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Community Programs
Throughout the year, the Storey County Fire Department is involved in a number of activities aimed at fire prevention. Additionally, the department hosts a variety of community outreach workshops, such as car seat safety checks, CPR training and fire safety lectures at the local schools. We encourage all citizens of Storey County to get involved and to join us periodically for fire safety and prevention workshops. They are fun, and they’ll help you help us keep our businesses and homes safe!
Ambulance Subscription
Burn Permits
Virginia City Highlands Fire Safe Council
Ambulance Subscription
The Storey County Fire Department offers open enrollment into its Ambulance Subscription Program from May 1 through June 30 of each year. It is open to all residents within our response area including Virginia City, Gold Hill, Virginia City Highlands, Mark Twain Estates and Lockwood. This program will cover your entire household (family and dependents) for only $25.00 dollars per year. If you are a Senior Citizen over the age of 55 the cost is only $10.00 dollars per year. This subscription is not an insurance policy, only a benefit offered to the residents of our service area. It will cover your out of pocket expenses associated with your Private Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, etc. The Fire Department will still bill all patients insurance, but you will never see the bill for any remaining balances that the insurance does not cover, or for your deductible.
This program will not cover any mutual aid advanced life support ground or air ambulances. For example, if you had to be air lifted to a hospital, you will still receive a bill from that agency. However, if you are sick or injured in either Carson City or Central Lyon County Fire Protection District, the agreement will be reciprocal by both agencies and they will honor your Storey County resident subscription program.
Renewal letters will be sent to those current subscribers to renew their subscription and make any needed changes to their information. To signup for this program call the Storey County Fire Department at 847-0954 for an application or pick up an application at the Fire Station located at 145 North C Street in Virginia City.
Ambulance Subscription Application
Ambulance Subscription Agreement
Privacy Policy
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Burn Permitss
You may apply for a burn permit during the winter months and when fire restrictions are not in place. If you have had a burn permit in the past; you may renew the permit by calling (775) 847-0954 or email fire @storeycounty.org. You can also stop by and visit Station One, located at 145 N. C Street in downtown Virginia City. The office is open from 8:00a.m-4:00p.m Monday - Friday. Burn permits are issued free of charge. Burining is prohibited within Virginia City, Gold Hill and the Virginia Highlands. Fuels can be taken to the slash pile for disposal in the Virginia City Highlands year around.
Permits will be issued on the following terms and conditions and for the purposes stated within the application form. Please click on the link below to download a copy of the Burn Permit application.
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The Virginia City Highlands Fire Safe Council was established to help involve residents in practicing fire-safe activities in the Virginia City Highlands. Additionally, this council attempts to establish a community-wide approach to reducing the wildfire threat in the area through education and collaboration. The program began with workshops in the Virginia City Highlands in the spring and summer of 2000, where forest health and defensible space training was conducted. Today, the council hosts workshops, distributes a monthly newsletters to residents and facilitates ideas for marking ingress and egress routes, coordinating wildfire hazard fuel cleanup days and community planning for fuel breaks and green stripping.
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