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Clark County Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Clark
Agency overview
Established	November 23, 1953
Annual calls	189,009 (2022)
Employees	1,402
Staffing	Career & Volunteer
Fire chief	John C. Steinbeck
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	1908
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	4
Stations	42 (32 Career, 10 Volunteer)
Engines	38
Trucks	6
Squads	15
Rescues	1
Ambulances	31
Tenders	4
HAZMAT	1 (OOS)
Airport crash	5
Wildland	2
Light and air	1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Clark County Fire Department (CCFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the unincorporated areas of Clark County, Nevada, United States. The cities of Las Vegas, Boulder City, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Mesquite each have their own fire department, but emergency management is provided by the county government.

Fire Administration

The CCFD is headed by a Fire Chief, currently John C. Steinbeck, who replaced former Fire Chief Greg Cassell on Feb. 7, 2020.

The CCFD organization consists of six bureaus. Each bureau is commanded by a Deputy Fire Chief. These bureaus include:

• Bureau of Finance Administration
• Office of Emergency Management
• Bureau of Support Services
• Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
• Bureau of Operations Training
• Bureau of Homeland Security

Command Staff

USAR Task Force

Urban Search and Rescue Nevada Task Force 1 or NV-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Clark County. The task force is sponsored by the Clark County Fire Department but also has members from the Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, Henderson Fire Department, North Las Vegas Fire Department and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Notable fires

MGM Grand fire

On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Horseshoe Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada suffered a major fire. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. The CCFD was the first agency to respond, and thus was in command at the scene of the fire, which remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern United States history.

PEPCON disaster

The PEPCON disaster was an industrial disaster that occurred in Henderson on May 4, 1988, at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) plant. The fire and subsequent explosions killed 2 and injured 372 people and caused an estimated US$100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a 10 miles (16 km) radius of the plant was affected, and several agencies activated disaster plans. The Clark County Fire Department Chief alerted all units to the facility. The Henderson Fire Department has units already staged closer to the explosion and many were injured. The Clark County Fire Department units were the second department in and took over medical/fire operations as many Henderson firefighters were down and injured; including the Henderson Fire Chief and the passenger in his car. Clark County Firefighters donned specialized personal protective equipment and moved into the scene. Leaking tanks of anhydrous ammonia and residue from acid and other caustic chemicals took days to repair and clean. Two were confirmed dead on scene; Bruce Halker the plant manager’s remains were discovered in his wheelchair and controller Roy Westerfield’s body was obliterated in the final blast. Both deceased had physical disabilities that disabled them from clearing the blast radius of the PEPCON plant in time. Some reports detailed that Roy Westerfield recognized the inevitable explosion and stayed behind to inform both Henderson and Clark County Fire Departments of the impending disaster. The Clark County Fire Department and other responding EMS agencies transported over 100 patients to five surrounding hospitals along with their heroic fire suppression and chemical overhaul.

Stations & Apparatus

The CCFD is spread out throughout the unincorporated areas of the county in 42 separate fire stations, including one located at Harry Reid International Airport.

References

1. ^ "2013 Summary" (PDF). Clark County Fire Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
2. "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Clark County Fire Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
3. "USAR Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
4. "About". Nevada Task Force 1. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "MGM Fire Investigation Report" (PDF). Clark County Fire Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2013. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
6. "MGM Hotel Fire". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
7. Reed, Jack W. "Analysis of the Accidental Explosion at Pepcon, Henderson, Nevada, May 4, 1988" (PDF): 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. Reed, J. W. (1 November 1988). "Analysis of the accidental explosion at Pepcon, Henderson, Nevada, May 4, 1988". Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). doi:10.2172/6610302. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
9. "Complete List Of Fire Stations". Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
10. "Clark County Fire Department to bring back high-risk rescue unit". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2018-03-08. Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-12.

External links

• Current active calls

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• Government of Clark County, Nevada
• Fire departments in Nevada
• Ambulance services in the United States
• Medical and health organizations based in Nevada