Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District

Truckee Meadows Fire District Engine

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (TMFPD) of Washoe County Nevada covers the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Western Nevada. The county spans an area of 6,600 square miles in the northwest section of the state bordering California and Oregon.[1] The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District operates a fire apparatus fleet of 20 engines, 5 trucks, 2 rescue units, 2 hazardous material units, various support units, 2 technical rescue support units, 15 brush units, 3 water tenders, and 3 water rescue entry vehicles.[2]

The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District provides fire and emergency medical services to Reno and Washoe County. The District's emergency response encompasses approximately 214 square miles of territory on the eastern slope of the Carson and Sierra Nevada Mountain range, the second most populated county in the State.[3] The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District operates 14 stations within Washoe County, Nevada as an "all risk” fire agency capable of responding to structure fires, wildland fires, hazardous materials incidents and emergency medical incidents.[4] The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District is a first response unit, deploying first line fire control and or initiating rescue operations by providing advanced life support for emergency medical calls throughout the county. The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District also assists other fire protection agencies at the border of Nevada and California.

The Demographics of Washoe County covers 6,540.4 square miles. There are approximately 42,154 households in the unincorporated areas with an estimated population of 419,948. The average household size in 2007 was estimated at 2.70.[5] With the rapid population growth and urban development within the county, the department assist in the education and understanding of fire ecology and exposure to risk for its residents.[6]

Mutual Aid

Mutual aid is the assistance from one fire department to another when specific equipment has been requested after the initial dispatch to an emergency incident. The The Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District is part of the Sierra Fire Protection District and has mutual aid agreements with the following agencies:[4][7]

Agencies

• Sparks Fire Department

• Reno Fire Department

• North lake Tahoe Fire Protection District

• Nevada Air National Guard

• United States Forest Service

• Bureau of Land Management

• Carson City Fire Department

• Tahoe Regional Fire Chief’s

• Storey County Fire

• Sierra County Fire (California)

• Cal Fire

Training within these specialties include

• Flood Hazard

• Water Rescue Scenarios

• Hazardous Materials

• Wildland Fire and fires in the Wildland/Urban Interface

• Risk Assessment

• Paramedic Advanced Life Support[8]

District Stations

Station 13 10575 Silver Lake Blvd., Stead

Station 14 12300 Old Virginia Rd., Reno

Station 15 110 Quartz Lane, Sun Valley

Station 16 1240 East Lake Blvd., Washoe Valley

Station 17 500 Rockwell Blvd., Spanish Springs

Station 18 3680 Diamond Peak Dr., Reno, NV

Station 30 3905 Old Hwy 395, Washoe Valley

Station 35 10201 W. 4th St., Mogul

Station 36 13500 Thomas Creek Rd., Reno

Station 37 3255 Hidden Valley Dr., Reno

Station 39 4000 Joy Lake Rd., Reno

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Creek, Fire Station (2011-01-11). "Environmental Assessment Sierra Fire Protection District" (PDF). FEMA-EMW-2009-FC-01357. U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  2. ↑ UnionCentrics.com. "Reno Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 731 - Our Department". Iaff731.org. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Reno / Tahoe Wildfire Safety - Learn how not to burn". Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  4. 1 2 "Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District". www.washoecounty.us. Diamante Partners. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  5. ↑ Diamante, Group (2015). "Standards of Cover, Sierra Fire Protection District". Reno Govt. Diamante Group. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  6. ↑ Abrams, Jesse (2015-03-11). "Re-Envisioning Community-Wildfire Relations in the U.S. West as Adaptive Governance". Environmental Science Management. Portland State University. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  7. ↑ Abram, Jesse (2016-02-25). "Developing Fire Adapted Communities: The importance of Interactions Among Elements of Local Context" (PDF). ResearchGate. University of Idaho. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
  8. ↑ "INTERVIEW: Meet Chief Charles Moore, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District - This is Reno". 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
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