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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 472 - State Forester Firewarden › NRS 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.

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.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2224; A 2021, 487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 472 - State Forester Firewarden › NRS 472.530 - Liability of person, firm, association or agency for damage by fire.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 527.126, any person, firm, association or agency which, personally or through another, willfully, negligently or in violation of the law:
1. Sets fire to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another;
2. Allows fire to be set to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another; or
3. Allows a fire kindled or attended by the person, firm, association or agency to escape to the property, whether privately or publicly owned, of another,
is liable to the owner of the property for the damages caused by the fire.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2225)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 472 - State Forester Firewarden › NRS 472.540 - Liability of person, firm, association or agency causing fire or other emergency; immunity; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or by specific statute, if the State Forester Firewarden determines that a person, firm, association or agency is responsible for willfully or negligently causing any fire or other emergency, the person, firm, association or agency may be charged with the expenses incurred in extinguishing the fire or meeting the emergency, together with the cost of necessary patrol. This charge constitutes a debt of the person, firm, association or agency charged and is collectible by the federal, state, county, city or municipal agency, or general improvement district created pursuant to NRS 318.1181 for the purpose of furnishing fire protection, incurring such expenses in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, express or implied.
2. In determining whether a person, firm, association or agency is responsible for willfully or negligently causing a fire pursuant to subsection 1, the State Forester Firewarden shall consider, without limitation, whether the person, firm, association or agency failed to exercise reasonable care given:
(a) The forecasted and existing weather conditions;
(b) The conditions of fuel moisture; and
(c) The topography of the area of the fire.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 1 and 2, a person, firm, association or agency is immune from liability for the payment of expenses and costs described in subsection 1 if the person, firm, association or agency immediately notified the nearest fire-fighting agency of the fire, was forthright and truthful in responding to questions from the State Forester Firewarden, any fire-fighting agency and any other state or local agency investigating the fire, and at least one of the following circumstances applies:
(a) The person, firm, association or agency had permission from a federal, state or local agency to start a fire or conduct a controlled burn and was in compliance with the terms of such permission;
(b) The person, firm, association or agency started a warming fire to protect human life due to dangerous weather conditions; or
(c) The person, firm, association or agency is in the business of raising livestock and started a controlled campfire for the purpose of branding livestock.
4. If the State Forester Firewarden determines that the fire or other emergency was the result of an unavoidable accident, the State Forester Firewarden shall not charge the person, firm, association or agency that caused the fire or emergency the expenses incurred in extinguishing the fire or meeting the emergency.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Fire-fighting agency" means a public fire department, fire protection district or other agency of this State or a political subdivision of this State, the primary functions of which are to control, extinguish, prevent and suppress fires.
(b) "Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 2225; A 2021, 1369)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.005 - Registration of electors; list of registered voters; reimbursement for costs of conducting election.

1. Any person residing within a county fire protection district who is otherwise qualified to vote at general elections in this State may register to vote in the biennial elections and other elections of the district by appearing before the county clerk or registrar of voters of the county in which the district is located and completing an application to register to vote in accordance with the general election laws of this State. Registration for a district election which is not held simultaneously with a general election must close at 5 p.m. of the fifth Friday preceding the district election, and registration offices must be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., excluding Saturdays, during the last days before the close of registration. If a person residing within a district is otherwise registered to vote, new registration for district elections is not required.
2. The county clerk or registrar of voters shall, at the expense of the district, prepare and maintain a list of all registered voters residing within the district. The county clerk or registrar of voters is entitled to receive on behalf of the county reimbursement for the actual costs of conducting the district’s election. All money so received must be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the county.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 848; A 1995, 2282)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.010 - Territory which may be organized into district.

Contiguous unincorporated territory lying within one or more counties or incorporated territory lying within a consolidated municipality and not included in any other fire protection district may be formed into a county fire protection district in the manner and under the proceedings set forth in NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive.
[1:121:1937; A 1947, 455; 1943 NCL § 1929.01]—(NRS A 2007, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.020 - Petition of property owners for formation of district; resolution of county commissioners.

