The Las Vegas Fire & Rescue is the fire department and emergency medical services provider for the city of Las Vegas in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is the second largest fire department in the state of Nevada after the Clark County Fire Department. The Las Vegas Fire & Rescue department is responsible for preserving life and property for a population over 600,000 in an area totaling . Since 2009, the LVFRD has been one of only 9 fire departments in the United States that is accredited by both the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).
History The department began in 1906 as a volunteer department. In August 1942, the department added its first full-time employees, a chief and 12 firefighters.
In 1999, a city ordinance changed the name of the department from Las Vegas Fire Department to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue.
In early 2013, the department dismissed 12 firefighter recruits after an investigation found irregularities during a hazardous materials examination at the training academy. The dismissals occurred one day before graduation and were later characterized by city officials and the Nevada Employee-Management Relations Board as the most serious cheating incident in the department’s history.
Investigators concluded that one recruit admitted to exchanging answers and that the remaining recruits engaged in related misconduct. All were probationary employees at the time. The recruits appealed their termination to the EMRB, alleging violations of the collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1285. In December 2014, the EMRB ruled that probationary recruits were at-will employees not entitled to union protections and upheld the city’s actions.
The ruling did not require reinstatement or back pay, nor repayment of training costs estimated at $719,000. Following the incident, the city dismissed the training officer involved and implemented additional examination oversight measures, including the use of outside proctors.
MGM Grand fire
On November 21, 1980, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue mobilized as a supporting agency to assist the Clark County Fire Department, which maintained primary authority over the incident due to the hotel's location in the unincorporated town of Paradise. The department joined a 350 personnel response from across the valley, working with units from North Las Vegas and Henderson.
Stations and equipment
The department is currently made up of over 705 employees 22 fire stations, located throughout the city under the command of three battalion chiefs in three battalions each shift. Station number Address Engine company Truck company EMS response unit Other units1 500 N. Casino Center Blvd Engine 1, Engine 201 Truck 1 Rescue 1, Rescue 201, Rescue 301 Battalion 12900 S. Durango Dr Engine 2 Rescue 2 Battalion 1032645 W. Washington Ave Engine 3 Rescue 3 Hazmat 3, CBRN3, Air Resource 34421 S. 15th St Engine 4 ILS 4, Rescue 4, Rescue 20451020 Hinson St Engine 5 Rescue 5, EMS 1 61680 S. Torrey Pines Dr Engine 6 Truck 6 Rescue 6 710101 Banburry Cross Dr Truck 7 Rescue 7 Mobile Command Unit8805 N. Mojave Rd Engine 8 Truck 8 Rescue 8 94747 N. Rainbow Blvd Engine 9 Rescue 9 Water Tender 9101501 S. Martin L. King Blvd Engine 10 Rescue 10 416989 N. Buffalo Dr Engine 41 Rescue 41 42 7331 W. Cheyenne Ave Engine 42 Rescue 42 Battalion 4 436420 Smoke Ranch Rd Engine 43 Truck 43 Rescue 43447701 W. Washington Ave Engine 44 Rescue 44 Heavy Rescue 44453821 N. Fort Apache Rd Engine 45 Rescue 45 469945 N Grand Canyon Dr Engine 46 Rescue 46 47911 N Ridge Pine St Engine 47 Rescue 47 48 9133 W. Elkhorn Rd Engine 48 Truck 48 Rescue 48 103190 Upland BlvdPreviously, station 6 Engine 103 Rescue 103 1061888 Stella Lake St Engine 106 Rescue 106 1079398 Sundial Dr Engine 107 Rescue 107 1084555 E. Bonanza Rd Engine 108 Rescue 108
See also
Las Vegas, Las Vegas Valley, and the Las Vegas Strip Clark County Fire Department Henderson Fire Department North Las Vegas Fire Department MGM Grand Fire
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