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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.470 - Duties of board of fire commissioners.

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.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1975, 1635; 1991, 382; 2007, 1307; 2015, 180, 2001)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.480 - Coordination of protective activities; duties of State Forester Firewarden.

1. The board of fire commissioners shall plan for the prevention and extinguishment of fires in the territory of the county described by NRS 474.460 and 474.533, in cooperation with the State Forester Firewarden to coordinate the fire protection activities of the districts with the fire protection provided by the Division of Forestry of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and by federal agencies, in order that the State Forester Firewarden may establish a statewide plan for the prevention and control of large fires, mutual aid among the districts, training of personnel, supply, finance and other purposes to promote fire protection on a statewide basis.
2. Through inspection, the State Forester Firewarden may recommend standardization of fire protection equipment and facilities of the districts to facilitate mutual aid among the districts.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 324; A 1975, 1636; 1977, 1147; 2007, 1307; 2015, 181)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.490 - Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures.

The board of fire commissioners 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 474.510 for that purpose to cooperating agencies, or may receive contributions from other agencies to be spent for that purpose.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 325; A 1975, 1636; 2007, 1308; 2021, 488)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.495 - Provision of emergency medical services; purchase, acquisition, lease, operation and maintenance of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel.

The board of fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may:
1. Provide emergency medical services within the district; and
2. Purchase, acquire by donation or otherwise, lease, operate and maintain ambulances if necessary, and may take out liability and other insurance therefor. The board of fire commissioners may employ trained personnel to operate those vehicles.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1301; A 2015, 181)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.500 - District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments.

1. The board of fire commissioners may appoint a district fire chief who is adequately trained and experienced in fire control. A district fire chief appointed pursuant to this subsection shall hire such employees as are authorized by the board, administer all fire control laws in the territory of the county described by NRS 474.460 and 474.533 and perform such other duties as may be designated by the board of fire commissioners and the State Forester Firewarden. The district fire chief shall coordinate fire protection activities in the district and shall cooperate with all other existing fire protection agencies and rangeland fire protection associations and with the State Forester Firewarden for the standardization of equipment and facilities.
2. In lieu of or in addition to the provisions of subsection 1, the board of fire commissioners may:
(a) Provide the fire protection required by NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, to the districts by entering into agreements with other agencies or rangeland fire protection associations as provided by NRS 472.060 to 472.090, inclusive, and 277.180, for the furnishing of such protection to the districts; or
(b) Support volunteer fire departments within districts organized under the provisions of NRS 474.460 to 474.540, inclusive, for the furnishing of such protection to the districts.
(Added to NRS by 1963, 325; A 1965, 1335; 1975, 1636; 2007, 1308; 2015, 181, 2001)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.511 - Acquisition of properties by district.

Any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, acting by and through the board of fire commissioners, by resolution may at any time or from time to time acquire:
1. A system of waterworks, hydrants and supplies of water.
2. Telegraphic signals for fire and telephone, telegraph, radio and television service.
3. Fire engines and other vehicles.
4. Hooks, ladders, chutes, buckets, gauges, meters, hoses, pumps, fire extinguishers, fans and artificial lights.
5. Respirators, rescue equipment, medical supplies and equipment, other apparatus for fire fighting and protection from fire, and other appurtenances.
6. Fixtures, structures, stations, other buildings and sites therefor.
7. Land, interests in land, and improvements thereon for firebreaks and other protection from fire.
8. Appurtenances and incidentals necessary, useful or desirable for any such facilities, including all types of property therefor.
9. Any combination of the properties provided in this section.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 966; A 1975, 1637; 1985, 1703; 2015, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.512 - Issuance of bonds and other securities for acquisition of property.

For the purpose of defraying the cost of the acquisition of any properties authorized by NRS 474.511, the board of fire commissioners, on the behalf and in the name of any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, may, by resolution, at any time or from time to time, borrow money, otherwise become obligated, and evidence or reevidence such obligations by the issuance of bonds and other municipal securities payable from general (ad valorem) taxes and constituting general obligations of the district, as provided in the Local Government Securities Law, subject to the limitations therein and in NRS 474.514.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 966; A 1975, 1638; 1981, 964; 2015, 183)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.514 - Limit on indebtedness.