1. When 25 percent or more of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands lying in one body, whose names appear as such upon the last county assessment roll, present a petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land or the greater portion thereof is located, setting forth the exterior boundaries of the proposed district and asking that the district so described be formed into a county fire protection district under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, the board of county commissioners shall pass a resolution declaring the board’s intention to form or organize such territory into a county fire protection district, naming the district and describing its exterior boundaries.
2. The resolution must:
(a) Fix a time and place for the hearing of the matter not less than 30 days after its adoption.
(b) Direct the clerk of the board of county commissioners to publish the notice of intention of the board of county commissioners to form the county fire protection district, and of the time and place fixed for the hearing, and must designate that publication must be in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county and circulated in the proposed county fire protection district, or if there is no newspaper so published and circulated, then in a newspaper of general circulation circulated in the proposed district.
[Part 2:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.02]—(NRS A 2007, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.030 - Notice of proposed formation of district: Heading; contents; publication.

The notice must:
1. Be headed "Notice of the proposed formation of fire protection district in ............................ County," stating the name of the proposed district and the name of the county or, if there is more than one county, the name of the counties in which the proposed district is located.
2. State the fact that the board of county commissioners has fixed the time and place for a hearing on the matter of the formation of a county fire protection district, and must set forth the time and place of that hearing.
3. Describe the territory or specify the exterior boundaries of the territory proposed to be organized into the fire protection district, which boundaries, so far as practicable, must be the centerlines of highways.
4. Be published once a week for 2 successive weeks before the time fixed for the hearing in the newspaper designated by the board of county commissioners.
[Part 2:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.02]—(NRS A 2007, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.040 - Written objections to formation of district; exclusion of territory.

1. At the time fixed for the hearing of the matter, or at any time prior thereto, any person interested may file with the clerk of the board written objections to the formation of the district.
2. At the time fixed for the hearing, or to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of county commissioners shall hear the objections filed, if any, and pass upon the same.
3. The board may, in its discretion, sustain any or all of the objections filed and may change or alter the boundaries of such proposed district to conform to the needs of the district and to exclude therefrom any land that will not be benefited by the formation of such a district. Except as provided in NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, the board shall not include therein any territory not included in the boundaries mentioned in the petition.
[Part 3:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.050 - Inclusion of territory within proposed district.

Any owner of lands adjacent to the borders of the proposed district may, by written application therefor filed with the board of county commissioners at or before the time of the hearing of the petition, in the discretion of the board, have such lands included within such proposed district.
[Part 3:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.060 - Proceedings at hearing.

Upon the hearing of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether or not the petition complies with the requirements and purposes of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, and must hear all competent and relevant testimony offered in support or in objection thereto. The board shall, by resolution, determine whether or not such a proposed district shall be formed and such determination shall be entered upon the minutes of the board of county commissioners.
[Part 3:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.03]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.070 - Creation of election precincts; election of directors.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, when, pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.040, 474.050 and 474.060, the boundaries of the proposed district are defined and established by the board, the board of county commissioners shall make an order dividing the proposed district into three or five divisions as nearly equal in size as practicable. The divisions must be numbered consecutively and constitute election precincts for the district.
2. When or after the boundaries of a district are established, the board of county commissioners may provide for the election of three or five directors at large, without precincts.
3. If precincts are created, each director must be a resident of the election precinct for which the director is elected and must be elected at large by the district.
[4:121:1937; A 1947, 455; 1943 NCL § 1929.04]—(NRS A 1977, 7; 1993, 521; 1995, 989)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.080 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

1. The board of county commissioners shall submit the question of whether the proposed district shall be organized pursuant to the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, to the electors of the proposed district at the next primary or general election.
2. The notice must:
(a) Designate a name for the proposed district.
(b) Describe the boundaries of the precincts established therein, if more than one, together with a designation of the polling places and board of election for each precinct.
(c) Be published once a week for at least 3 weeks before the election in a newspaper published or circulated within the boundaries of the proposed district and published within the county or counties in which the proposed district is located.
(d) Require the electors to cast ballots, which must contain the words: "........................ County Fire Protection District—Yes," or "........................ County Fire Protection District—No," or words equivalent thereto, and also the names of one or more persons, according to the division of the proposed district as prayed for in the petition and ordered by the board, to be voted for to fill the office of director.
[Part 5:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.05]—(NRS A 1993, 1080; 2007, 1302)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.100 - Persons entitled to vote; voting by proxy.

1. Every qualified elector within the district may vote either in person or by proxy at any election held by the district.
2. No person may vote by proxy unless the proxy to cast his or her vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing duly acknowledged before a notary public and filed with the board of election.
[Part 5:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.05]—(NRS A 1977, 7)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.110 - Canvass of votes; order on favorable vote declaring district organized and directors elected.

