefighters and notify fire departments of the availability of these programs; (c) Administer a program to certify firefighters, whenever requested to do so, for successful completion of a training program; (d) Develop a program to train instructors; (e) Assist other agencies and organizations to prepare and administer training programs; (f) Carry out the provisions of paragraphs (a) to (e), inclusive, in accordance with recommendations submitted to the State Board of Fire Services and the regulations adopted by the Board; and (g) Establish a regional hazardous materials training facility and furnish training programs concerning hazardous materials for emergency personnel, agencies and other persons.

2. The State Fire Marshal may enter into agreements for the procurement of necessary services or property, may accept gifts, grants, services or property for the training programs and may charge fees for training programs, materials or services provided.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 476.150 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 476 / Section 476.150
“Public safety bomb squad” defined
Status: in_force

“ Public safety bomb squad ” means a group that:

1. Consists of members who are bomb technicians; and

2. Is accredited as a bomb squad by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 474.470 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 474 / Section 474.470
Duties of board of fire commissioners
Status: in_force

The board of fire commissioners shall:

1. Manage and conduct the business and affairs of districts organized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.460 or 474.533 .

2. Adopt and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the administration and government of the districts and for the furnishing of fire protection thereto, which may include regulations relating to emergency medical services and fire prevention. The regulations may include provisions that are designed to protect life and property from: (a) The hazards of fire and explosion resulting from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices; and (b) Hazardous conditions relating to the use or occupancy of any premises. Any regulation concerning hazardous substances, materials or devices adopted pursuant to this section must be consistent with any plan or ordinance concerning those substances, materials or devices that is required by the Federal Government and has been adopted by the board of county commissioners.

3. Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies, departments or volunteer fire departments for the districts.

4. Provide for the payment of salaries to the personnel of those fire companies or fire departments.

5. Provide for payment from the proper fund of all the debts and just claims against the districts.

6. Employ agents and employees for the districts sufficient to maintain and operate the property acquired for the purposes of the districts.

7. Acquire real or personal property necessary for the purposes of the districts and dispose of the property if no longer needed.

8. Construct any necessary structures.

9. Acquire, hold and possess, by donation or purchase, any land or other property necessary for the purpose of the districts.

10. Eliminate and remove fire hazards from the districts if practicable and possible, whether on private or public premises, and to that end the board of fire commissioners may clear the public highways and private lands of dry grass, stubble, brush, rubbish or other inflammable material in its judgment constituting a fire hazard.

11. Perform all other acts necessary, proper and convenient to accomplish the purposes of NRS 474.460 to 474.540 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 477.196 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.196
Notification of agents, wholesale dealers and retail dealers concerning certified cigarettes
Status: in_force

<See notes for changes to this section effective under certain conditions.>

The Executive Director of the Department of Taxation shall establish a procedure to ensure that agents, wholesale dealers and retail dealers receive notice of the cigarettes that have been certified by manufacturers pursuant to NRS 477.194 . The procedure may include, without limitation, listing the brands and styles of cigarettes which have been certified on an Internet website maintained by the Department.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 476.190 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 476 / Section 476.190
Responsibility of public safety bomb squad for certain procedures and provision of safety for members of general public; airport security programs
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, each public safety bomb squad: (a) Is responsible for all render-safe procedures for all actual or suspected improvised explosive devices to which the public safety bomb squad responds; and (b) Shall, to the extent practicable in conducting its activities, provide maximum safety for members of the general public and any other public safety bomb squad in accordance with the National Guidelines for Bomb Technicians and the National Strategic Plan for U.S. Bomb Squads published by the National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board.

2. At an airport that has an airport security program or airport emergency plan approved by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation or the Transportation Security Administration of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the public safety bomb squad shall carry out the primary responsibilities specified in NRS 476.180 in accordance with the approved airport security program or airport emergency plan.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 472.510 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 472 / Section 472.510
Activities which may be prohibited or restricted; public announcement and posting of prohibited or restricted activities; cooperation and collaboration with relevant federal, state and local agencies; applicability; penalty
Status: in_force

