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North Las Vegas Fire Department

Response Times

Group Members: Sam Croft, Mosa Al Bshrawi, Heather Bowen, Kyle McDougle

I. Agency Description: North Las Vegas Fire Department

The North Las Vegas Fire Department is one many departments in the Las Vegas area,

providing fire, rescue, and emergency medical services at the advanced life support level.

They also provide fire and EMS training to all personnel, and conduct fire prevention

activities throughout the city of North Las Vegas. The department strives on becoming a

leader in emergency services, and they work hard to attain their goals.

Reason

Reason for Being:

NLVFD provides fire, rescue, emergency medical services (at the advanced life

support level), provides fire and EMS training to all personnel, conducts fire

prevention activities throughout the city of North Las Vegas which include code

compliance inspections/enforcement, origin & cause investigations, public

information and public education services.

Mission Statement

To advance the City of North Las Vegas vision by providing dedicated

emergency and community services in a professional manner.

Social/Health Issues

Emergencies, accidents, injuries, and disease exist within the population that the

NLVFD responds to.

Goals and Objectives

● To build safety aspects into all training and operations.

● To develop a policy for Incident Safety Officer that will be reviewed

annually.

● To ensure accountability and consistency.

● To clearly define training objectives annually.

● To identify the need for hands-on training in all divisions.

● To develop ongoing continuing education/training.

● To improve mandated training record keeping and mandated

credentialing by 2017.

● To maintain emergency response times within established professional

standards.

● To improve overall wellness and fitness of department employees.

● To develop mentoring program and maintain Career Development

Programs by 2016.

● To increase efficiency and productivity of fire investigations team both

within the fire department and valley-wide.

● To increase emergency medical training, administrative support, quality

improvement and operational

● To increase the city’s ability to confine and or mitigate any hazardous

materials incident by 2018.

● To develop Incident Management Team (IMT) training opportunities

annually.

● To continue regular participation with the Fire Alarm Office (FAO)

committee.

● To review and update departmental Policies and Procedures on an

annual and as-needed basis.

● To promote and hire personnel keeping in line with the department’s

seven year staffing plan.

● To continue to research Mobile Integrated Healthcare options.

Product

Dedicated to patient care and emergency/ community services in a professional

manner.

Players

● NLVPD

● Mutual aid agreements with other departments

● AMR (BLS)

● NLV (ALS)

● Mayor and Council

Audience

North Las Vegas (Refer to Figure A)

Demographics:

● Population:230,788 (100% urban)

● Males 116,727 (50.6%)

● Female 114,061 (49.4%)

● The median age is 30.3

● Hispanic 42.4% (96,187)

● White 29.6% (67,250)

● Black 17.7% (40,110)

● Asian 5.3% (11,985)

● Two or more races 2.8% (6,322)

● Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1.3% (2,917)

● American Indian .7% (1,590)

● Other .2% (511)

Socioeconomics:

● Ave. income in 2013 $50133

Other Factors:

● Young Hispanic make up the majority of the population with 47% being

married. 93 % of housing is occupied with the remaining 7% vacant.

Horton home builders is a major homebuilder in the area constructing

over 50% of all new single family houses.

● Visitors/Tourists (~41 million/yr)

Target audience:

Those at increased risks of cardiac arrests. Segments include:

● Geriatrics

● Substance use/abusers

● Smokers

● Patients with heart disease

● Bariatrics

Needs/Needs Assessment

● NLVFD is looking for the effectiveness of a newly obtained

device called “AutoPulse.”

Incidence

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North Las Vegas Fire Department Response Times Group Members: Sam Croft, Mosa Al Bshrawi, Heather Bowen, Kyle McDougle I. Agency Description: North Las Vegas Fire Department The North Las Vegas Fire Department is one many departments in the Las Vegas area, providing fire, rescue, and emergency medical services at the advanced life support level. They also provide fire and EMS training to all personnel, and conduct fire prevention activities throughout the city of North Las Vegas. The department strives on becoming a leader in emergency services, and they work hard to attain their goals. Reason Reason for Being: NLVFD provides fire, rescue, emergency medical services (at the advanced life support level), provides fire and EMS training to all personnel, conducts fire prevention activities throughout the city of North Las Vegas which include code compliance inspections/enforcement, origin & cause investigations, public information and public education services. Mission Statement To advance the City of North Las Vegas vision by providing dedicated emergency and community services in a professional manner. Social/Health Issues Emergencies, accidents, injuries, and disease exist within the population that the NLVFD responds to. Goals and Objectives ● To build safety aspects into all training and operations. ● To develop a policy for Incident Safety Officer that will be reviewed annually. ● To ensure accountability and consistency. ● To clearly define training objectives an ...
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