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.
[Part 6:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.06]—(NRS A 2007, 1303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.120 - Filing and distribution of copies of order; prohibition on formation of another district without consent of owners; when organization of district complete.

1. The board of county commissioners shall then cause a copy of such order, certified by the clerk of the board, to be immediately filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each county in which any portion of the lands included in the county fire protection district are located, and must also immediately forward a copy thereof to the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each such county.
2. The board of county commissioners shall not, after the date of the organization of the district, allow another fire protection district to be formed within the district without the consent of the owners thereof.
3. From and after such filing, the organization of the district is complete.
[Part 6:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.06]—(NRS A 2007, 1303)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.125 - Powers of district.

1. A county fire protection district organized pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, upon its formation:
(a) Is a political subdivision of this State; and
(b) Has perpetual existence unless dissolved as provided in this chapter.
2. Each such district may:
(a) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings;
(b) Arbitrate claims; and
(c) Contract and be contracted with.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1300)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.130 - Terms of office; designation by lot; nonpartisan office.

1. The directors elected at the election organizing the district shall immediately enter upon their duties. At the first meeting, the first board of directors shall so classify themselves by lot that a minority of their number go out of office on the first Monday in January following the next succeeding biennial election, and the remainder of their number on the first Monday in January following the second succeeding biennial election.
2. Thereafter, directors shall hold their offices for terms of 4 years from and after the first Monday in January following their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
3. The office of director is a nonpartisan office.
[Part 7:121:1937; A 1951, 144]—(NRS A 1963, 515; 1983, 848; 1993, 522)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.140 - Election procedure following first election.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:
(a) At the next general election and in conjunction therewith after the organization of any district, and in conjunction with every general election thereafter, an election, to be known as the biennial election of the district, must be held.
(b) The general election laws of this State govern the nomination and election of the members of the board of directors. The election must be conducted under the supervision of the county clerk or registrar of voters. The returns of the election must be certified to and canvassed as provided by the general law concerning elections. The candidate or candidates, according to the number of directors to be elected, receiving the most votes, are elected. Any new member of the board must qualify in the same manner as members of the first board qualify.
2. If at 5 p.m. on the last day for filing a declaration of candidacy, as defined in NRS 293.0455, for the office of director, there is only one candidate nominated for the office, that candidate must be declared elected and no election may be held for that office.
[Part 7:121:1937; A 1951, 144]—(NRS A 1963, 516; 1983, 849; 1993, 301; 2019, 3421)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.145 - Vacancies.

1. If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors of a county fire protection district, the remaining directors shall fill the vacancy by appointing a qualified elector to serve during the rest of the term and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
2. If the remaining directors fail or refuse to appoint a new director within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, the board of county commissioners shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 848)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.155 - Compensation of directors.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 899; A 1993, 522)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.160 - General powers and duties.

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.
[8:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.08]—(NRS A 1989, 1087; 1991, 381; 1993, 522; 2007, 1304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.163 - District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments.

1. The board of directors of a county fire protection district may appoint a district fire chief who shall have adequate training and experience in fire control and who shall hire such employees as are authorized by the board. The district fire chief shall administer all fire control laws in the district and perform such other duties as may be designated by the board of directors. The district fire chief shall coordinate fire protection activities in the district and shall cooperate with all other fire protection agencies and rangeland fire protection associations.
2. In lieu of or in addition to the provisions of subsection 1, the board of directors may:
(a) Provide fire protection to the county fire protection district by entering into agreements with other agencies or rangeland fire protection associations as provided by NRS 277.180 and 472.060 to 472.090, inclusive, for the furnishing of such protection to the district; or
(b) Support volunteer fire departments within the county fire protection district for the furnishing of such protection to the district.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 2000)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.167 - Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures.

The board of directors of a county fire protection district shall cooperate with the State Forester Firewarden and other agencies as provided in NRS 472.040 to 472.090, inclusive, to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands, and may contribute suitable amounts of money from the sums raised as provided in NRS 474.200 for that purpose to cooperating agencies, or may receive contributions from other agencies to be spent for that purpose.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2021, 488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.170 - Medium-term obligations.

