NEVADA PRESCRIBED BURN POLICY
Each state must have a job approval authority process approved by the national office.
Any employee wanting to participate in the planning and application of prescribed burning must be
certified as having attained adequate job approval authority. Levels of certification are defined in the
attached Job Classification and Job Approval Authority for Prescribed Burning.
Employees desiring prescribed burning certification should make a request through their supervisor to the
State Resource Conservationist (henceforth referred to as the SRC) or their designee. The SRC will issue
the determination that is within their job approval authority. Each employee is responsible for
certifying and requesting the training needed to upgrade their certification.
The original Job Approval Authority for Prescribed Burning shall be kept by the employee, with a copy
on file with the employee’s supervisor and with the SRC.
For employees to be considered acting within the scope of their duties, refer to their job classification
description.
TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, AUTHORITY and SAFETY
Training
Nevada NRCS employees involved in any aspect of prescribed burns shall complete an NRCS training
course (16 hours) in prescribed burning. This training must include: fire ecology and behavior, fire
safety, and smoke management. This training should also include, as appropriate, fire effects on wildlife,
soils, hydrology, and vegetation response.
Training required to discuss and plan prescribed burning:
¾ NRCS Prescribed Burning (16 hours)
Training required to develop a prescribed burning plan is:
¾ NRCS Prescribed Burning (16 hours)
¾ NRCS-NEDC Prescribed Burning course or equivalent from another source (NDF, BLM, FS,
F&WS, etc.)
Employees shall provide written documentation of training to the SRC to determine the adequacy of
training. The documentation will be completed using form NV-ECS-50.
Job approval authority procedures have been established for NRCS emplo