North Las Vegas Fire Department

North Las Vegas Fire Department

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Operational area
Country	United States
State	Nevada
City	North Las Vegas
Agency overview
Annual calls	24,545 (2012)
Employees	162
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Joseph Calhoun
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	1607
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	2
Stations	8
Engines	6
Trucks	2
Platforms	1
Squads	1
Wildland	1 - Type 6
Light and air	1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The North Las Vegas Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of North Las Vegas, Nevada. All 911 calls go through the multi-agency Fire Alarm Office (FAO) located at the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department Headquarters (Station 1). The Fire Alarm Office serves as dispatch for the NLVFD as well as the Clark County Fire Department and the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department. The use of Computer-aided dispatch allows for the determination of the nearest unit, even if that unit responds from a neighboring department. Thus an engine from the Clark County Fire Department may respond into North Las Vegas mutual aid as the system determines that they are closer. In 2012, the NLVFD responded to 24,545 emergencies which resulted in a total of 31,947 unit responses with an average response time of 5 minutes and 17 seconds.

USAR Task Force

Main article: Urban Search and Rescue Nevada Task Force 1

MGM Grand Fire

Main article: MGM Grand fire

On November 21, 1980 the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Bally's Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada suffered a major fire. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. The NLVFD was one of the main agencies to respond to the fire which remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. history.

Stations & Apparatus

The NLVFD is an all-hazards department that provides emergency response from nine fire stations using six engines, three trucks, four ALS rescues, two ILS rescues, an air/light resource unit, an ALS Squad, a brush engine and two Battalion Chiefs along with a variety of support units.

Fire Station Number	Address	Engine Company	Rescue Units	Support units
50	105 East Cheyenne Ave	ALS Engine 50	ALS Rescue 50	Brush Engine 50
51	2626 East Carey Ave	ALS Engine 51	ALS Rescue 51 Rescue 251	Battalion 5
52	4110 Losee Rd	ALS Truck 52	Rescue 52	Tech Rescue 52 Air Resource 52
53	2804 West Gowan Rd	ALS Engine 53	ALS Rescue 53
54	5438 Camino Al Norte	ALS Truck 54	Rescue 54
55	5725 Allen Ln	ALS Engine 55	ALS Rescue 55	EMS15
56	3475 West Elkhorn Dr	ALS Engine 56	ALS Rescue 56
57	3120 East Azure Ave	ALS Engine 57
58	960 E Deer Springs Way	Truck 58	Rescue 58	Battalion 15