The board of directors has the powers and duties with respect to medium-term obligations provided in chapter 350 of NRS.
[8.1:121:1937; added 1955, 32]—(NRS A 1965, 749; 1973, 18; 1995, 1827)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.180 - Provision of emergency medical services; purchase, acquisition, lease, operation and maintenance of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel.

The board of directors may:
1. Provide emergency medical services within the county fire protection district; and
2. Purchase, acquire by donation or otherwise, lease, operate and maintain ambulances whenever necessary, and may take out liability and other insurance therefor. The board of directors may employ trained personnel to operate those vehicles.
[8.5:121:1937; added 1955, 431]—(NRS A 2007, 1304)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.190 - Preparation of annual budget; limitation on tax levy.

1. Subject to the provisions of subsection 3, the board of directors of each county fire protection district shall prepare annual budgets in accordance with NRS 354.470 to 354.626, inclusive.
2. The budget of a district must be based on estimates of the amount of money that will be needed to defray the expenses of the district and to meet unforeseen emergencies and the amount of a fire protection tax sufficient, together with the revenue which will result from application of the rate to the net proceeds of minerals, to raise such sums.
3. The amount of money to be raised for the purpose of establishing, equipping and maintaining the district with fire-fighting facilities must not in any 1 year exceed 1 percent of the assessed value of the property described in NRS 474.200 and any net proceeds of minerals derived from within the boundaries of the district.
[Part 10:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.10]—(NRS A 1965, 310, 749; 1969, 892; 2007, 1304; 2011, 2731; 2013, 3140)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.200 - Levy, collection and use of taxes; deposit of money in operating and emergency funds.

1. At the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, the boards of county commissioners shall levy the tax established pursuant to NRS 474.190 upon all property, both real and personal, subject to taxation within the boundaries of the district. Any tax levied on interstate or intercounty telephone lines, power lines and other public utility lines as authorized in this section must be based upon valuations as established by the Nevada Tax Commission pursuant to the provisions of NRS 361.315 to 361.330, inclusive.
2. When levied, the tax must be entered upon the assessment rolls and collected in the same manner as state and county taxes. Taxes may be paid in four approximately equal installments at the times specified in NRS 361.483, and the same penalties as specified in NRS 361.483 must be added for failure to pay the taxes.
3. When the tax is collected, it must be placed in the treasury of the county in which the greater portion of the county fire protection district is located, to the credit of the district. The treasurer of the district shall keep two separate funds for each district, one to be known as the district fire protection operating fund and one to be known as the district emergency fund. The money collected to defray the expenses of the district must be deposited in the district fire protection operating fund, and the money collected to meet unforeseen emergencies must be deposited in the district emergency fund. The district emergency fund must be used solely for emergencies and must not be used for regular operating expenses. The money deposited in the district emergency fund must not exceed the sum of $1,000,000. Any interest earned on the money in the district emergency fund that causes the balance in that fund to exceed $1,000,000 must be credited to the district fire protection operating fund.
4. For the purposes of subsection 3, an emergency includes, without limitation, any event that:
(a) Causes widespread or severe damage to property or injury to or the death of persons within the district;
(b) As determined by the district fire chief, requires immediate action to protect the health, safety and welfare of persons who reside within the district; and
(c) Requires the district to provide money to obtain a matching grant from a state agency or an agency of the Federal Government to repair damage caused by a natural disaster that occurred within the district.
[Part 10:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.10]—(NRS A 1963, 480; 1965, 310; 1967, 1111; 1969, 613; 1971, 265; 1979, 552; 1983, 1197; 1989, 49; 2007, 1305)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.210 - Payment of claims against district.

All accounts, bills and demands against the district must be audited, allowed and paid by the board of directors 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 directors, the treasurer of the district shall pay them in the order in which they are presented.
[Part 10:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.10]—(NRS A 2001, 361)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.220 - Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes; applicability of section prescribing limit on indebtedness.

1. The board of directors of any county fire protection district formed under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may prepare, issue and sell bonds to provide money for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment, the acquisition of property, the construction of buildings and improvement of district-owned property for use in that county fire protection district.
2. The provisions of NRS 474.514 apply to a county fire protection district specified in subsection 1.
[1:182:1945; A 1949, 649; 1953, 58]—(NRS A 2001, 362)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.300 - Levy and collection of tax; use of tax for principal and interest.

