District Fire Chief
Eric Holt
Telephone: 775-962-2376
Email: eholt@lincolnnv.com
The online encyclopedia Wikipedia defines emergency management, or disaster management, as the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing for disaster before it occurs, disaster response, as well as supporting and rebuilding society after natural or human-made disasters have occurred.
In general, emergency management is the continuous process by which individuals, groups, and communities manage hazards in an effort to avoid or ameliorate the impact of disasters resulting from those hazards.
Make sure your heating sources are in excellent working condition. If you heat with wood, make sure your chimney or stove pipe is clean.
Did you know there are two types of smoke detectors? One is designed for hot fires that produce smoke with high ionization, while another is designed for cooler, smoldering fires that produce a lot of smoke with little or no heat or ionization.
Ninety percent of homes in the United States use only the ionization detector, which may not go off in time to do much good if the fire is the cooler, smoldering type.
It takes a community. You Can Make a Difference!
The Living With Fire website has useful information to help Nevadans live more safely with the threat of wildfire.
The Bureau of Land Management Fire Assistance website has information about community assistance available to educate and prepare citizens to live safely where wildland and urban areas meet.
Fires are one of the primary causes of home injuries, and fire hazards exist in nearly every room.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, approximately two-thirds of fire-related home deaths occur because smoke alarms were either not installed or were not working.
Do you and your family have an emergency response plan and an emergency kit?
This letter officially notifies all citizens of the existence of the Lincoln County Emergency Operations Plan.
Learn how to prepare an emergency response plan and emergency kit for your family.
Letter from the Nevada State Fire Marshall.
This website is sponsored by several state and federal agencies that have responsibilities for wildfire. It provides information for homeowners and communities on wildfire awareness and ways to make homes and communities safer from wildfire dangers.