Reno Fire Department

Authorities on Monday arrested a suspected serial arsonist and then found more than $50,000 in firefighting equipment on his property.

Boston, a new arson investigation dog, will be working for the Reno Fire Department to sniff out potential accelerants.

Residents and those who recreate in lower Rosewood Canyon in west Reno should expect to see goats grazing in the area starting Thursday, May 20.

Hundreds of residents were vaccinated for COVID-19 at the Evelyn Mount Community Center on Saturday in an event promoted by the Consulate of Mexico in Las Vegas.

Members of the Reno Fire Department (RFD) and volunteers were at the temporary tent structure for unsheltered individuals on Fourth Street Tuesday, administering doses of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

RFD’s Reno Home Wildland Fuels Reduction Program will provide dumpsters at area fire stations and neighborhoods for homeowners to dispose of vegetation cleared from around their homes.

Development and drought have changed the fire landscape in Reno, creating increased risk for some neighborhoods near the Wildland Urban Interface.

OPINION: Mr. Daly’s claims that the RFD (or any agency) can predict and pinpoint a local disaster defy logic and common sense.

OPINION: Reno Fire Department hasn’t learned anything from past fire disasters, leading to the largely avoidable Pinehaven Fire.

Reno fire officials expect containment on the Pinehaven Fire by Friday, and have yet to determine the cause of the blaze.