North Las Vegas Fire Department
Introduction 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.
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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 eight fire stations using six engines, two 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 51 2626 East Carey Ave  ALS Engine 51  ALS Rescue 51  ALS Rescue 251 52 4110 Losee Rd  ALS Truck 52  Tech Rescue 52  ALS Rescue 52 53 2804 West Gowan Rd  ALS Engine 53   ALS Rescue 53  BE 53 (x staffed) 54 5438 Camino Al Norte  ALS Truck 54 55 5725 Allen Ln  ALS Engine 55   ALS Rescue 55  Battalion 15 56 3475 West Elkhorn Dr  ALS Engine 56   ALS Rescue 56 57 3120 East Azure Ave ALS Engine 57
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