NAC528.030. Fire prevention.

     1. Operations in the woods may not proceed until:

     (a) All tractors and other power equipment which may give off sparks and which is used in woods operations is equipped with an effective modern spark arrester of a type meeting the approval of the state forester firewarden and a shovel size 0 or larger.

     (b) A tool cache, consisting of a minimum of three shovels, two axes and one back pack pump, operable and full of water, must be maintained. On operations employing more than five men, there must be at least a tool per man in the tool cache and of the same proportion as above for each additional five men. These tools must be reserved for fire use only, and kept in a box which has the words “Fire Tools” painted in red in large letters on it.

     2. No welding may be done unless in a location which is cleared to mineral soil for at least 10 feet around the working area.

     [Div. of Forestry, Art. A §§ 12 & 13, eff. 1-1-63]