Months ago the EPFD was contacted by a group called the Pink Fire Trucks. their mission is to support women in their fight against cancer. This group made up of volunteers, drive pink fire trucks across the country as a way to attract attention to a very important cause, fighting cancer. It all started in [...]
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
A Powerful Public Service Announcement
August 20, 2010 – 12:04 pm
I wish our fire department could take credit for this powerful public safety announcement on the dangers posed by putting gasoline on any kind of fire. The production was the result of a collaborative effort by Edina Fire, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina High School Thespian students and staff and an Edina resident that allowed the [...]
A Great Photo from Eden Prairie Night to Unite
August 4, 2010 – 4:00 pm
Below is a picture of a resident’s best friend astride one of our Engines. The dog’s name is Quinn and he looks quite at home in his uniform and on the truck. Getting folks out to meet one another is the mission of Eden Prairie Night to Unite, but our interaction with the public is [...]
A Safety Camp First
July 15, 2010 – 5:42 pm
Last night was the “Graduation Night” for another group of 180 Third Graders from Eden Prairie’s Safety Camp. I have blogged on Safety Camp before and extolled its many virtues, characteristics that are still true today. What was unique about this year’s graduation is that in this group of 180 kids, was at least one [...]
Another Sad Story of Grills on Decks
July 12, 2010 – 10:17 am
Since 2007, when Eden Prairie Fire began a Rental Housing Inspection program, our annual fire loss has dropped to almost nothing in rental housing properties. In that time period there have been literally hundreds of illegal grills and improper cigarette disposal devices removed from decks of vertically stacked units. The video below shows the incredible [...]
Snarl Created
June 8, 2010 – 10:41 am
The picture below is what happens when a vehicle passes through an intersection and somehow the temporary lines for the signals get pulled down. In this case the wires landed on a truck (right side of this shot) and a car with two people inside (left side of this shot). No injuries, thank goodness, but [...]
Fire in Minnesota – the Preliminary Report is Out for 2009
June 7, 2010 – 10:32 am
The preliminary report is out on all the data poured into the database at the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The State Fire Marshal’s Office provides a lot of valuable services, not the least of which is providing analysis for all the numbers that are generated by fire departments across the state. For instance, did you [...]
Fire Prevention Theme Announced for 2010
June 2, 2010 – 2:02 pm
Every year for the past 88 years Fire Prevention Week has been observed in October. Fire Prevention Week is thought to be the longest running public health and safety observance in history. Fire Prevention week is held in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. This year’s theme is: “Smoke Alarms. A sound you [...]
Recruit Process is Off and Running
May 28, 2010 – 2:26 pm
This year is recruiting year and our process kicked off a few weeks ago with a direct mail piece. Next up was a recruit open house and then this week was a practice physical agility run through. So far we have gotten over 40 applications and a total of more than 70 folks that have [...]
America’s Youth
April 26, 2010 – 6:55 am
America’s youth too frequently become the subject of much ridicule from those of us older folks who may have some idealistic views of our own youth. Well I am here to tell you of several younger Eden Prairie residents that went above and beyond. the incident happened this past Saturday night and the story goes [...]
