As I mentioned in an earlier Blog, Lake Vermilion is a place that I go to relax and get away. Last Thursday I headed up to do some fishing with a few of my close friends. The fishing was fair, but the time with friends was exceptional. Many old stories were retold and some new [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2005
Loyal Reader with a Question
May 23, 2005 – 3:43 pm
Police Chief Dan Carlson: ” Hey George what is that white stuff coming out of the hose line on your car fire video?”
Answer: “Dan, we use ‘Class A’ foam on virtually all fires. This product increases the knockdown power of water by a factor of 3x. Getting the fire out quickly reduces the [...]
Car Fire Video
May 23, 2005 – 3:03 pm
Here is some video footage I shot at a recent car fire in Eden Prairie. Our firefighters made a textbook attack on this fire and the result was a rapid and safe extinguishment.
Just before I arrived one of our police officers pushed the burning vehicle safely away from the gas pumps. This was an excellent [...]
Gone Fishing
May 18, 2005 – 4:30 pm
The remainder of this week I will be gone to Lake Vermilion to pursue the elusive Walleye. I have spent countless hours on this beautiful northern Minnesota Lake since the age of 8.
The lake is a special place for me with many pleasant memories and more to come. I will post some pictures upon [...]
Eden Prairie Round-up
May 12, 2005 – 1:40 pm
Yesterday afternoon our police department got a call for a horse on the loose in the area of Pioneer Trail and Eden Prairie Road. This turned out to be true and the young horse had a lot of energy and wasn’t going to be caught easily.
After a trip down Eden Prairie Road the horse was [...]
Weekend Training
May 10, 2005 – 5:45 pm
This past weekend the Fire Department conducted live fire training in a house that is in the path of a development project. Every time we get one of these house to train in it allows us to push our training to a slightly more intense level, this is a good thing.
Joining 20 Eden Prairie’s firefighters [...]