1. The State Forester Firewarden may prohibit or restrict the following activities on any lands within the jurisdiction of the State Forester Firewarden when a danger to public safety or natural resources exists because of conditions which create a high risk of fire: (a) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle or other item of equipment powered by a motor: (1) If the motor does not have a spark arrestor as required by law; or (2) If the operator does not have in his or her possession an ax, shovel and at least 1 gallon of water; (b) The operation in an area of timber, brush or grass of a motor vehicle off an existing paved, gravel or dirt road; (c) The smoking of tobacco or other substances in any place other than a motor vehicle or an area cleared of flammable vegetation; (d) Setting an open fire in any place other than in a fireplace located in an established picnic area or campground; or (e) Other activities, if specified in regulations adopted by the State Forester Firewarden and the prohibition or restriction is related to reducing a high risk of fire, but these prohibitions and restrictions do not apply in established campgrounds or picnic areas, beaches or places of habitation or to travel on state or federal highways.

2. The State Forester Firewarden shall make a public announcement and post signs in any area where the State Forester Firewarden has prohibited or restricted any activities.

3. The State Forester Firewarden shall, upon finding that a danger to public safety or to natural resources no longer exists, make known to the public the end of any prohibition or restriction in that area.

4. The State Forester Firewarden shall cooperate and collaborate with the relevant federal, state and local agencies in prohibiting or restricting activities pursuant to this section.

5. The provisions of this section apply only to specified prohibitions or restrictions and do not confer upon the State Forester Firewarden the power to prohibit access to land.

6. Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 475.075 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 475 / Section 475.075
Intentional prevention or obstruction of search and rescue organization; penalty
Status: in_force

1. A person who, with intent to prevent or obstruct the response to an emergency, damages, removes or hinders the operation of any vehicle, apparatus, equipment or animal being used or which may be used in an emergency by a member of a search and rescue organization, is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155 , proportionate to the value of the loss resulting therefrom, but in no event less than a misdemeanor.

2. As used in this section, “vehicle” means any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 477.223 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.223
Certificate of registration: Qualifications; application; issuance; renewal; fees; duration
Status: in_force

1. A person shall not act as a fire performer unless the person is the holder of a certificate of registration as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer issued by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this section.

2. An applicant for a certificate of registration as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer must: (a) Be a natural person and, if the application is: (1) For a fire performer, be at least 21 years of age; or (2) For an apprentice fire performer, be at least 18 years of age; (b) Make a written notarized application to the State Fire Marshal on a form provided by the State Fire Marshal; (c) Submit to the State Fire Marshal a resume setting forth the experience of the applicant as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer and a description of all safety precautions used by the applicant while acting as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer; and (d) Pay an application fee in an amount prescribed by regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.

3. The State Fire Marshal may: (a) Issue to any person who applies for either certificate pursuant to subsection 2 a certificate of registration as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer; and (b) Renew a certificate of registration as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer to any person who applies for a renewal in a manner specified by the State Fire Marshal and pays a renewal fee in an amount prescribed by regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.

4. A certificate of registration as a fire performer or apprentice fire performer is valid for the period prescribed by regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 474.565 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 474 / Section 474.565
Adjustment of boundaries of contiguous fire protection districts within county
Status: in_force

1. The boundaries of two or more contiguous fire protection districts located within a county and organized pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450 , inclusive, 474.460 or 474.533 may be adjusted in the manner provided in this section so that all or any part of the area of one such fire protection district is excluded from that district and added to the area of another such fire protection district.

2. The adjustment of the boundaries of fire protection districts pursuant to this section must be approved by: (a) A majority of the owners of property located within the portions of those districts directly affected by the proposed adjustment of boundaries; and (b) Resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the districts are located, which resolution must also be approved by the governing bodies of the fire protection districts whose boundaries are proposed to be adjusted. For the purposes of this subsection, an owner of property located within a fire protection district is “directly affected” by a proposed adjustment of boundaries if the adjustment will cause that property, or other property immediately adjacent to that property, to be excluded from the district in which it is currently located and added to a district other than that in which it is currently located.

3. If, after notice and a hearing, the board of county commissioners determines that the proposed adjustment of boundaries is feasible and in the best interests of the county and the districts whose boundaries are proposed to be adjusted, the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance adjusting the boundaries of those districts. The ordinance must include the name and boundaries of each district that will result from the adjustment.

