Nevada Revised Statutes Title 42. Protection from Fire; Explosives § 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:

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:

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.