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House Fire Sends One Person To Hospital

September 1, 2010

No one was in the house when the fire started; one of the teens that lives in the house was down the street when a neighbor asked if he had a bar-be-cue burning behind his house. He told them he was not using the bar-be-cue and ran home to find smoke coming from rear of [...]

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Fire station on donated land brings teaching opportunities

August 31, 2010

Two years ago, Las Vegas city councilwoman Lois Tarkanian approached officials from the College of Southern Nevada with an innovative idea to build a new fire station. If CSN donated land near its Charleston Campus, the city would build a new fire station and include classroom space for CSN students, especially targeting those in the [...]

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Vehicle Fire Under Investigation LVFD

August 25, 2010

One engine responded to a report of a vehicle on fire in a driveway. When unit arrived on scene, truck was fully involved with fire touching the house at the garage, additional unit was requested. When second engine arrived on scene, loud banging/popping noises could be heard coming from inside the garage. This is commonly [...]

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New Techniques, Technology Helping Las Vegas Heart Attack Victims

August 13, 2010

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue races to the scene of a heart attack victim. Firefighter and paramedic Mark Shaffer says he responds to heart attacks on almost every shift. “We average about 18 to 20 calls at our station,” he said. “Cardiac, respiratory arrest is a pretty common occurrence.” Once Shaffer gets the patient’s heart [...]

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Las Vegas Fire

August 12, 2010

Cause of incident: Witnesses say they thought a bar-be-cue was burning behind the house at 1412 Maenpah Way. When they looked over the fence, they saw pine needles on the ground burning. One neighbor got his garden hose and started to spray water on the burning pine needles on the ground, but the fire spread [...]

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Lightning Starts Fire In Northwest Las Vegas Home

August 9, 2010

Occupant was home alone and was in bed when storm came into area. She told fire investigators it started to rain very hard and then she heard a very loud crack which she knew was lightning. A few seconds later smoke alarms activated. She got out of bed and ran through house, she could not [...]

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LA County Lifeguards Take It Again at U.S. Lifesaving Association National Championships

August 9, 2010

Los Angeles – August 9, 2010 – The Los Angeles County Lifeguard Association (LACOLA) team has successfully defended their title and brought home their 24th consecutive United States Lifesaving National Championship this past weekend. Since the competition began in 1970, LA County has won the team title 37 times. The 2010 USLA Lifesaving Championships was [...]

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Murrieta Fire Department trains next generation of firefighters

August 7, 2010

On July 26th at 0700 hours, 24 teenagers, dressed in brand-new, blue, class B uniforms, reported for duty at Murrieta Fire Station 1. The group, made up of 21 young men and 3 young women, gave up a week of their summer vacation to see if they were cut out to become the next generation [...]

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Man Arrested In Connection With Fire In Hospital Emergency Room

July 29, 2010

A Las Vegas man was arrested for arson late last night after a fire was started in the emergency room of Valley Hospital. The man suffered burns in the incident and was later arrested by Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Investigators and charged with arson. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. Medical [...]

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BIA Severity Engine Crew acknowledgement

July 28, 2010

Parker, Arizona (La Paz County) – The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Colorado River Indian Tribes are recognizing two individuals for saving the life of a four year old boy after a near drowning Saturday July 17, 2010. While on a routine patrol, Engine Boss Jack Yeager and Crew Member Mike Ricci, assigned to [...]

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