289.250 - State Fire Marshal and employees; foresters and firewardens; arson investigators.
289.250 State Fire Marshal and employees; foresters and firewardens; arson investigators.
1. The State Fire Marshal and the assistant and deputies of the State Fire Marshal have the powers of a peace officer.
2. The following persons have only those powers of a peace officer necessary to enforce the provisions of the laws of this State respecting forest and watershed management or the protection of forests and other lands from fire:
(a) Paid foresters and firewardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
(b) Citizen-wardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
(c) Voluntary firewardens appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040.
3. A paid forester or firewarden appointed as an arson investigator pursuant to paragraph (d) of subsection 2 of NRS 472.040 has the powers of a peace officer.
4. An arson investigator designated as a peace officer pursuant to:
(a) Paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 244.2961; or
(b) Subsection 3 of NRS 266.310,
Ê has the powers of a peace officer.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2522)—(Substituted in revision for NRS 281.0331)