Stations & Apparatus LVFRD Fire Station # 5 LVFRD Fire Station # 7 The LVFRD was one of the agencies to respond to the fire which remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U.S. The fire killed 85 people, most through smoke inhalation. On November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino (now Bally's Las Vegas) in Paradise, Nevada suffered a major fire. In 1999, a city ordinance changed the name of the department from Las Vegas Fire Department to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department. In August 1942, the department added its first full-time employees, a chief and 12 firefighters. As the city expanded, so did the demands for a full-time department. The department began in 1906 as the Las Vegas Volunteer Fire Department. Since 2009, the LVFRD has been one of only 9 fire departments in the United States that is accredited by both the Insurance Services Office (ISO) and the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). The Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department is responsible for preserving life and property for a population over 600,000 in an area totaling 133.25 square miles (345.1 km 2). It is the second largest fire department in the state of Nevada after the Clark County Fire Department. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue provides fire service and emergency medical services to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Second largest fire department in Nevada Las Vegas Fire & Rescue
