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NV Rev Stat § 474.515 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.515 - Levy and collection of tax to pay principal and interest on general obligations; applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

  1. An annual general (ad valorem) tax must be levied upon all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation within the district and collected by the district sufficient to pay the interest on and the principal of the general obligation securities of the district as the same become due.  2. The proceeds of the taxes are specially appropriated to the payment of principal and interest.  3. Such appropriation must not be repealed nor the taxes postponed or diminished until the principal and interest have been wholly paid.  4. The payment of securities, the levy of taxes, and the appropriation of the proceeds thereof must be in the manner delineated in NRS 350.592 to 350.602, inclusive, and other provisions of the Local Government Securities Law supplemental thereto.  (Added to NRS by 1967, 967; A 1969, 613; 1983, 1198)
NV Rev Stat § 474.517 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.517 - Payment of claims against district.

All accounts, bills and demands against a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 must be audited, allowed and paid by the board of fire commissioners by warrants drawn on the county treasurer or the treasurer of the district. The county treasurer or, if authorized by the board of county commissioners and the board of fire commissioners, the treasurer of the district shall pay them in the order in which they are presented.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 184)
NV Rev Stat § 474.520 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.520 - Dissolution of districts created by election; territory subject to control by county commissioners; retention and use of property.

Upon dissolution of any fire protection district organized under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, as provided by NRS 474.410 to 474.450, inclusive, the territory formerly included in such district shall be subject to the provisions of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive. The property of such dissolved fire protection district shall be retained by the board of county commissioners for use for fire protection purposes in the territory of the dissolved district.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 326; A 1965, 25; 2015, 184)
NV Rev Stat § 474.532 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.532 - Consolidation of districts: Declaration of public policy of State.

It is the public policy of the State of Nevada and the purpose of NRS 474.533, in a county whose population is less than 700,000, to promote:  1. Efficiency in fire fighting and emergency medical services; and  2. Dedicated ad valorem funding of those services.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 179)
NV Rev Stat § 474.533 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.533 - Consolidation of districts: Requirements; initiation; approval; recording; debts and assets; taxation of property.

  1. The board of county commissioners of a county whose population is less than 700,000 may consolidate two or more fire protection districts organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 if:  (a) Each district is contiguous to at least one other district subject to the consolidation;  (b) The territory of each district is located entirely within the county; and  (c) The rates of the taxes levied by the board of county commissioners pursuant to NRS 474.510 and 474.515, respectively, are equal in each district at the time of consolidation.  2. The consolidation may be initiated by:  (a) The filing with the board of county commissioners of a petition signed by a majority of the owners of property located within the fire protection districts proposed for consolidation; or  (b) The adoption by the board of county commissioners of a resolution proposing the consolidation of the fire protection districts.  3. The board of county commissioners shall, after receiving a petition filed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 or adopting a resolution pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2, conduct a hearing to determine whether consolidation of the fire protection districts is feasible and in the best interests of the county and the fire protection districts. If the board of county commissioners determines that the consolidation of the fire protection districts is feasible and in the best interests of the county and the fire protection districts, the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance creating a consolidated fire protection district that includes all of the area of the fire protection districts. The ordinance must include the name and identify the boundaries of the consolidated fire protection district.  4. The board of county commissioners shall cause a copy of any ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection 3 to be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the consolidated fire protection district is located.  5. All debts, obligations, liabilities, revenues, expenditures and assets of the former fire protection districts must be assumed or taken over by the consolidated fire protection district.  6. If two or more fire protection districts are consolidated pursuant to this section, each owner of real or personal property that is located within the consolidated fire protection district and that is subject to taxation pursuant to NRS 474.510 and 474.515 is entitled after the consolidation to any partial abatement of taxes provided by NRS 361.4722, 361.4723 and 361.4724 to which the owner was entitled immediately prior to the date of the consolidation for those taxes levied against the owner’s real or personal property pursuant to NRS 474.510 and 474.515.  (Added to NRS by 2015, 179)
NV Rev Stat § 474.535 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.535 - Reorganization into district created by election.