1. In any county fire protection district availing itself of the privileges of this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.310, the board of directors of the district annually shall determine the tax necessary for the payment of interest and principal of such bonds.
2. The amount of the tax must be certified to the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which any portion of the district is located, and the board of county commissioners shall, at the time of making the levy of county taxes for that year, levy the tax certified upon all the real property, together with the improvements thereon, in the district.
3. When levied, the tax must be entered on the assessment rolls and collected in the same manner as state and county taxes.
4. When the tax is collected, it must be placed in the treasury of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located in a special fund for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds. Payments therefrom must be made according to the terms of the bonds.
[5:182:1945; 1943 NCL § 1929.134]—(NRS A 2007, 1306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.310 - Faith of State of Nevada pledged.

The faith of the State of Nevada is pledged that this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.300 shall not be repealed nor the taxation thereby imposed be omitted until all the bonds and coupons issued thereunder and by virtue thereof shall have been paid in full as specified in this section and NRS 474.220 and 474.300.
[6:182:1945; 1943 NCL § 1929.135]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.320 - Title to property vested in district.

The title to all property which may have been acquired for a county fire protection district created under the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, shall be vested in the district.
[Part 9:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.09]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.323 - Formation; approval; evaluation; delegation of evaluation; assistance with funding and operations.

1. Any business entity or cooperative or any two or more persons who own, lease, produce agriculture on or otherwise control or occupy property within a county fire protection district organized pursuant to NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may establish a rangeland fire protection association by petitioning the board of directors of the county fire protection district in which the petitioners reside or in which their property is located for recognition as a rangeland fire protection association.
2. The board of directors of a county fire protection district may approve a petition submitted pursuant to subsection 1 if the petitioners:
(a) Meet the requirements established by the board relating to the creation, operation and duties of a rangeland fire protection association.
(b) Provide to the board a copy of written notice from the State Forester Firewarden that the proposed rangeland fire protection association complies with the recommendations developed by the State Forester Firewarden pursuant to NRS 472.210 concerning the formation, operation and training of the members of a rangeland fire protection association.
3. The board of directors of a county fire protection district, in cooperation with the State Forester Firewarden or his or her designee, shall, before the board enters into a cooperative agreement with a rangeland fire protection association pursuant to NRS 472.060 or 472.070 and annually thereafter during the term of the agreement, evaluate:
(a) The governance and management structure of the association;
(b) The adequacy of any policy of liability insurance carried by the association;
(c) The condition and maintenance of the vehicles and equipment used by the association in carrying out its duties; and
(d) The training and qualifications of each member of the association in accordance with national standards or other substantially equivalent standards determined by the county fire protection district.
4. The board of directors of a county fire protection district may delegate the performance of the evaluation required pursuant to subsection 3 to the State Forester Firewarden. The State Forester Firewarden shall report to the board of directors of the county fire protection district the results of any such delegated evaluation.
5. The board of directors of a county fire protection district, the State Forester Firewarden and any other agency which is a party to a cooperative agreement entered into with a rangeland fire protection association shall, to the extent practicable, assist the association in procuring funding for the association, carrying out the duties of the association, training the members of the association and providing personal protective equipment for the members of the association.
6. The provisions of this section do not require a person to be a member of a rangeland fire protection association in order to protect his or her property from a rangeland fire.
(Added to NRS by 2015, 1998)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.325 - Procedure.

The boundaries of any county fire protection district formed under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, may be altered and new territory annexed thereto, incorporated and included therein, and made a part thereof in the manner provided in NRS 474.335 to 474.395, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.335 - Petition: Contents; signatories; publication of notice.

The board of directors of any such district, upon receiving a written petition for annexation containing a description of the territory proposed to be annexed (which territory shall be contiguous to the district), and signed by not less than 20 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the territory proposed to be annexed, and whose names appear as such on the last preceding county assessment roll, shall cause a notice of filing of such petition to be published in the same manner and for the same time as is required for notices of the proposed formation of a county fire protection district under NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.345 - Notice: Contents.

1. The notice shall:
(a) State the filing of the petition and the names of the petitioners.
(b) Describe the lands mentioned in the petition and in the prayer of the petition.
(c) Notify all persons interested in or who may be affected by such change of the boundaries of the district to appear at the offices of the board, at a time named in the notice, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why the proposed change in boundaries should not be made.
2. The time specified in the notice at which they shall be required to show cause shall be the regular meeting of the board next after the expiration of time for the publication of the notice.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.365 - Hearing.

1. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such other time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, the board of directors shall proceed to hear the petition and all objections thereto presented in writing by any interested persons, who shall be holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district or within the territory proposed to be annexed.
2. At the hearing, the board of directors shall hear and determine all objections and shall exclude all lands within the territory proposed to be annexed which will not be benefited by inclusion in the district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1612)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.375 - Payments by petitioners as condition precedent to annexation.

The board of directors to whom such petition is presented may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the same, that the petitioners shall severally pay to the district such respective sums as nearly as the same can be estimated (the several amounts to be determined by the board), as such petitioners or their grantors would have been required to pay the district as taxes had such lands been included in the district at the time the same was originally formed.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1613)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.385 - Election.

1. If the board of directors deems it in the best interest of the district that the boundaries of the district be changed as proposed or as altered by the exclusion of lands not benefited, the board shall submit the question of the change in boundaries at the next primary or general election to be held in the district, and at the primary or general election to be held at the same time within the territory to be annexed.
2. Notice of the elections must be given in the same manner as that prescribed for annual elections of directors. The notice of election must describe the proposed change of the boundaries in such manner and terms that it can readily be traced.
3. The ballots cast at the election must contain the words "For change of boundary," or "Against change of boundary," or words equivalent thereto.
4. The qualifications for voters must be the same as for other elections in the district, and votes by proxy must be allowed as in such other elections.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1613; A 1993, 1080)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.395 - Findings by board following election; inclusion of territory.

1. The returns of the votes cast in the outside territory proposed to be annexed and in the district shall be canvassed separately, and the board of directors shall cause a record of the canvass to be made and entered in its minutes.
2. If it appears from such canvass that a majority of the votes cast in the district and in the territory proposed to be annexed are in favor of the change in boundary, the board shall so find. Upon the filing of a certified copy of such findings, under seal of the district, in the office of the county recorder, the territory shall be a part of the district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 1613)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.420 - Petition of property owners for dissolution; election.

Upon receiving a petition signed by 25 percent of the owners of land within the district, requesting the dissolution thereof, the board of county commissioners shall, by resolution, submit the question of whether the district shall be dissolved at the next primary or general election.
[Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]—(NRS A 1993, 1080)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.430 - Procedure on favorable vote for dissolution; when dissolution complete.

1. If it appears that a majority of the owners of land voting at the election have voted in favor of dissolution, the board of directors of the district shall:
(a) Cause such facts to be entered upon its minutes.
(b) Forward a copy of such entry to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the district is situated.
(c) Record a copy of such entry with the county recorder.
2. On and after filing and recording, the district shall be deemed dissolved.
[Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.440 - Levy of taxes for payment of outstanding or bonded indebtedness after dissolution.

If at the time of the dissolution of the district there shall be any outstanding or bonded indebtedness of the district, then taxes for the payment of such bonds or other indebtedness shall be levied and collected the same as if the district had not been dissolved and disincorporated, but for all other purposes the district shall be deemed dissolved from the time of the filing of the copy of the entry with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and the recording of the copy of such entry with the county recorder.
[Part 11:121:1937; 1931 NCL § 1929.11]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.460 - Organization of district in unincorporated areas; powers, governing body and officers of district.

1. All territory in each county or consolidated municipality not included in any other fire protection district, except incorporated areas other than consolidated municipalities, may be organized by ordinance by the board of county commissioners of the county in which that territory lies into as many fire protection districts as necessary to provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires in the county, until such time as that territory may be included in another fire protection district formed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 474.010 to 474.450, inclusive, or 474.532 and 474.533.
2. Each such district:
(a) Is a political subdivision of the State; and
(b) Has perpetual existence unless dissolved as provided in this chapter.
3. Each such district may:
(a) Sue and be sued, and be a party to suits, actions and proceedings;
(b) Arbitrate claims; and
(c) Contract and be contracted with.
4. The board of county commissioners organizing each such district is ex officio the governing body of each such district. The governing body must be known as the board of fire commissioners.
5. The chair of the board of county commissioners is ex officio the chair of each such district.
6. The county clerk is ex officio the clerk of each such district.
7. Unless the board of fire commissioners employs a treasurer, the county treasurer is ex officio the treasurer of each such district.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1967, 964; 1975, 1635; 2007, 1306; 2015, 180, 2228)