No indebtedness, as defined in NRS 350.586, including outstanding indebtedness, shall be incurred by any district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 in an aggregate principal amount exceeding 5 percent of the total last assessed valuation of taxable property (excluding motor vehicles and cattle) situated within the district.
(Added to NRS by 1967, 967; A 1969, 613; 2015, 183)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.518 - Rangeland fire protection associations: 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 district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 may establish a rangeland fire protection association by petitioning the board of fire commissioners of the 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 fire commissioners of the 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 fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, 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 district.
4. The board of fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533 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 fire commissioners the results of any such delegated evaluation.
5. The board of fire commissioners of a district organized pursuant to NRS 474.460 or 474.533, 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, 1999)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts › NRS 474.550 - Liability of person, firm, association or agency causing fire or other emergency; immunity; 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 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, city or district agency, or general improvement district created pursuant to NRS 318.1181 to furnish fire protection, incurring the expenses in the same manner as 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, it must be considered, 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 it is determined that the fire or other emergency 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.
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 1975, 1638; A 1983, 808; 1993, 1204; 2015, 2229; 2021, 1370)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.020 - Willful or negligent leaving of fire burning or unexhausted in campsite or 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.030 - Willful or negligent throwing or placing of burning cigarette or other material; throwing burning cigarette or other material from moving vehicle; 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.075 - Intentional prevention or 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.080 - Intentional prevention or 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.090 - Willful and malicious removal, 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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.100 - False fire alarms; penalties; exception.

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)
2023 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.

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)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.110 - Able-bodied males subject to fire-fighting duty for certain period during any 1 year; penalty for refusal; compensation and benefits.

1. All sheriffs, their deputies, firewardens or other peace officers or any national forest officer may call upon able-bodied male persons within the State of Nevada who are between the ages of 16 years and 50 years for assistance in extinguishing fires in timber or in brush.
2. Persons who refuse to obey the summons or who refuse to assist in fighting fire for the period stated in subsection 3, unless they present sufficient reasons, are guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. No male person may be required to fight fires a total of more than 5 days during any 1 year.
4. The board of county commissioners may fix the amount of compensation to be paid to male persons drafted to fight fires as provided in this section, and the sums so fixed must be allowed and paid as other claims against the county are paid.
5. For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act, male persons drafted to fight fires must be considered employees of the county demanding their services, and they are entitled to receive for disability incurred by reason thereof the benefits under the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act. The county shall report and pay premiums to a private carrier authorized to provide industrial insurance in this State for persons so engaged.
[1:45:1927; NCL § 1982] + [Part 2:45:1927; NCL § 1983]—(NRS A 1967, 590; 1981, 1528; 1995, 2046; 1999, 1826)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.115 - Volunteer firefighters: Discharge from employment prohibited; civil action; attorney’s fees; disclosure to employer.

1. Any person, corporation, partnership, association or other entity who is an employer or is vested with the power to discharge or recommend the discharge of a person who serves as a volunteer firefighter shall not deprive the person performing such service of his or her employment as a consequence of his or her action.
2. A person discharged in violation of subsection 1 may commence a civil action against his or her employer and obtain:
(a) Wages and benefits lost as a result of the violation;
(b) An order of reinstatement without loss of position, seniority or benefits;
(c) Damages equal to the amount of lost wages and benefits; and
(d) Reasonable attorney’s fees fixed by the court.
3. Any applicant for employment who is, and any employee who becomes, a volunteer firefighter must disclose that fact to his or her prospective or present employer, as the case may be.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 919; A 2005, 337)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.125 - Investigation of fires resulting in property damage, death or injury.

Each fire department may investigate:
1. The cause, origin and circumstances of each fire which occurs within its jurisdiction and which results in the destruction of or damage to property, loss of life, or injury to any person.
2. Any report received pursuant to NRS 629.045 to determine the origin of the fire which caused the injury.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 171; A 1991, 1897; 2021, 1080)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.210 - Governor may close land or prohibit burning in areas which are fire hazards.

