Last week was the last of the Open Houses for the new Fire Station, number 4. The Open House ran from 10:00 – Noon last Saturday and was a success with over 500 people in attendance. We are lucky in this city to have such great support from the citizens we serve.
A lot of kids were there with their parents, we always like to interact with the kids and talk to them about fire safe behaviors they can adopt in their young lives. The hope is that a new generation of safe adults will emerge as a result of of our efforts and help to curb the senseless loss of life and property that continues to plague our society in general. Almost all fires are caused by the same old issues: Un-attended cooking, improperly discarded smoking materials and fireplace ashes. The compounding factor is always non-working smoke and CO detectors. Seemingly easy things to address and yet……
Pictured below are a couple of Eden Prairie kids who wanted their picture taken with some firefighters. In the picture, from left to right are: Lieutenant Jeremy Hoehn, Four year old Linnea Askegaard, Six year old Lars Askegaard and Firefighter Casey Hoeschen. Perhaps when they get older, Linnea and Lars will become volunteer firefighters in Eden Prairie and pass along safety tips to the next generation of Eden Prairie kids.
