Nellis Fire Emergency Services

== Area Served ==
Nellis Air Force Base (formerly Las Vegas Airport, McCarran Field, Las Vegas Army Airfield and Las Vegas Air Force Base) is a United States Air Force installation located 8 miles northeast of the city of Las Vegas and adjacent to the city of North Las Vegas in Clark County, Southern Nevada. On April 30, 1950, the base was renamed from Las Vegas AFB in honor of First Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis (March 8, 1916 – December 27, 1944), a nearby Searchlight native, and United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot. kiled in action on December 27, 1944, while flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter bomber while on his 70th combat mission over Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge in support of the besieged 101st Airborne Division. Nellis AFB, known by the USAF as the "Home of the Fighter Pilot," hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag West that are flown in "Military Operations Area (MOA)" airspace, associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The base also supports operations at nearby Creech Air Force Base, Tonopah Test Range, and the Nevada National Security Site. The Nellis work force of about 9,500 military and civilians makes it one of the largest single employers in Southern Nevada. The total military population numbers more than 40,000, including family members and military retirees in the area. The base itself covers more than 14,000 acres, while the total land area occupied by Nellis and its restricted ranges is about 5,000 square miles. An additional 7,700 miles of airspace north and east of the restricted ranges are also available for military flight operations. The 99th Air Base Wing, activated in October 1995, and able to trace its lineage to the 99th Bombardment Group activated on June 1, 1942 during World War II, is the host wing for Nellis Air Force Base. Also present is an Armed Forces Reserve Center hosting US Navy, US Army and US Marine Corps Reserve units. 
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for Nellis AFB is provided by the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron / Nellis Fire & Emergency Services, a subordinate unit of the 99th Air Base Wing, comprised of a mix of 89 civilian and military firefighters. 
== History ==
What is now Nellis Air Force Base was first established as the Las Vegas Airport in 1929 and was purchased by Western Air Express in 1932. Western Air Express would take passengers between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. In 1940, the US Army surveyed the airfield for use as the potential site of the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School. The US Army Air Corps ultimately selected the airfield for the school in 1941 because of the area’s optimal flying weather for most of the year and the availability of vacant land. In January 1941, Las Vegas bought the airstrip from Western Air Express for $10, and leased it to the US Army Air Corps with the plan to use the strip for both military and civilian aircraft. Later that same month, Las Vegas Mayor John L. Russell signed over the property to the US Army Quartermaster Corps to develop the gunnery school, with World War II putting pressure on the base to train aerial gunners for combat. Training at the gunnery school reached its height between 1943 and 1944 with over 15,000 people located at the base. The gunnery school closed in September 1945. After the end of World War II, the base was put in stand-by status in 1946. The base then reopened in 1949 for advanced pilot training, and the Aircraft Gunnery School opened that same year. In 1950, the base was renamed Nellis Air Force Base. In 1975, the RED FLAG combat training exercise with the US air forces and its allies was established. The exercise’s goal is to improve combat readiness and survivability with realistic training. Airmen from 28 allied countries have participated in the exercise. On June 1, 1956, the 3600th Air Demonstration Team was reassigned from Luke AFB, AZ to Nellis AFB. Still officially carrying this designation today, but now known worldwide as the United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds."
== Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Station 1 (Building 277) - 4167 Tyndall Avenue (West Flightline) ===
:Chief 1 (G71-2242M) - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 4x4
:Ambulance 4 - Ford F-350 / Wheeled Coach
:Crash 11 - Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC/450 lbs. Halotron/50' Snozzle HRET)
:Crash 15 (AF08L00864) - 2008 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (1950/1500/210F) (Ex-Crash 10) 
:Engine 19 - 2012 Ford F-550 / Pierce P-34 (UHP/400/15A/56B)
:Engine 27 - KME Renegade P-22 (1250/750/25A/25B)
===Station 2 - East Side Flightline===
===Station 3 (Area II) - Bergstrom Avenue, Red Horse Squadron === 
===Station 4 (Area III) - Stafford Drive (Housing)===
Built 2014
:Engine 21 -
===Station / Assignment Unknown===
:Rescue 3 (AF02C00120) - 2002 Freightliner FL 80 / Pierce P-30 walk-around (SN#13400-01)
:Rescue 4 - 2020 Pierce Enforcer walk-around (SN#34581-01)
:Crash 5 (AF01L00009) - 2001 Colet Jaguar K-15 P-32 4x4 crash tender (750/1500/96B) (Ex-Crash 9)
:Crash 6 (AF95L00020) - 1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 crash tender (2000/3300/500B/500 lbs. PK) (SO#10068)
:Crash 7 (AF95L00009) - 1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 crash tender (2000/3300/500B/500 lbs. PK) (SO#10189)
:Crash 8 - Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC/450 lbs. Halotron)
:Crash 13 - 1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 crash tender (2000/3300/500B/500 lbs. PK)
:Engine 17 (AF95L00307) - 1995 KME Renegade P-22 (1250/750/25A/25B) (SN#GSO-2601)
:Engine 20 -
:Truck 23 - Pierce Impel P-33 (-/-/75' rear-mount ladder)
:Mobile Decon / Rehab Unit 33 - International WorkStar / 28’ x 8’ Advanced Containment Systems Inc. (ACSI) tractor-drawn mass casualty mobile decontamination / rehab trailer
:Incident Command Center 35 - Spartan Metro Star walk-around communications/command center
:Mobile Emergency Operation Center (G710123B) - Ford F-450 towing 36' LDV 5th wheel AFEM walk-in trailer
:Tanker 37 (AF08L01136) - 2008 International 7600 SBA 6x4 / Pierce P-26 dryside (1250/4000) (SN#20763)
:2020 Pierce Saber 4x4 P-24 pumper (1500/750/25A/25B) (SN#34682)
:2019 Pierce Saber FR P-22 pumper (1500/750/25A/25B) (SN#32826)
:2004 Ford F-550 / Pierce walk-around rescue (SN#14995-04369797)
:(AF94L00143) - 1995 KME Renegade P-22 pumper (1250/750/25A/25B) (SN#GSO-2170) (Ex-Engine 18)
:(AF94L00108) - 1994 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 crash tender (2000/3300/500B/500 lbs. PK) (SO#10006) (Ex-Crash 8, ex-Crash 15)
:(AF94L00135) - 1994 International 2674 / West-Mark P-26 elliptical tanker (1250/5000) (SN#25850-14)
:Pierce Arrow 4x4 walk-around rescue (SN#EA157-01) (Ex-Rescue 4, ex-Rescue 21, ex-Rescue 32)
==Retired Apparatus==
:(AF90L00313) - 1990 Oshkosh P-15 4x4 crash tender (2x1250/6100/515F) (Ex-Crash 4) (SN#1039071) (Transferred to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Fire Department)
:1989 International PayStar 5000 / KME P-18 tanker (500/2000) (Ex-Tender 13)
:1987 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 15)
:1982 International S1754 / Supreme walk-around hazmat (SN#VA14076D4526) (Ex-Hazmat Unit)
==Station Map==
Category:Clark County, Nevada
Category:US Air Force Fire Departments
Category:Military Fire Departments (Nevada)
Category:Military departments operating ACSI apparatus
Category:Departments operating Colet apparatus
Category:Military departments operating E-One apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating West-Mark apparatus