286.042 - “Firefighter” defined.

286.042  “Firefighter” defined.  “Firefighter” means a member who is:

      1.  Filling a full-time position with a participating public employer, the principal duties of which require emotional stability and physical capacity in protecting the public and controlling and extinguishing fires.

      2.  The former holder of a position defined in subsection 1 who has:

      (a) Earned at least 2 years of creditable service in that position; and

      (b) Been promoted or transferred within the chain of command by the same public employer to a position related to protecting the public and controlling and extinguishing fires.

      3.  The former holder of a position defined in subsection 1 who:

      (a) Has earned at least 2 years of creditable service in that position; and

      (b) Is employed by a different public employer in a position that would have been eligible under paragraph (b) of subsection 2 had the member remained with the member’s former employer.

      (Added to NRS by 1975, 1028; A 1977, 1574; 1981, 444; 1987, 370; 2003, 2051)