  1. A fire protection district established pursuant to NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, which has been in existence for at least 10 years, may be reorganized as a fire protection district subject to the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, in the manner provided in this section.  2. The reorganization of such a district may be initiated by:  (a) A petition signed by at least a majority of the owners of property located within the district; or  (b) A resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is located.  3. If, after notice and a hearing, the board of county commissioners determines that the reorganization of the district is in the best interests of the county and the district, it shall adopt an ordinance reorganizing the district. The ordinance must include the name and boundaries of the district.  4. The board shall cause a copy of the ordinance, certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners, to be filed immediately for record in the office of the county recorder.  5. The reorganization of the district is complete upon the filing of the ordinance pursuant to this section. The district thereafter is subject to the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive. Upon the completion of the reorganization of the district, the district shall assume the debts, obligations, liabilities and assets of the former district.  6. The board of county commissioners shall:  (a) Make an order dividing the district into election precincts, or providing for the election of directors at large, in the manner provided in NRS 474.070.  (b) Appoint the initial members of the board of directors of the district to terms established in the manner provided in NRS 474.130. Each director must be a resident of the precinct, if any, for which the director is appointed, and serves until a successor is elected and qualified.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 521; A 1995, 989; 2015, 184)
NV Rev Stat § 474.537 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.537 - Reorganization of district as general improvement district to furnish fire protection facilities.

  1. A fire protection district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may reorganize as a district created wholly or in part for the purpose of furnishing fire protection facilities pursuant to chapter 318 of NRS.  2. The reorganization may be initiated by:  (a) A petition signed by a majority of the owners of property located within the district; or  (b) A resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is located.  3. If the board of county commissioners determines, after notice and hearing, that the reorganization is feasible and in the best interests of the county and the district, the board of county commissioners shall adopt an ordinance reorganizing the district pursuant to chapter 318 of NRS.  4. All debts, obligations, liabilities and assets of the former district must be assumed or taken over by the reorganized district.  (Added to NRS by 1977, 540; A 2007, 1309; 2015, 184) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 474.560)
NV Rev Stat § 474.540 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.540 - Activities of district to be separate from activities of other political subdivisions.

The activities of each district organized in accordance with NRS 474.460 or 474.533 shall be separate and apart from county activities and any other political subdivision in this State.  (Added to NRS by 1963, 326; A 1967, 966; 1975, 1638; 2015, 185)
NV Rev Stat § 474.550 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.550 - Liability of person, firm, association or agency causing fire or other emergency which threatens human life; exception.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 527.126, within the boundaries of any fire protection district created pursuant to this chapter, any person, firm, association or agency which willfully or negligently causes a fire or other emergency which threatens human life may be charged with the expenses incurred in extinguishing the fire or meeting the emergency and the cost of necessary patrol. Such a charge constitutes a debt which is collectible by the federal, state, county or district agency incurring the expenses in the same manner as an obligation under a contract, express or implied.  2. If it is determined that the fire or other emergency which threatens human life was the result of an unavoidable accident, the person, firm, association or agency that caused the fire or emergency may not be charged the expenses incurred in extinguishing the fire or meeting the emergency.  (Added to NRS by 1975, 1638; A 1983, 808; 1993, 1204; 2015, 2229)
NV Rev Stat § 474.570 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.570 - Dissolution of district which is entirely within boundaries of district for county fire department.

A board of county commissioners shall dissolve any fire protection district created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter whenever all the territory within the district is included within the boundaries of a district for a county fire department created pursuant to NRS 244.2961. No petition or election is required for the dissolution of a district pursuant to this section.  (Added to NRS by 1981, 758; A 1989, 76)
NV Rev Stat § 474.580 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.580 - Elimination of fire hazards.

  1. Any owner of lands within a fire protection district created pursuant to this chapter shall eliminate and remove a fire hazard on the owner’s property when directed to do so by the board.  2. If the owner does not comply within the time specified by the board, the board may eliminate and remove the fire hazard in the manner permitted by NRS 474.160 or 474.470, whichever applies, and may for this purpose contract with any person for the performance of the work.  3. The cost incurred by the district in eliminating and removing the fire hazard may be recovered directly from the owner of the property or the district may make the cost a special assessment against the real property. The special assessment may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary county taxes are collected, and is subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in case of delinquency as provided for ordinary county taxes. All laws applicable to the collection and enforcement of county taxes are applicable to the special assessment.  4. As used in this section, "board" means the board of directors or the board of fire commissioners of the district, as the case may be.  (Added to NRS by 1991, 381)
NV Rev Stat § 474.590 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts|NRS 474.590 - Chapter does not authorize operation of ambulance in any area for which exclusive franchise for ambulance service has been granted by or on behalf of county, city or town.

