Las Vegas Firefighters

Kitchen Fire Badly Damages Home in Las Vegas

October 25, 2008

Cause of fire: Fire started on stove in kitchen Damage estimate: $75,000 Description of damage: Kitchen gutted, minor damage to attic/roof, smoke throughout house.. General information about the incident: No one was home when fire dispatchers received numerous calls that heavy black smoke was coming out of a house on Del Monte Avenue. Firefighters arrived [...]

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Las Vegas Firefighters Encounter Fifth Fire Fatality of 2008

August 27, 2008

An elderly man died of apparent burns and smoke inhalation after a small kitchen fire in his West Las Vegas apartment late Tuesday night. The cause of death is a potential fire victim depending on the findings of an autopsy that will be performed by the Clark County Coroner’s Office which will determine the exact [...]

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Las Vegas Firefighters Snuff out Auto Shop Blaze

July 30, 2008

5:34 a.m. Auto repair shop fire, 716 Stewart Ave, building was destroyed, $200,000 damage, no injuries, cause under investigation. E1,201,4, T1, R1, HR44, CB8, AR1, B1, PIO1, 6i2, 6i7, 6i11 I was on 2nd in engine (E201). E-1 crew (first in) pulled the 2 1/2 pre connect off the rear of E-1 and went to [...]

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Suspicious Fire Burns Home in Las Vegas

May 13, 2008

On May 10, 2008 at 2:49 p.m., Las Vegas Fire dispatchers received multiple calls about a fire at 104 Joyce Way (Torrey Pines / US95) in the Torrey Pines Garden Subdivision. The fire started in the lower level of a split level house and advanced to the upstairs. Neighbors told investigators that the house has [...]

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Las Vegas Firefighters Battle Fire in a Large Home

March 19, 2008

Submitted By Firefighter Caswell, LVFD First-Hand Account It started out as a full response for a high rise fire at UMC hospital around 2030 but quickly got reduced to a single engine investigation by Battalion 1. Engine 5 stated that they could see smoke from their location and they would continue to investigate with engine [...]

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Las Vegas Firefighters Rescue Woman From Apartment

March 12, 2008

    An 88 year old woman is lucky to be alive tonight after a fire in her assisted living apartment late Wednesday afternoon.  The woman was taken to University Medical Center suffering from smoke inhalation.  Fire investigators have ruled the fire accidental.  There were no other injuries. Fire dispatchers received numerous calls at 3:15 [...]

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A Rookie’s Day at The “Big House” – LVFD

February 1, 2008

First-Hand Account Here is a funny story submitted by a rookie with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue…. No one said that being a rookie was easy, but in the end, we all know it’s well worth it. The other morning, two of us rookies showed up for work at beautiful station 1 at 6:25am. One [...]

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Man Dies In Motor Home Fire – Las Vegas

January 30, 2008

  A middle-aged man became the city’s first fire fatality of the year after the motor home he was living in caught fire Tuesday morning. 

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2 Alarm Fire in A Shopping Center – Las Vegas

January 29, 2008

A fire in a shopping center on West Sahara Avenue late Sunday morning has been ruled accidental by Las Vegas fire investigators. There were no injuries in connection with the incident. On Sunday January 27, Fire dispatchers received numerous calls at 8:50 a.m. that smoke was coming from the ZIA Record store located in the [...]

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Man Pulled From Burning Apartment, 4 People Injured – Las Vegas

January 16, 2008

First-Hand Account I was on Engine 1, we were the second engine on scene. We were down a man/paramedic due to PALS and ACLS update. I took a line off engine 4 and went to the upstairs apt and kicked ass. It was a 2 bottle fire. During overhaul, black smoke started coming from the [...]

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