Mesquite Fire & Rescue submits the following call statistics for the week of 9/14/15 through 9/20/2015:

Total Calls For Service: 47*
911 Transports: 18
Non Transports: 17
Inter-facility Transports: 5
Fire Related Incidents: 7

FIRE LOG:

9/16/15

  • E-11, T-31, R-11, Chief 2 Responded to a reported fire in the basement of the Eureka Casino.  Arrived with light smoke showing from the basement.  Able to quickly extinguish towels burning on a linen cart.  Smoke evacuation of basement took a little over an hour.  Business in the the Casino was not affected.
  • E-11, R-11, R-31 Responded to a business on N Sandhill for an active smoke detector.  No visible smoke or fire upon arrival.  Determined that smoke detector accidentally activated for an unknown reason.  No current problem and detector reset.
  • E-11, R-11, R-31, Chief 1 Responded to Primex Plastics for a fire alarm.  No visible smoke or fire upon arrival.  Determined that a child had pulled a pull station alarm in break area and there is no fire.

9/17/15    

  • A Shift performed Shelter in Place Drill at Virgin Valley High School.

9/19/15

  • While in Las Vegas on an Interfacility Transport, R-31 came across a Motor Vehicle Accident on S. Maryland Parkway.  R-31 stopped and rendered aid until the arrival of Clark County Fire and Medic West Ambulance.

Non Transports include: Patient refusals, lift assists, patient deceased at scene, no patient found, no incident found, 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.