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Henderson Fire Department
Agency overview
Employees209 full-time employees: 13 Chief Officers, 178 Fire/Rescue personnel, and 18 Support Staff
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefSteve Goble
EMS levelALS
Facilities and equipment
Stations9[1]

The Henderson Fire Department (HFD) is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Henderson, Nevada, the second largest city in Nevada. It is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services and the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.

As a department they respond mostly to structure fires and emergency medical calls.[2][3][4][5] Some members of the HFD are also members of FEMA's Nevada Task Force 1- Urban Search & Rescue Team.[6]

Notable fires fought

Notes

  1. ^ "Complete List of Fire Stations". Clark County Fire Department. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  2. ^ "Two-Story house fire in Henderson late Friday night". KTNV. 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. ^ "Dog dies in Henderson house fire". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2009-12-25. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  4. ^ "Henderson fire causes $1.2M in damage, empties 16 apartments". Las Vegas Sun. 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  5. ^ "Smoke Detector Alerts Family of Fire". KLAS-TV. 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  6. ^ "Nevada Task Force One". Retrieved 2008-02-18.

References

  • DeFrank, Sean (March 4, 1998). "Man with a plan". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 17 January 2010.