Nothing in this chapter authorizes any person, firm, corporation, association, government, governmental agency or political subdivision of a government to operate an ambulance in any area for which an exclusive franchise for ambulance service has been granted:  1. By a county, city or town pursuant to NRS 244.187, 268.081 or 269.128, as applicable; or  2. By another person or governmental entity authorized to do so on behalf of the county, city or town.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1301)
NV Rev Stat § 475.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.010 - Willful or negligent failure to guard or extinguish fire; penalty.

Every person who willfully or negligently sets or fails to guard carefully or extinguish any fire, whether on the person’s own land or the land of another, whereby the timber or property of another is endangered is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 314; RL § 6579; NCL § 10262] — (NRS A 1971, 1458; 1979, 1480)
NV Rev Stat § 475.020 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.020 - Willful or negligent failure to extinguish fire in open; penalty.

Every person who, upon departing from camp or from any fire started by the person in the open, willfully or negligently leaves the fire or fires burning or unexhausted, or fails to extinguish them thoroughly, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 367; RL § 6632; NCL § 10317] — (NRS A 1971, 1458; 1979, 1480)
NV Rev Stat § 475.030 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.030 - Throwing burning cigarette or other material from moving vehicle; willful or negligent placing of burning materials; penalty.

  1. It is unlawful for any person willfully or negligently:  (a) To throw or place any lighted cigarette, cigar, ashes, match or other material which may cause a fire in any place where such lighted cigarette, cigar, match, ashes or other material may start a fire.  (b) To throw or otherwise discard from a moving vehicle any lighted cigarette, cigar, ash or other material which may cause a fire.  2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1:134:1929; A 1947, 458; 1943 NCL § 10558] — (NRS A 1967, 589; 1971, 1458; 1979, 1480)
NV Rev Stat § 475.040 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.040 - Destruction of timber, crops or vegetation by fire caused by gross negligence; criminal penalty; civil action.

Every person who, with gross negligence, lights a fire for any purpose along the road through any woodland, or upon the same, or at any other place in the open, and thereby, or by any other means, sets fire to any growing timber or forest, shrubbery, crops, grass or vegetation, and thereby causes the destruction of any timber, forest, crops, grass, vegetation or property not his or her own, is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of the loss resulting therefrom, in addition to being liable to the owner of such property for the full value thereof in a civil action.  [1911 C&P § 368; RL § 6633; NCL § 10318] — (NRS A 1967, 589; 1979, 329)
NV Rev Stat § 475.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.050 - Smoking in building on which notice posted prohibiting smoking; penalty.

Every person who lights a pipe, cigar or cigarette in, or who enters with a lighted pipe, cigar or cigarette, any mill or other building on which is posted in a conspicuous place over and near each principal entrance a notice in plain, legible characters stating that no smoking is allowed in such building is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 313; RL § 6578; NCL § 10261] — (NRS A 1971, 1459; 1979, 1480)
NV Rev Stat § 475.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.060 - Operation of internal combustion engine without spark arrestor; penalty; exceptions.

  1. Every person, firm, corporation or association which uses or permits to be used any internal combustion engine which is operated on hydrocarbon fuels on any grass, brush or forest-covered land without providing, and maintaining in effective order, a spark arrestor attached to the exhaust system is guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. For the purposes of this section, a spark arrestor is a device constructed of nonflammable material specifically for the purpose of removing or retaining carbon and other flammable materials over 0.023 inch in size from the exhaust flow of an internal combustion engine that is operated on hydrocarbon fuels.  3. Motortrucks, truck tractors, buses and passenger vehicles, except motorcycles, are not subject to the provisions of this section if the exhaust system is equipped with an adequate and properly maintained muffler in constant operation.  [1911 C&P § 315; RL § 6580; NCL § 10263] — (NRS A 1967, 750; 1971, 1459; 1979, 1480)
NV Rev Stat § 475.070 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.070 - Interference with peace officer, firefighter or member of search and rescue organization; disobedience of orders; penalty.

