As used in NRS 527.122 to 527.128, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
- 1. “Authority” means the State Forester Firewarden, or a local government, whichever is charged with responsibility for fire protection in the area where a prescribed fire is to take place.
- 2. “Prescribed fire” means the prescribed application of fire to natural vegetation under specified conditions and after precautionary actions have been taken to ensure that the fire is confined to a predetermined area.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1202; A 2019, 733)