⚠️Enjoy the Labor Day weekend. Expect critical fire weather on Monday. Conditions remain hot and dry, and fire restrictions are still in effect. Avoid outdoor activities that sparks fires. 🔥

An incoming weather system brings increasing SW winds late Sunday afternoon, followed by more widespread gusty winds on Monday. 🌬 Expect impacts to lake recreation in addition to blowing dust off dry desert playas. Remember to stay fire safe this holiday weekend! #nvwx #cawx

As September begins, wildfire risk remains high throughout the Truckee Meadows. Avoid outdoor activities that start fires, particularly on windy days. Fire restrictions remain in effect. Details: bit.ly/4cLIrMR

🚩#RedFlag Warning is an effect for Monday, 9/2 from 11 AM to 8 PM in Washoe County. Conditions remain dry and hot with winds forecasted at 15-25 mph with gusts 30 to 40 mph. Postpone activities that spark fires, including cooking fires with open flames, and target shooting.

Wishing all our dedicated and hard-working colleagues, friends, family, and fellow Americans a safe and wonderful Labor Day. You are appreciated for what you do, every day. #LaborDay2024

REMINDER: 🚩#RedFlag Warning is an effect TODAY, 9/2 from 11 AM to 8 PM in Washoe County. Conditions remain dry and hot/winds forecasted at 15-25 mph with gusts 30 to 40 mph. Postpone activities that spark fires, including cooking fires with open flames, and target shooting.

Fire is HOT! Heat is more threatening than flames. A fire's heat alone can kill. Room temperatures in a fire can be 100° at floor level and rise to 600° at 👀level. Inhaling super-hot air will scorch your lungs. Your clothes can melt to your skin. #FireSafetyTips #FirePrevention

The September 2024 Board of Fire Commissioners Meeting for the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District is now LIVE: bit.ly/3PygUFQ

The week ahead in weather. ☀️☁️

Great way to start Wednesday morning at Pinecrest Academy of Northern Nevada for an engine show & tell for their first responder breakfast. It was a lot of fun to spend time with so many #FutureFirefighters. 🚒

⚠️Overnight, #TMFR Firefighters knocked down an attic fire on the 3400 block of Hidden Valley Drive. Two residents and one pet displaced. Possible cause attributed to attic furnace. No injuries reported.

Our favorite time of the year! #TMFR Firefighters and Paramedics supporting The Great Reno Balloon Race at Washoe County’s Rancho San Rafael Regional Park. We will be here every morning through Sunday. 🚒🎈

Fire is DEADLY! Smoke & toxic gases kill more people than flames. Fire uses up the oxygen you need & produces smoke & poisonous gases that kill. Breathing small amounts of smoke & toxic gases can make you drowsy, disoriented & short of breath. #FireSafetyTips #FirePrevention

This week, these Academy of Arts, Careers, and Technology Trailblazers experienced the operations of #TMFR Ladder 33 during their fire science course. #FutureFirefighters 🚒 Washoe Schools

⚠️Do not let our cool mornings fool you. #WildfireSeason2024 is far from over. Conditions remain hot and dry. Avoid outdoor activities that can spark fires. Lightning and strong winds are forecasted this weekend. Fire Restrictions remain in effect: bit.ly/4cLIrMR

⚠️#TMFR crews suppressing a 2 acre brush fire above Spanish Springs High School. No further information at this time.

⚠️School Fire in Spanish Springs forward progress has stopped.

⚠️School Fire mapped at 5.5 acres. Probable cause is lightning. No structures damaged and no injuries reported. Sparks Fire Dept Washoe County

About 4pm today, #TMFR Firefighters and cooperating agencies suppressed a 5.5 acre fire in Spanish Springs southwest of the High School. Crews kept the incident from becoming a threat to any homes or structures. Multiple lightning strikes were reported in the area. #SchoolFire

Today’s #SchoolFire in Spanish Springs. Wait for it…