473.080 - Collection of expenses for extinguishing fires or meeting other emergencies within district.

473.080  Collection of expenses for extinguishing fires or meeting other emergencies within district.  Within the boundaries of any fire protection district organized under this chapter, any person, firm, association or agency responsible for causing any fire or other emergency which threatens human life may be charged with the expenses incurred in extinguishing the fire or meeting the emergency, together with the cost of necessary patrol. This charge constitutes a debt of the person, firm, association or agency charged and is collectible by the federal, state or county agency incurring such expenses in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, express or implied.

      [9.2:149:1945; added 1953, 119]—(NRS A 1981, 485)