Mesquite Fire & Rescue submits the following call statistics for the week of 2/16/15 through 2/22/2015:

Total Calls For Service: 50*
911 Transports: 21
Non Transports: 13
Inter-facility Transports: 9
Fire Related Incidents: 7

FIRE LOG:

2/17/15

  • C Shift performed fire drill at Virgin Valley High School.
  • E-11 responded to local skilled nursing facility for a general fire alarm. Arrived with no smoke or fire.  Maintenance states smoke alarm set off by condensation when they were defrosting a fridge.  Confirmed no problem and system reset.

2/20/15

  • T-11, R-31 responded to a business on West Mesquite Blvd for a fire in a container. Employees were celebrating Chinese New Year, had a small, contained fire, and were allowed to continue.
  • T-11, R-31 responded to the same business on Mesquite Blvd as the previous incident for a Dumpster Fire. Unknown if related to previous incident.

Non Transports include: Patient refusals, lift assists, patient deceased at scene, no patient found, no incident found, and Incidents handled by other agencies.

*Call totals do not always add up to the Total Calls for Service due to multiple patients/incident types at a single incident.