Nevada Code § 474.163

District fire chief: Appointment, qualifications and duties; cooperative agreements; support of volunteer fire departments
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1. The board of directors of a county fire
protection district may appoint a district fire chief who shall have adequate
training and experience in fire control and who shall hire such employees as
are authorized by the board. The district fire chief shall administer all fire
control laws in the district and perform such other duties as may be designated
by the board of directors. The district fire chief shall coordinate fire
protection activities in the district and shall cooperate with all other fire
protection agencies and rangeland fire protection associations.
2. In lieu of or in addition to the
provisions of subsection 1, the board of directors may:
(a) Provide fire protection to the county fire
protection district by entering into agreements with other agencies or
rangeland fire protection associations as provided by NRS 277.180 and 472.060 to 472.090 , inclusive, for the furnishing of
such protection to the district; or
(b) Support volunteer fire departments within the
county fire protection district for the furnishing of such protection to the
district.

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