Current through December 12, 2024
Section 472.150 - Scope of authority1. The scope of a rangeland fire protection association formed pursuant to NRS 472.200 and NAC 472.110 is limited as follows:(a) Each member of the association must own, lease, produce agriculture on or occupy property located within the operational boundaries of the association, as provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NAC 472.120, and approved by the board of county commissioners and the State Forester Firewarden.(b) The operational boundaries of the association must represent the common interests of the association membership and must be proportional to the size of the association.(c) Except as otherwise provided in an agreement described in NAC 472.130, the association shall limit its firefighting operations to primary fire suppression functions during the incipient stage of a wildland fire within the association boundaries or within 1/2 mile of the association boundary.(d) When entering an adjacent fire protection area to undertake suppression of a fire pursuant to paragraph (c), an association shall immediately notify the adjacent fire protection agency and establish communications with that agency.(e) A rangeland fire protection association may not engage in interior structure firefighting.2. A rangeland fire protection association may enter into a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent fire protection district as appropriate and with notification to the State Forester Firewarden.Nev. Admin. Code § 472.150
Added to NAC by Div. of Forestry by R037-15, eff. 10/27/2015