The Clark County Fire Department is hosting a graduation ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 15, to welcome a new class of Fire Academy recruits into its ranks. The ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. in The Showroom at The Orleans Hotel & Casino.

Members of this Clark County Fire Department Fire Academy completed 20 weeks of classroom and field training that included learning the basic functions of the job that include pulling hoses, setting up ladders, ventilating structures during fires, and searching for victims within a structure. The class adopted the name “Hose Hogs” and the motto “Punch in, go to work!” The graduates will be assigned to Clark County battalions throughout the community to respond to fires, accidents and other emergencies.

“We are proud to have this graduating class join our agency and become members of our Clark County Fire Department family,” said Clark County Fire Chief Billy Samuels. “Our recruits undergo rigorous training in our Fire Academy, and they are very well prepared to hit the ground running as first responders providing the most critical of services to our neighbors and visitors.”

Anyone interested in a career as a firefighter can visit the department’s website pages, www.JoinCCFD.org, or contact its recruitment office at (702) 455-8257 or by email at CCFDRecruitment@ClarkCountyNV.gov.

The Clark County Fire Department is the largest in the state of Nevada and is responsible for protecting most of the Las Vegas Valley, including the famed Las Vegas Strip, as well as the resort townships of Laughlin, Primm and Jean. The department has 33 full-time fire stations and 10 volunteer fire stations in rural areas, which received 152,894 calls for service in 2024. The Fire Department also maintains one of only 28 urban search and rescue teams in the country and provides fire and rescue services to the nation’s 5th-busiest airport.