Sharing With Nature

Blue Diamond Volunteer FD, Clark County FD Station 80

On the outskirts of the Las Vegas Valley (Las Vegas, Nevada) you can find several small towns, each with their unique features and community residents.  At my station, where I am assigned to do my volunteer services as a volunteer firefighter, not only it is a small friendly community, we get visitors from the Red Rock Canyon area especially the mountain bicyclers that would either ride into the town or come to the town and ride out.  The photos featured here are our normal "residents", they come into town and graze at the park and sometimes on some lawns, but for the most part they have stayed on the edge of town as you can see through these photographs that were taken next to the station.

Mama burro with baby

Mama spots me and protect baby

After an hour they head back....

One last shot of the baby

A Beautiful Night

I finally got my night shot of the Hoover Dam, not only was it a beautiful cool night spending it with my girlfriend, but the moon was full too.

Hoover Dam from the Arizona side

Intake towers

Full moon rising behind us

Apartment Fire

On 2014 April 6, I was heading home when a header was spotted, knowing the area very well I homed in on the plume and arrived to take a few photos.  According to the news approximately eleven families were displaced due to this apartment fire.  The Clark County Fire Department (CCFD) and Las Vegas Fire & Rescue (LVF&R) fought the blaze.

CCFD Truck 18 - Roof Op

LVF&R Truck 1 to assist

CCFD Eng 14 - "C" Exposure Op

Not So Strange And Unusual

No matter where you might be in the Las Vegas Valley, you can always find something interesting, like Scooby Doo walking his dog.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE!!!

Brazyl Ward, a very nice young lady that her life changed last year Halloween when she got hit by a motor vehicle in the Southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley, the driver left the scene as is still at large.  This event for her 7th birthday was all donated by the participants and the community came out for the support and the celebration of life!  

Thanks to all that made this happen and I am glad that I was able to be part of this event with the Cosplayers of Facebook Rangers Super Geki Red (Garland W.) and Ninjetti Pink (Tiffany T.).

Brazyl with two members from the Facebook Rangers (FBR) at her 7th birthday party bash.

Firefighter saves fellow firefighter when roof caves in

Firefighter saves fellow firefighter when roof caves in

2014 Opener

Southern Nevada Railroad Museum, Boulder City, NV

It's a new year! Not feeling to ambitious to explore the area in the winter (besides being under the weather), my buddy decided that we explore the old neighborhood where he lived.  So off we went to Boulder City, Nevada...granted it has changed a lot since I last was there myself in the mid 90's.  A little more exploration a little later into the year we shall.

Along with nature, no matter how much we try to prevent something or campaign about like "Zero Fatalities", it is only human nature and nature that will always prevent it; therefore, tragedy will always strike, it all depends on how severe nature will hand it to us.  In this case it might not seem too severely, but we don't know the situation that the individuals are in.  Help each other out, get to know your neighbors, know who's in your neighborhood, someday you might have to call on them or help them.











Fire Service open houses are fun!  Here we have Clark County Fire Department, Station 29, setting up for their open house and a cameo appearance from the Remembrance Rescue Project (RRP) out of Schaumburg, Illinois.  They (RRP) will travel throughout the United States visiting cities spreading the news of remembrance, you can visit them on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Remembrance-Rescue-Project).  Well, let us see what else is in store for 2014!  Welcome to the new year and enjoy it!.