Almost 32 years ago John Hobbs, Jr. and Chuck Schaitberger joined the fire department as high school seniors, age 18. I have known both of these exceptional people since I joined the organization almost 20 years ago.
Experience does count for something in this life and in the picture below you see it in action.
Every Thursday [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2005
64 years of Experience
April 29, 2005 – 11:31 am
New Fire Station Process
April 28, 2005 – 12:30 pm
Tomorrow plans for our new fire station will be submitted to the Planning Commission for review and comment. The building committee from the fire department has been meeting almost weekly to help facilitate a functional and cost effective design. Our design firm has been a big help as well.
Last week we held an informational meeting [...]
100th Anniversary for the State Fire Marshal’s Office
April 20, 2005 – 3:56 pm
Yesterday staff from the Fire Department attended the 100th Anniversary of the State Fire Marshal’s Office. This was a big deal with virtually all fire departments from the metro area attending as well as departments from as far away as Rochester and Moorehead.
The scene was impressive complete with the Fallen Firefighter Honor Guard, St. Paul [...]
After the Prairie Burn
April 18, 2005 – 1:11 pm
Below are two pictures taken from the same deck as the previous “prairie burn” pictures. The once brown (pre-burn), then black (right after the burn) has turned emerald green. This is just the begnining of the green up process, but you can see it is well underway.
Early morning
Mid morning
One more shot - A close up
This [...]
A Tale of Two House Fires
April 13, 2005 – 6:29 pm
The past weekend saw two house fires within hours of each other. The first fire was reported at approximately 0500hrs. Police and the first arriving fire command found a house with heavy smoke showing from all levels and fire visible from the basement windows. All occupants had safely exited the house, they were alerted by [...]
Prairie Burn Goes as Planned
April 11, 2005 – 7:22 am
Last Thursday morning the fire department assisted the parks department and the DNR with a prairie burn on the bluffs overlooking Hwy 212 just East of Spring Road. Conditions were near perfect as the burn got started and stayed that way throughout the process.
The burns are good for areas of original prairie land, clearing old [...]
A Positive Trend
April 7, 2005 – 3:56 pm
So far this year 5 people in Minnesota have died in fires. Last year by this time 17 people in Minnesota had already died. You can find out some of the details about Minnesota fire deaths from the home page of the State Fire Marshals web site.
Four of the deaths occurred in single family dwellings [...]
