REMSA TREATS TWO AND TRANSPORTS ONE IN COMSTOCK CASINO FIRE

August 11, 2002 - An isolated fire occurred at 3:48 a.m. on Sunday, August 11 on the sixth floor of the Comstock Hotel Casino located at 200 West Second Street. REMSA was dispatched and sent three units and three tactical medics to the scene. Approximately 200 occupants were evacuated from the high rise. Two firefighters extricated a female occupant, in cardiac arrest, down the stairs of the high rise. REMSA treated the firefighters on the scene for heat related injuries and provided advanced life support and transported the female to Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. For more information please contact Eric Guevin, Director of Community Education for REMSA at (775) 691.4714 or Larry Farr of the Reno Fire Department at (775) 334.2323.

REMSA is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides the region with advanced life support paramedic ambulance services, the Care Flight emergency helicopter program and emergency medical dispatch services. REMSA provides patient care with no taxpayer support or other subsidies.

450 Edison Way Reno, Nevada 89502 (775)858-5700 Fax (775)858-5720