2010 Nevada Code
TITLE 21 CITIES AND TOWNS
Chapter 269 Unincorporated Towns
NRS 269.250 Fire companies or departments: Appointment of officers and employees; salaries; arson investigators designated as peace officers.
NRS 269.250 Fire companies or departments: Appointment of officers and employees; salaries; arson investigators designated as peace officers.
1. The town board or board of county commissioners shall in any unincorporated town in their respective counties:
(a) Provide for the prevention and extinguishment of fires.
(b) Organize, regulate, establish and disband fire companies or fire departments.
(c) Provide for the payment of fire companies or fire departments, and the appointment and payment of officers thereof.
2. All payments authorized under the provisions of subsection 1 must be made from the separate fund of the town where service is performed or required when the fire company or department operates in the town alone, and if used outside of the town the board of county commissioners may provide for contribution from general county funds if provided for in the county budget.
3. A majority of the town board or board of county commissioners shall name and appoint two-thirds of all such officers and employees, and the minority thereof shall name and appoint one-third.
4. The fire chief and the personnel of the fire department are entitled to receive such compensation as the town board or board of county commissioners prescribes.
5. The town board or board of county commissioners may designate arson investigators as peace officers.
[Part 1:48:1881; A 1889, 43; 1903, 55; 1919, 408; 1943, 65; 1951, 455]-(NRS A 1957, 539; 1967, 1732; 1985, 266)
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