Firefighter Frank “Peg” Nevin, 58,  died August 17, 1938, while fighting a fire at the Cox ranch east of Reno. He was “stricken” while on duty and was rushed to the hospital where he died at midnight. Frank was with the South Side engine company. Frank Nevin was born in Virginia City in 1880 and… View Article

Ralph Morse died on September 28, 1926 while acting as a volunteer fire fighter in Clark County outside of Carson City. The fire, which started in Clear Creek Canyon near the Jack Smith ranch durning the night made its way up the canyon crossed the King’s Canyon road at Swift’s Station and was bound for… View Article

J.E. Mitchell, 48, was an inmate in Carson City who volunteered to help fight fires and was killed in a wild fire on September 29, 1926. Mitchell and the rest of the volunteers were working against the blaze in the vicinity of the “Double Barrels about six miles from Carson on the road to Glenbrook…. View Article

Pilot Steve Wass, 42, of Gardnerville, and the other two members of his crew, died on June 17, 2002, when their C-130 air tanker’s wings snapped off and crashed after dropping fire retardant on the Cannon Fire in Walker, California. He joined Hawkins and Powers Aviation in 1984 and by June 17 had logged 9,455… View Article