North Las Vegas Fire Department
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| Operational area | |
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| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Nevada
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| City | North Las Vegas |
| Agency overview | |
| Annual calls | 24,545 (2012) |
| Employees | 162 |
| Staffing | Career |
| Fire chief | Jeff Lytle |
| EMS level | ALS |
| IAFF | 1607 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Battalions | 2 |
| Stations | 8 |
| Engines | 7 |
| Trucks | 1 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Quints | 1 |
| Squads | 1 |
| Ambulances | 8 |
| HAZMAT | 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 muti-agency Fire Alarm Office (FAO) located at the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department Headquarters. The FAO is 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 is from a neighboring department. Thus an engine from the Clark County Fire Department may respond into North Las Vegas mutual aid if 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.
The NLVFD is a member of Nevada Task Force 1 (NVTF-1), one of 28 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces (USAR-TF) that are prepared to respond to state or federal disasters throughout the United States. The task force team is deployed by FEMA for the rescue of victims of structural collapses due to man-made or natural disasters.
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.
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