1. Whenever the Governor finds that conditions of extreme fire hazard exist, either in or out of the fire hazard season, the Governor may by proclamation close or partially close such land or areas as the Governor may find to be in such condition of extreme hazard to the general public and prohibit or limit burning and other acts thereon to such degree and in such ways as he or she deems necessary to reduce the danger of forest and other wild land fires.
2. The Governor shall declare the end of any such emergency only upon a finding that the conditions of extreme fire hazard no longer exist.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.220 - Dumps: Safe operation; regulations of State Forester Firewarden.

1. Any county, municipality, public institution, agency, corporation, person or persons, or other entity maintaining or operating a dump shall provide such devices and conditions therefor as will reasonably promote the safe operation thereof and guard against the escape of fire therefrom.
2. The State Forester Firewarden shall have power to make rules and regulations for the implementation of this section.
(Added to NRS by 1965, 306)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.230 - Claim by fire department to recover direct expenses and losses incurred while fighting fire on property of State.

1. Any fire department which engages in fighting a fire on property owned by the State within the jurisdictional limits of the fire department may submit a claim to the State Board of Examiners to recover any direct expenses and losses incurred as a result of fighting that fire.
2. The claim must include:
(a) The name, address and jurisdictional limits of the fire department;
(b) The name, address and telephone number of the person making the claim on behalf of the fire department;
(c) The name and address, if known, of the state agency having jurisdiction over the property on which the fire occurred;
(d) The exact location of the fire;
(e) A description of the property burned;
(f) The number and classification of the personnel and the number and type of equipment used to fight the fire;
(g) A copy of the fire report; and
(h) An itemized list of direct expenses and losses incurred while fighting the fire, including the purchase cost, estimated cost of repairs and a statement of depreciated value immediately preceding and after the damage to or destruction of any equipment and the extent of any insurance coverage.
3. As used in this section, "direct expenses and losses" means certain expenses and losses which were incurred while fighting a fire on property owned by the State. The term is limited to:
(a) The depreciated value, if any, of any equipment or vehicle which was damaged or destroyed; and
(b) If the employer maintains a plan which supplements coverage for workers’ compensation provided pursuant to chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, or chapter 617 of NRS by a private carrier and, if the benefits are provided from public money and not by an insurer, any injury or death benefits which would have been paid by the employer from public money.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1165; A 1981, 1528; 1995, 2047; 1999, 236, 1826; 2001, 1082)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 475 - Crimes and Responsibilities Concerning Fires › NRS 475.235 - Disposition of claims by State Board of Examiners.

1. The State Board of Examiners may submit a copy of the claim to the State Fire Marshal for review. The State Fire Marshal shall make his or her recommendations to the State Board of Examiners who shall make a final determination of the disposition of the claim.
2. All claims approved by the State Board of Examiners must be paid as other claims against the State are paid.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1166)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 476 - Explosives and Inflammable Materials › NRS 476.005 - "Explosive" defined.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "explosive" means any explosive material included in the list of explosive materials published in the Federal Register and revised annually by the Attorney General of the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 841 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 1009; A 2009, 685)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 476 - Explosives and Inflammable Materials › NRS 476.030 - Injury to person or property by careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of explosive or combustible substance: Penalty.

Every person who, by careless, negligent or unauthorized use or management of any explosive or combustible substance, injures or causes injury to the person or property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[Part 1911 C&P § 300; RL § 6565; NCL § 10248]—(NRS A 1971, 1460; 1979, 1482)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 476 - Explosives and Inflammable Materials › NRS 476.040 - Sale or transportation of explosive or combustible substance without conspicuous marking: Penalty.

Every person who offers for sale, or who delivers to any warehouseman, dock, depot or common carrier any package, cask or can containing benzine, gasoline, naphtha, nitroglycerine, dynamite, powder or other explosive or combustible substance, without having printed thereon in a conspicuous place in large letters the word "Explosive," is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1911 C&P § 301; RL § 6566; NCL § 10249]—(NRS A 1971, 1460; 1979, 1482)