Curt Oberlander was a 25 year member of the Fire Department as well as a long-time member of the Police Department. Curt is a lifetime member of the “I live to serve others” club.
Curt’s help with the Red Lake Fire Department is detailed on yesterday’s Kare11 website. Check it out. It [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2005
The Drive to Help
March 31, 2005 – 4:45 pm
CERT Training In Process
March 30, 2005 – 5:05 pm
Last night was the second night of training for our newest CERT members. The course is a total of 20 hours and covers a range of topics. Last night was focused on fire training and the use of fire extinguishers.
Our Fleet Services group built this burn pan that operates on LP. This is a cleaner [...]
Pay it forward
March 28, 2005 – 5:32 pm
There was a movie a few years ago that promoted the idea of doing good deeds un-prompted and if everybody took that approach the world would be a better place. Who knows, someday you might be the recipient of a good deed.
Last week was an opportunity for the City of Eden Prairie to do its [...]
Red Lake
March 23, 2005 – 9:01 pm
The tragic events of earlier this week in Red Lake are beyond belief.
Eden Prairie Fire and Police have a special connection to the area. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s members from Eden Prairie Fire and Police went up to Red Lake help them put on a Safety Camp program for their youth. [...]
No “Snow” day here
March 18, 2005 – 4:10 pm
While many schools and businesses close when the weather gets bad, not so for the Fire Department. In fact it seems that when the weather gets poor our calls increase. Today was no exception. Shortly after the morning rush hour the severity of car accidents increased and we responded to several crashes with injuries.
This afternoon [...]
Recruiting results so far (No pictures)
March 16, 2005 – 8:45 am
On Tuesday afternoon and evening the first phase of a rather involved process took place, the physical ability test. The test was run in the afternoon as well as the evening in order to give all recruits the opportunity to take the test regardless of their work schedules. A total of 26 people took and [...]
Down but not out!
March 14, 2005 – 2:53 pm
I had great intentions for last week’s blogging activity, then the “Crud” hit and I was down for the count. Last Tuesday as I was watching some of our up and coming officers take an Incident Command simulator test I could feel my health going down the drain. I managed to get through the process, [...]
The Final Puzzle Piece
March 4, 2005 – 2:32 pm
This morning at 10:00 a new “Outdoor Warning Siren” was placed into service. This was done with the cooperation of the staff at Southwest Metro Transit. The siren will cover the area in and around the Purgatory Recreation Area that was recently completed.
The siren will serve to notify people in the park area of approaching [...]
The Incredible Journey
March 3, 2005 – 3:55 pm
On the evening of August 12th 2003 Eden Prairie firefighters Jay Wood, Jason Brown and Jay Bohlen were caught in a ceiling collapse at an apartment fire. Jay Wood was the most seriously injured with a heavily damaged knee and a torn up shoulder.
Jay has endured many long visits with specialists of all kinds as [...]
Another Busy Week
March 2, 2005 – 8:37 am
This has been an unusually busy week. A lot of my time has been spent in meetings revolving around the activity at the Capitol. The legislative process is well underway and the Fire Service has two main objectives this year.
The first is to restore funding to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. This department has been [...]
