Nevada § 472.520 - Unlawful burning, blasting or use of fireworks, welding torch, tarpot or other device; permits; exceptions; applicability; penalty

§ 472.520. Unlawful burning, blasting or use of fireworks, welding torch, tarpot or other device; permits; exceptions; applicability; penalty

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 527.126 , it is unlawful for any person, firm, association, corporation or agency to burn,

or cause to be burned, any brush, grass, logs or any other inflammable material, or

blast with dynamite, powder or other explosive, or set off fireworks, or operate a

welding torch, tarpot or any other device that may cause a fire in forest, grass or

brush, either on the land of the person, firm, association, corporation or agency

or on the land of another, or on public land, unless the burning or act is done under

a written permit from the State Forester Firewarden or the State Forester Firewarden's

duly authorized agent and in strict accordance with the terms of the permit. 2. Written permission is not necessary: (a) At any time during the year when the State Forester Firewarden determines that

no fire hazard exists. (b) To burn materials in screened, safe incinerators, or in incinerators approved

by the local governmental jurisdiction, the State Forester Firewarden or the State

Forester Firewarden's duly authorized agent, or in small heaps or piles, where the

fire is set on a public road, corrals, gardens or ploughed fields, and at a distance

not less than 100 feet from any woodland, timber or brush-covered land or field containing

dry grass or other inflammable material with at least one adult person in actual attendance

at the fire at all times during its burning. 3. This section does not prevent the issuance of an annual permit to any: (a) Public utility covering its usual and emergency operation and maintenance work. (b) Person who engages in agricultural production. 4. This section does not prevent the building of necessary controlled small camp and

branding fires if caution is taken to make certain that the fire is extinguished before

leaving. In any case where the fire escapes and does injury to the property of another, the

escape and injury are prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. 5. The provisions of this section apply only to areas of land that are outside of

incorporated cities and towns. 6. Any person, firm, association, corporation or agency violating any of the provisions

of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. 7. As used in this section: (a) “ Agricultural production ” means an activity associated with the production of agricultural products for food,

fiber, fuel or any other lawful use, including every process and step necessary and

incident to the preparation, production and storage of agricultural products for human

or animal consumption. The term includes, without limitation: (1) Planting, harvesting or raising agricultural, horticultural, floricultural or

viticultural crops, including, without limitation, fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds,

nursery stock, plant products, plant by-products and plant compost; (2) Breeding, raising, feeding or managing livestock, furbearing animals, fish, bees

and any other animal or aquatic species, or any product thereof; (3) The construction, expansion, use, maintenance or repair of an agricultural production

facility; (4) Processing and packaging; and (5) Manufacturing feed for animals. (b) “ Agricultural production facility ” means any structure or land that is used for the production of agricultural products,

including, without limitation, a structure or land that is privately or publicly owned,

leased or operated. (c) “ Livestock ” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 569.0085 .