Water Rescue Pictorial

Clark County Fire Department
Station 16, Engine 14, LVMPD/Search And Rescue

On September 11, 2012, a storm hit the Las Vegas valley with a ferocious rain, it was recorded that within a forty-five minute time period, approximately two inches of rain fell causing major flooding throughout the valley and water rescue.  Several motorists were trapped in their vehicles in the Sahara-Sloan area when the wash over ran the street, it was reported that a man was washed away into the wash as well.

LVMPD/Search And Rescue 

Attempting to go for high grounds.
Construction barriers floating down the street.

Some folks think they can go anywhere.

Arriving with one victim to a safe landing zone.

Affected area where the wash took over by the golf course on Sahara and Sloan

Escorting one of the victims to safety.

Another report of someone in the water and crews making a double check of all vehicles to ensure that no one was left behind.

Saying thanks at the scene.



big bear ca

           Escape is always a good thing, but the question should be why?   There are many reasons why one should escape from the everyday things of life.  Sometimes the reasons are valid and other times they are not, little less if they are questionable from the start.  However, to whose standards are the reasons based on?  Is it based on what societies believe the reason should be or is it the individual’s reasons why they should escape?  Now let’s say it’s the individual’s decision to escape…fine.  But, what are their decision based upon, it could be just because pressure build up and they need a vacation or could it be that “society” have said they need to escape?
            In my case the cement prairie gets to me and I just need to find an isolated area where there is no real rush, no high rise, and very little people.  A mom & pop’s diner hidden by the way where the furniture is worn down and maybe tearing, the walls are dull and covered with some old photographs that have collected dust and nicotine from years of people smoking, the travel there may be far and then it can be short.  A small town in years past has grown, but it is still has that small town atmosphere [Pahrump, Nevada]; then there are some towns that I have not visited in many years that a trip through them might be the thing to see how much it has changed in over ten years like Caliente; Tonopah, Ely, Panaca, Goldfield, etc. , or just a new destination to visit. 
            Escape is a good thing, except now in days it has to be planned out due to the cost of living is not the same as it was ten years ago, where one could just jump in a vehicle and go with very little money in their pockets.  Escape today to somewhere unknown, it will do the body and spirit good!



WTF...my night messed up my day! For those that might not know, your sun is my moon and my moon is your sun. I was sound asleep when I was woken up by an argument thinking it was work related, but it was not, then I go to work just to run into another self-centered person that does not know the meaning of team work; however, their true colours came out when they least expected...I at least now know where I stand with them even though the seniority status means nothing to them.


Just Don't Understand...

Somethings are just hard to understand sometimes.... This generation seems not to care about anything, work ethics are out the window, courtesy for others have gone by the ways, and priority seems to be all over the chart! I remember when it you started work you really didn't know when you got off work without any questions (you got paid for it anyways like today); priority was set in such a way you took care of family first and then everything else, but at work what was important or sensitive material it got taken care of first; courtesy was just a natural thing to do, you open doors for others, was on time wherever you went, and you really didn't back talk or challenge someone that was giving a directive.... whatever happen to those days?