4. For the purposes of subsection 3, a board of county commissioners shall not determine that a proposed adjustment of boundaries is feasible and in the best interests of the county and the districts whose boundaries are proposed to be adjusted unless the board concludes, after conducting a reasonable investigation, that: (a) The total assessed valuation of taxable property in the districts whose boundaries are proposed to be adjusted is substantially equivalent; and (b) The total ad valorem tax levied within the districts whose boundaries are proposed to be adjusted is substantially equivalent.

5. The board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of any ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 3 to be certified by the clerk of the board and filed immediately for record in the office of the county recorder.

6. If an adjustment of boundaries pursuant to this section causes: (a) Part of the area of one fire protection district to be excluded from that district and added to the area of another fire protection district, the districts may, but are not required to, enter into such an agreement as they determine equitable to address the apportionment of debts, obligations, liabilities and assets. (b) All of the area of one fire protection district to be excluded from that district and added to the area of another fire protection district, the debts, obligations, liabilities and assets of the district from which the area is excluded must be assumed by the district to which the area is added.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 474.110 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 474 / Section 474.110
Canvass of votes; order on favorable vote declaring district organized and directors elected
Status: in_force

1. The election having been held, the board of county commissioners shall, on the first Monday succeeding the election, if then in session, or at its next succeeding general or special session, proceed to canvass the votes cast at the election.

2. If upon such canvass it appears that a majority of all votes cast in the district, and in each portion of the counties included in the district if lands in more than one county are included therein, are in favor of the formation of the district, the board shall, by an order entered in its minutes, declare: (a) Such territory organized as a county fire protection district under the name theretofore designated; and (b) The persons receiving, respectively, the highest number of votes for the directors to be elected to those offices.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 476.060 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 476 / Section 476.060
Procedure for prohibition of storage of explosive or combustible materials in city or town: Petition; order; publication; exceptions; penalties
Status: in_force

1. Whenever there is filed with the board of county commissioners of any county a petition signed by 10 percent of the residents of any town or incorporated city within the county, the 10 percent to be computed from the number of persons paying taxes in the town or incorporated city according to the last preceding assessment roll, praying that the storage of gunpowder, explosive or combustible materials be prohibited within the limits of such town or city, the board shall, at the meeting of such board when the petition is filed, make and enter on the minutes of its proceedings an order prohibiting the storage of explosives or combustible materials within such distance of the town or city as the board may deem safe and proper, but the distance named in the order for such storage shall not be less than one-fourth of a mile from the limits of the town or city.

2. The order mentioned in subsection 1 to be made by the board may be published by the clerk of the board of county commissioners for 2 weeks successively in some newspaper published and printed in the town or city to which the order applies, or a copy of the order shall be posted conspicuously in three public places in the town or city. The publication or posting shall constitute due notice to all concerned.

3. This section does not prohibit or prevent: (a) The storage by any person, firm or corporation within the limit prescribed by the order of any board, of not more than 100 pounds of black and smokeless gunpowder or rifle powder, and not more than 500 gallons of kerosene oil. (b) The keeping within such limit of shotgun or rifle shells and cartridges and cartridge percussion caps by any business firm or individual. (c) The storing of powder underground in mines.

4. Any board of county commissioners, or any member thereof, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with all of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and proceedings shall at once be instituted by the district attorney, or may be instituted by any citizen of the county against such board, or against any member thereof. Such conviction shall ipso facto remove such board, or any member thereof so convicted, from office. Notice of the vacancy thereby created shall be certified by the district attorney to the Governor. Within 20 days from the receipt of such notice, the Governor shall make appointments to fill such vacancy as may be created.

5. Any person, firm, company or corporation continuing to store any explosive or combustible materials within the limit prescribed by such order and notice, after 2 weeks subsequent to the giving of notice, or after 3 weeks subsequent to the making of such order, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 474.155 — NV Code / Title 42 / Chapter 474 / Section 474.155
Compensation of directors
Status: in_force

1. Each member of the board of directors of a county fire protection district established pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450 , inclusive, is entitled to receive as compensation for his or her services a sum to be determined by the board, but not in excess of $3,600 per year. The compensation must be paid on a monthly basis.

2. A member of the board of directors shall not receive any compensation as an employee of the district other than that provided in subsection 1.