NRS 477.013: Appointment of State Fire Marshal, assistant, deputies and other employees.

1. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall consult the State Board of Fire Services and appoint the State Fire Marshal from the list of candidates presented by the Board. The Chief of the State Fire Marshal Division is the State Fire Marshal.

2. The State Fire Marshal may appoint, within the limits of legislative appropriations, an assistant, deputies and such staff as is necessary to the performance of the duties of the State Fire Marshal.

3. The assistant, deputies and additional personnel appointed by the State Fire Marshal are in the classified service of the State.