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)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 474 - County Fire Protection Districts

NRS 474.003 - "Rangeland fire protection association" defined.

NRS 474.005 - Registration of electors; list of registered voters; reimbursement for costs of conducting election.

NRS 474.007 - Activities of district are separate from activities of county and other political subdivisions.

NRS 474.010 - Territory which may be organized into district.

NRS 474.020 - Petition of property owners for formation of district; resolution of county commissioners.

NRS 474.030 - Notice of proposed formation of district: Heading; contents; publication.

NRS 474.040 - Written objections to formation of district; exclusion of territory.

NRS 474.050 - Inclusion of territory within proposed district.

NRS 474.060 - Proceedings at hearing.

NRS 474.070 - Creation of election precincts; election of directors.

NRS 474.080 - Notice of election: Contents; publication.

NRS 474.100 - Persons entitled to vote; voting by proxy.

NRS 474.110 - Canvass of votes; order on favorable vote declaring district organized and directors elected.

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.

NRS 474.125 - Powers of district.

NRS 474.130 - Terms of office; designation by lot; nonpartisan office.

NRS 474.140 - Election procedure following first election.

NRS 474.145 - Vacancies.

NRS 474.150 - President and secretary of board.

NRS 474.155 - Compensation of directors.

NRS 474.160 - General powers and duties.

NRS 474.163 - District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments.

NRS 474.167 - Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures.

NRS 474.170 - Medium-term obligations.

NRS 474.180 - Provision of emergency medical services; purchase, acquisition, lease, operation and maintenance of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel.

NRS 474.190 - Preparation of annual budget; limitation on tax levy.

NRS 474.200 - Levy, collection and use of taxes; deposit of money in operating and emergency funds.

NRS 474.210 - Payment of claims against district.

NRS 474.220 - Issuance and sale of bonds for certain purposes; applicability of section prescribing limit on indebtedness.

NRS 474.300 - Levy and collection of tax; use of tax for principal and interest.

NRS 474.310 - Faith of State of Nevada pledged.

NRS 474.320 - Title to property vested in district.

NRS 474.323 - Formation; approval; evaluation; delegation of evaluation; assistance with funding and operations.

NRS 474.325 - Procedure.

NRS 474.335 - Petition: Contents; signatories; publication of notice.

NRS 474.345 - Notice: Contents.

NRS 474.355 - Petitioners to advance estimated costs of proceedings.

NRS 474.365 - Hearing.

NRS 474.375 - Payments by petitioners as condition precedent to annexation.

NRS 474.385 - Election.

NRS 474.395 - Findings by board following election; inclusion of territory.

NRS 474.410 - Authority to dissolve.

NRS 474.420 - Petition of property owners for dissolution; election.

NRS 474.430 - Procedure on favorable vote for dissolution; when dissolution complete.

NRS 474.440 - Levy of taxes for payment of outstanding or bonded indebtedness after dissolution.

NRS 474.450 - Disposition of property on dissolution.

NRS 474.460 - Organization of district in unincorporated areas; powers, governing body and officers of district.

NRS 474.470 - Duties of board of fire commissioners.

NRS 474.480 - Coordination of protective activities; duties of State Forester Firewarden.

NRS 474.490 - Cooperation with State Forester Firewarden and other agencies to prevent and suppress fires in wild lands; authorized expenditures.

NRS 474.495 - Provision of emergency medical services; purchase, acquisition, lease, operation and maintenance of ambulances; purchase of insurance; employment of trained personnel.

NRS 474.500 - District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments.

NRS 474.510 - Preparation of annual budget; levy, collection and use of taxes; limitation on levy; deposit of money in operating and emergency funds.

NRS 474.511 - Acquisition of properties by district.

NRS 474.5115 - Title to property vested in district.

NRS 474.512 - Issuance of bonds and other securities for acquisition of property.

NRS 474.514 - Limit on indebtedness.

NRS 474.515 - Levy and collection of tax to pay principal and interest on general obligations; applicability of Local Government Securities Law.

NRS 474.517 - Payment of claims against district.

NRS 474.518 - Rangeland fire protection associations: Formation; approval; evaluation; delegation of evaluation; assistance with funding and operations.

NRS 474.520 - Dissolution of districts created by election; territory subject to control by county commissioners; retention and use of property.

NRS 474.532 - Consolidation of districts: Declaration of public policy of State.

NRS 474.533 - Consolidation of districts: Requirements; initiation; approval; recording; debts and assets; taxation of property.

NRS 474.535 - Reorganization into district created by election.

NRS 474.537 - Reorganization of district as general improvement district to furnish fire protection facilities.

NRS 474.540 - Activities of district to be separate from activities of other political subdivisions.

NRS 474.550 - Liability of person, firm, association or agency causing fire or other emergency; immunity; exception.

NRS 474.565 - Adjustment of boundaries of contiguous fire protection districts within county.

NRS 474.570 - Dissolution of district which is entirely within boundaries of district for county fire department.

NRS 474.580 - Elimination of fire hazards.

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.