Pilot James Davidson, 28 of Nevada City, California and a member of the Nevada Division of Forestry, was killed July 5, 1976, in a helicopter crash transporting firefighters to a large wildfire blaze in Northern Nevada. Firefighter Jon Ivins was also killed in the crash, and three others were injured – one of whom also… View Article

Firefighter Harold Davenport, 34, a member of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue was killed by accidental electrocution on December 18, 1955. He was on a ladder in the process of rescuing a cat that had been stranded on a power pole crossarm for two days at 2117 South 15th Street in Las Vegas. As Harold… View Article

Firefighter Robert W. Curto, 57, of the Ely Volunteer Fire Department, was killed March 5, 1974,  while manning a house during a fire in downtown Ely when the front wall of the nearby Al’s Trim Shop collapsed and hit him full force. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital. Robert joined the Cherry… View Article

Firefighter Ronald Crews, 47, was a 17-year veteran of Las Vegas Fire and Rescue when he succumbed to cancer on October 21, 2003. Ronald was a fire engineer at Fire Station One in downtown Las Vegas, one of the busiest fire stations in the U.S. He was honored during his years of service with an… View Article