AB 57 — Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System. (BDR 36-263)

A.B.Assembly Bill No.

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57–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT A FFAIRS (ON BEHALF OF THE D IVISION OFFORESTRY OF THE STATE D EPARTMENT OF C ONSERVATION AND N ATURAL R ESOURCES ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 20, 2024 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System.

(BDR 36-263) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

Yes.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Existing law establishes the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System within the Division of Emergency Management of the Office of the Military to coordinate requests for intrastate mutual aid among various public agencies and certain Indian tribes and nations in response to an emergency or disaster in this State.

Under existing law, the Chief of the Division of Emergency Management is required to administer the System and adopt regulations relating to the administration of the System.

(1) coordinate the provision of mutual aid duringSystem theas responseit torelates andto recovery from wildfire suppression;

(2) administer the - *AB57* – 2 – System as it relates to wildfire suppression;

(NRS 414A.110) Under section 5 of this bill, the State Forester Firewarden serves as Co-Chair of the Committee with the jointlyChief appointedof by the ChiefDivision of Emergency Management and committee members must be State Forester Firewarden.hief of the Division of Emergency Management and the Under existing law, a public agency that participates in the System may elect to withdraw from participation in the System, and any federally recognized Indian tribe or nation within the boundaries of the State Forestermay Firewarden.become a participant in the System, by adopting a resolution declaring the same and providing a copy of the resolution to the Division of Emergency Management and the Governor.

Under(NRS existing414A.120) law,Section a6 public agency that participates in the System may elect to withdraw from participation in the System, and any federally recognized Indian tribe or nation within the boundaries of thethis Statebill mayrequires becomethat a participantcopy inof thesuch System, by adopting a resolution declaringalso thebe sameprovided and providing a copy of the resolution to the Division of EmergencyForestry. Management and the Governor.

(NRS 414A.120) Section 6 of this bill requires that a copy of such a resolution also be proUnder existing law, a participant may request intrastate mutual aid through the Division of Emergency Management, or directly to a participant if an urgenturgentough the response is needed, and each request must be documented and forwarded to the Division of Emergency Management within 24 hours.

(NRS 414A.130) Section 7 of this bill provides that a participant may request intrastate mutual aid through the Division of Forestry for aid relating to wildfire suppression and through the Division of Emergency Management for aid relating to all other emergencies or reported- to83rd theSession Division(2025) of– Forestry2 or– Divisiondisasters. of Emergency Management, asd appropriate.

UnderSection 7 further requires that requests for aid be documented and reported to the Division of Forestry or Division of Emergency Management, as appUnder existing law, the Division of Emergency Management:

(NRS 414A.150) Section 8 of this bill authorizes the Division of Forestry to also facilitate reimbursement of System participants and provides immunity from liability to the DivisionDivSections 1 and 3 of Forestrythis forbill anydefine claim“Division relatingof toForestry” reimbursement.and “Division of Emergency Management,” respectively.

EmergencySection Management,”2 respectively.of this bill applies these definitions to the provisions of existing law relating to the System.

SectionEXPLANATION 2– ofMatter thisin billbolded appliesitalics theseionis ofnew; definitions to the provisions of existing law relating to the System.

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(a)- Coordinate83rd theSession provision(2025) of– mutual3 aid– during the response to and recovery from an emergency or disaster;disaster;during the response (b) Maintain records of the requests for and provision of mutual aid throughout this State;

(b) Maintain records of the requests for and provision of mutual aid throughout this State;

(a) Coordinate the provision of mutual aid during the response to (b) Maintain records of the requests for and recoveryprovision fromof mutual aid in response to wildfire suppression;suppression throughout this State;

(b) Maintain records of the requests for and provision of mutual aid in response to wildfire suppression throughout this State;

(d) Upon request, provide information and assistance to participants concerning reimbursement for services provided in response to wildfire suppression and any guidelines and - *AB57* – 4 – procedures developed by the Intrastate Mutual Aid Committee pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 414A.110 with regard to wildfire suppression;

414A.110created. 1.

The Intrastate Mutual Aid Committee is hereby created.

[and] - 83rd Session (2025) – 4 – (b) The State Forester Firewarden, or his or her designee, who serves as the Co-Chair of the Committee and is a nonvoting member;

(1)Emergency IsManagement appointedand jointly by the ChiefState ofForester theFirewarden;ision Division [;] of Emergency(2) ManagementIs andselected thefrom Stateparticipating Foresterpublic Firewarden;agencies or tribal governments;

(2) Is selected from participating public agencies or tribal governments;

The Committee shall meet at least annually to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the System and provide recommendations, if any, to the Chief of the Division of Emergency Management and the State Forester Firewarden to improve the System.SysSec.

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(a)- Adopting83rd aSession resolution(2025) declaring– that5 the– tribe or nation elects to participate in the System and agreeing to be bound by thetheion elects provisions of this chapter;

(d) Maintain a current list of personnel and any equipment of the participant available for intrastate mutual aid and submit the list at least annually to the Division [;] of Emergency Management and thethe(e) DivisionConduct ofjoint Forestry;planning, information sharing and capability and vulnerability analyses with other participants and conduct joint training exercises, if practicable;

(e) Conduct joint planning, information sharing and capability and vulnerability analyses with other participants and conduct joint training exercises, if practicable;