Carson City fire

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Wednesday afternoon to two vehicle accidents, one in the 1400 block of East William Street near Carson High School and the other in the 4700 block of Highway 50 East.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff’s deputies were called late Wednesday morning to a crash involving possibly up to four vehicles near the intersection of Imperial Way and College Parkway.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Tuesday morning to the area of Carmine Street for a report of power lines down caused by a truck moving a mobile home, according to dispatch.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Monday afternoon to a vehicle accident in the 1500 block of College Parkway, across from the Department of Taxation.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Tuesday night to a vehicle accident involving a pedestrian in the area of Stewart and William Street.

Carson City Fire Department was called Monday afternoon to a North Saliman Road residence for a small computer fire.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong announced his bid for re-election Friday. Furlong has served as the 27th Carson City Sheriff since 2003.

After training exercises last month by the Carson City Fire Department, the old Thurman Ranch House, a family and basque style steak house that closed in 2013, is being cleared out.

The building has been unoccupied since closing. Last month the Carson City Fire Department used it for fire training purposes.

The owners of the property, Tim and Joyce Smith, agreed to have the buildings taken down on the property, which is 0.76 acres, according to the property's Real Estate Agent Bruce Robertson.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Wednesday afternoon to a vehicle crash in the area of South Carson and West Overland streets.

Carson City emergency crews are responding to an unknown injury accident on the Fairview Drive overpass at Interstate 580.

One party is alleging an unknown injury. Carson City Fire Department paramedics and Carson City Sheriff's deputies on are scene.

Emergency crews are on scene of a two-car injury accident near the intersection of East William and Stewart streets.

The Carson City Fire Department and Carson City Sheriff's deputies are at the scene. Paramedics are en route to treat one victim complaining of chest pains.

The Carson City Fire Department hosted the Carson City Library Family Storytime Thursday at the main station located at 777 South Stewart Street, featuring a book reading accompanied by interactive activities.

With a refresh underway allowing for improvements inside its 22,000-square-foot building, limited Carson City Library services will be available over the next two weeks 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays at Adams Hub Studio, 177 W. Proctor St.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Sunday night to a vehicle accident in the area of Highway 50 and Fairview.

Four firefighters of the Carson City Fire Department are home safely after spending 14 days fighting wild fires in Southern California.

The 14th annual Holiday With a Hero campaign culminated Wednesday in Carson City at Walmart after months of fundraising. At least 240 homeless children from across the Carson City School District met with Santa Claus before being paired with first responder heroes for a Christmas shopping spree.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Tuesday night to a vehicle crash at South Carson and 8th Street near Max Casino.

UPDATE: Fire is out. How it started is under investigation.
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Carson City Fire Department was called Tuesday night to a brush fire in the area of Brown and Gordon streets that was threatening structures.

UPDATE: Carson City Fire Department, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called at around noon Monday to a vehicle crash that happened in the southbound lane of I-580 north of the Carson Street exit near the Arrowhead bridge.

UPDATE 10:40 a.m.: The leak has been capped and road is open.
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Carson City Fire Department was called Monday morning to a gas leak in the area of Long Street and Andorra Drive. According to dispatch, the person reporting the leak said they had hit a gas line while doing road construction and that people nearby were moved to safety. The road was temporarily closed from Andorra Avenue West.

The Carson City Fire Department hosted a demonstration Friday to show how dangerous a Christmas tree fire can be.
After using a lighter to ignite a tree that hadn't been watered for several days, the tree completely disintegrated within 90 seconds.

The owner of Slot World in Carson City, Mike Pegram, has made a $10,000 contribution to Holiday with a Hero after serving more than 700 plates of food Saturday to patrons of Betsy's Big Kitchen restaurant inside the casino.

Betsy’s Big Kitchen in the Slot World Casino has been taken over by Holiday With a Hero. All day Saturday Slot World is donating 100% of the proceeds from the cafe to the Holiday with a Hero program which provides a proper Christmas to nearly 300 local underprivileged students. The event runs until 8 p.m.

The Carson City Human Resources Department administers the recruitment for the Northern Nevada and California F.I.R.E Consortium.

Six Nevada Department of Corrections and Division of Forestry fire crews including inmates from Stewart Camp in Carson City have been deployed to fight fires in southern California, state prison officials said Thursday.

UPDATE 3:26PM: The juvenile who was struck in a crosswalk Thursday afternoon was taken by ambulance to the hospital. The boy was conscious and alert suffering some minor injuries, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Bill Richards. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Thursday afternoon to a vehicle accident involving a 10-year-old pedestrian near the intersection of Silver Sage and Colorado streets.

UPDATE: Fire crews on scene report a knock-down of the fire at 7:09 p.m.
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Carson City Fire Department was called Wednesday night to a structure fire at a Madison Drive residence in north Carson City.

Carson City Fire Department has sent one engine staffed with 4 personnel to the Thomas Fire burning out of control in southern California, said Carson City Fire Chief Sean Slamon. Engines from East Fork, Central Lyon County and Tahoe Douglas are among 12 regional agencies that make up three strike teams that are sending personnel to the fire.

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called to two crashes Monday afternoon in the area of Highway 50 and College Parkway and at Highway 50 and Brown Street.

The Carson City community held its third annual Holiday Crawl Benefit 2017 on Saturday to raise money for the Holiday with a Hero campaign that gives local homeless children a chance to shop for themselves and family for Christmas. The downtown Carson City event was attended by more than 400 people, up about 100 from last year, organizers say.