A firefighter who is employed by a regular organized and recognized fire department, while engaged off duty in the voluntary performance of services as a firefighter within the jurisdiction served by the firefighter’s department or a jurisdiction with which the firefighter’s department has a reciprocal agreement, is entitled to receive the benefits provided by chapters 616A to 616D, inclusive, of NRS as though the firefighter were an employee receiving the wage which the firefighter receives from his or her regular employer.
NRS 616A.150
“Employee”: Paid firefighter performing voluntary off-duty services as firefighter
Known as the Nevada Industrial Insurance Act
The act spans §§ 616–616 (110 sections).
(Added to NRS by 1979, 441; A 2005, 341)
Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.