The Southern Nevada Strike Team of firefighters deployed to help fight deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County, returned to Las Vegas Thursday. The 45-member team, which included firefighters from Clark County Fire Department,
Deputy CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit (NEU) Chief Jim Hudson, a resident of Nevada County, and his team of 67 personnel were deployed to Los Angeles the day the fires started.
A total of 45 personnel from Las Vegas Valley fire departments deployed nearly three weeks ago to Southern California to provide support and resources to help fight the fires.
The Northern Nevada Red Cross has deployed a trained disaster volunteer to the city of Los Angeles as wildfires have forced the evacuation of thousands.
The provisional toll of the fires ravaging America's second-largest city has reached 24 dead and 100,000 displaced. Residents live in anticipation of potential evacuations.
The Storm Prediction Center, the agency of the National Weather Service tasked with issuing fire weather outlooks, says that the risk for fire conditions will remain elevated across Los Angeles heading into this weekend.
As a result of Sandy Valley Ranch’s offer to assist California residents, many other individuals in Nevada have also decided to extend a similar hand.
As President Donald Trump prepares to tour wildfire damage in California, he’s zeroing in on one of his frequent targets for criticism: State water policy.
President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles.
The first official visit of President Trump’s second term will include Nevada and the disaster-stricken states of North Carolina and California.
President Donald Trump’s first trip since returning to the White House will take him to Asheville, North Carolina, and the Los Angeles area in California, communities where he has loudly criticized the federal response to recent natural disasters.