Nevada Code § 472.057

Wildland Fire Protection Program: Creation; agreements with fire protection districts or boards of county commissioners; provision of resources to such fire protection districts and boards of county commissioners
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1. The Wildland Fire Protection Program is
hereby created in the Division of Forestry of the State Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources to provide wildfire protection and resources
throughout this State.
2. The State Forester Firewarden, with the
approval of the Director of the State Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, may enter into cooperative agreements with any fire protection
district or board of county commissioners to participate in the Wildland Fire
Protection Program.
3. The Wildland Fire Protection Program
may provide fire protection districts and boards of county commissioners who
enter into the agreement to participate in the Wildland Fire Protection Program
with resources for wildfire protection, firefighting and recovery, including,
without limitation, technical assistance and labor, when available, to reduce
the risk of wildfires in high to extreme wildfire risk areas and to reduce the
cost of suppressing wildfires.

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