  1. Every person who, at any fire:  (a) Disobeys the lawful order of any peace officer or firefighter, or a member of a search and rescue organization who is under the direction of the sheriff;  (b) Resists or interferes with any lawful effort to extinguish the fire; or  (c) Engages in any conduct likely to interfere with the extinguishment of the fire,  is guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. Every person who, at the scene of an emergency, other than a fire, disobeys any of the lawful orders of a peace officer or firefighter, or a member of a search and rescue organization who is under the direction of the sheriff, or resists or interferes with the lawful efforts of any firefighters or company of firefighters, or members of a search and rescue organization who are under the direction of the sheriff, to control or handle the emergency, or acts in a disorderly manner likely to interfere with the control or handling thereof, or who forbids, prevents or dissuades others from assisting to control or handle the emergency, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 312; RL § 6577; NCL § 10260] — (NRS A 1971, 1459; 1979, 1481; 1987, 990; 2005, 337)
NV Rev Stat § 475.075 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.075 - Intentional obstruction of search and rescue organization; penalty.

  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.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 989)
NV Rev Stat § 475.080 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.080 - Obstruction of extinguishment of fire; penalties.

Every person who, with intent to prevent or obstruct the extinguishment of any fire, cuts, damages or removes any bell rope, wire or other apparatus for communicating an alarm of fire, or cuts, injures or destroys any engine, hose or other fire apparatus, or otherwise prevents or obstructs the extinguishment of any fire, is guilty of a public offense, as prescribed in NRS 193.155, proportionate to the value of the loss resulting therefrom and in no event less than a misdemeanor.  [1911 C&P § 311; RL § 6576; NCL § 10259] — (NRS A 1967, 589; 1971, 1459; 1979, 1481)
NV Rev Stat § 475.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.090 - Willful and malicious damage or destruction of fire equipment or apparatus; penalty.

Every person who willfully and maliciously removes, damages or destroys any engine, hose, hose cart, truck, ladder, extinguisher or other apparatus used by any fire company or fire department is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [Part 1911 C&P § 487; RL § 6752; NCL § 10434] — (NRS A 1971, 1460; 1979, 1481)
NV Rev Stat § 475.100 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.100 - False fire alarms; penalties.

  1. It is unlawful for a person intentionally to give or cause to be given, or turn in or cause to be turned in, any false alarm of fire.  2. A person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be punished:  (a) If the act is malicious and another person suffers death or substantial bodily harm as a result, for a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.  (b) Otherwise, for a gross misdemeanor.  3. This section does not apply to alarms given for practice by any chief of a fire department or by any other person properly authorized to give such alarms, nor to alarms given by a person to attract attention of police, firefighters or other people to acts of violence, disorder or menace.  [1911 C&P § 336; RL § 6601; NCL § 10284] + [1911 C&P § 337; RL § 6602; NCL § 10285] — (NRS A 1967, 590; 1971, 1460; 1979, 1482; 1987, 1476; 1995, 1296; 2005, 337)
NV Rev Stat § 475.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.105 - Theft of device to prevent, control, extinguish or give warning of fire; penalties. [Effective through June 30, 2020.]

A person who steals a device intended for use in preventing, controlling, extinguishing or giving warning of a fire:  1. If the device has a value of less than $650, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  2. If the device has a value of $650 or more, is guilty of grand larceny and shall be punished as provided in NRS 205.222.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 751; A 1989, 1441; 1995, 1296; 1997, 347; 2011, 176)
NV Rev Stat § 475.105 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires|NRS 475.105 - Theft of device to prevent, control, extinguish or give warning of fire; penalties. [Effective July 1, 2020.]

A person who steals a device intended for use in preventing, controlling, extinguishing or giving warning of a fire:  1. If the device has a value of less than $1,200, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  2. If the device has a value of $1,200 or more, is guilty of a category D felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.  (Added to NRS by 1985, 751; A 1989, 1441; 1995, 1296; 1997, 347; 2011, 176; 2019, 4478, effective July 1, 2020)